Qualifications: MSc., MMedEd, MBA, PhD [Public Health], PhD [Anatomy]
PhD Institution: Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria & University of Central Nicaragua, Guyana
PhD dissertation title: PhD, Anatomy- Caffeine Exposure and Brain Development; PhD in Public Health- Radiofrequency Radiation Impacts on Brain Development and Behaviour
Current research interests and projects: 1. Neuroscience of epilepsy. 2. EdTech Optimisation for Medical and Health Science Education. 3. Neuroepidemiology and Drug Epidemiology. 4. Experimental studies of neurotoxicity and potential amelioration with selected phytomedicinal agents.
Selected publication 1: Owolabi J, Ojiambo R, Seifu D, Nishimwe A, Masimbi O, Okorie CE, Ineza D, Bekele A. African Medical Educators and Anatomy Teachers’ Perceptions and Acceptance of the Anatomage Table as an EdTech and Innovation: A Qualitative Study. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2022;13:595-607 https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S358702
Selected publication 2: Owolabi, J. , Olatunji, S. , Adetunji, A. and Tijani, A. [2022]. Anatomy Education: Perceptions and Experiences of Nigerian Anatomists towards Contributing to Programme and Career Advancements. Health, 14, 996-1019. doi: 10.4236/health.2022.149072.
Selected publication 3: Owolabi JO, Adefule KA, Shallie PD, Fabiyi OS, Olatunji SY, Olanrewaju JA, Ajibade TP, Oyewumi S, Ogunnaike PO [2021]. Experimental study of pre- and postnatal caffeine exposure and its observable effects on selected neurotransmitters and behavioural attributes at puberty : Caffeine exposure and its observable effects on selected neurotranmitters and behaviour. Metab Brain Dis. doi: 10.1007/s11011-021-00829-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34460045.
Selected publication 4: Thomas-Tran, J. , Thomas-Tran, E. , Reed, R. , Owolabi, J. , Ojiambo, R. , Cotter, B. , Kugler, J. , Kishore, A. , Bekele, A. , Ruhangaza, D. , Nishimwe, A. , Masimbi, O. , Odongo, C. , Ndayizeye, J. and Osterberg, L. [2022]. Distance Learning with Virtual Cased-Based Collaborative Learning: Adaptation and Acceptability of Clinical Cases from an American Academic Medical Center for Education at an African Medical School. Creative Education, 13, 1353-1358. doi: 10.4236/ce.2022.134082.
Selected publication 5: Owolabi JO [2022]. The ASIC Framework: An Alternative Operational Matrix to Support the Technology and Innovations in Medical Education based on the Primary Learning Domains. Interdiscip J Virtual Learn Med Sci. 2022; 13(2):2-6. doi: 10.30476/ IJVLMS.2022.94592.1139.
Selected publication 6: Owolabi J. [2022]. ASIC Framework Simplified and Operationalised – An Operational Matrix for Optimising the Use of Technologies and Innovations in Medical Education. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2022; 13:149-156 https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S351642
Selected publication 7: Joshua Owolabi, Darlene Ineza, Abebe Bekele [2022]. Medical Education and EdTech Integration: Medical Educators Experience and Reflections on the Anatomage Table. Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science. 35(4): 26-37.
Selected publication 8: Owolabi JO, Tijani AA, Ihunwo AO. A Need to Protect the Health and Rights of Anatomists Working in Dissection Laboratories. Risk Manage Health Policy. 2022;15:889-893 https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S362305
Selected publication 9: Olanrewaju JA, Owolabi JO, Enya JI, Arietarhire L, Olatunji SY, Adelodun ST, Ojabodu F, Fabiyi S O, Desalu AB (2021). Activities of Abelmoschus Esculentus Seed Extract on the Structures and Hippocampus Associated Functions of Depressed Male Wistar Rat Induced by Chronic Stress. Journal of Anatomical Sciences. 12 (1): 40-50.
Selected publication 10: Owolabi J.O. [2021]. A Supervisory Model for Emerging PhDs in Basic Medical Sciences on the African Continent: A Perspective. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 33(9), 17-29. https://doi.org/10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i930894
Capstone assignment title: Developing African Supervisory Models for Emerging PhDs in Basic Medical Sciences [BMS]
Capstone assignment abstract: Emerging Basic Medical Science [BMS] doctorates in the context of this discourse as well as the African context include doctoral programs in BMS that are relatively new, contemporary, and that address specific disciplines that also engage specific modern and contemporary cutting-edge research tools. This is in contrast to the traditional doctorates in BMS which were built around long established fields of knowledge. It is interesting to note that these recently developed and relatively newer fields of BMS cut across a number of the old and traditional disciplines, and places significant emphasis on cutting-edge approaches to addressing specific biological phenomena, aberrations in association with such phenomena as well as interventions to such aberrations. Since there are not enough qualified potential supervisors in all the fields that have been identified, it is hereby proposed that a collaborative system-based supervision model as proposed in this work is adopted as a model for supervising emerging and novel PhDs in the developing world. In this model, there is a system that holds human resources including supervisors and technical and support staff as well as materials and resources for research and other aspects of doctoral education. Resources are made available as a pool. Supervisors are assigned as primary and secondary. First, all supervisors serve a pool of human resources for the candidates in a cohort [a cohort can be a department, school, or faculty, depending on size and organisation]; the primary supervisor is determined based on skills, competences, experience, and interests as the most suitable and appropriate for the candidate; the secondary supervisors provide complementary support; the entire pool of supervisors are accessible, and others that are neither the primary nor secondary can provide tertiary support. A committee of supervisors is thereby made available to the candidates.Operation is supported by clearly defined roles, supported by policy documents and supervision MoUs.
