The Professor Oyedunni Sola ARULOGUN

Professor Oyedunni Sola ARULOGUN B.Ed., M.Ed., MPH, PhD is a foremost health promotion and education specialist with over 20 years of experience at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She has a broad background in speech pathology/audiology and health promotion and education with specific training and expertise in speech rehabilitation after stroke, delayed speech development in children, qualitative studies, community engagement activities, capacity building and mentoring. She has carried out research using the mix methods. 

As a trailblazer, she is the first female Professor of Health Promotion and Education at the University of Ibadan, the first female to become the Dean of the Faculty of Public Health at the University of Ibadan, and the first female University Orator of the 75-year-old Premier University, the University of Ibadan. This achievement further solidifies her trailblazing career and her invaluable contributions to academia. She has received training in addition to her basic academic degrees at the Margaret Sanger Institute South Africa, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Galilee International Management Institute Israel and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA. 

Her research interests include reproductive health of adolescents with a bias for the disabled, gender, stroke studies, child survival strategies, tropical diseases, and health promotion through a health system approach, all of which embrace community-based interventions to influence behaviour change as well as create a supportive environment for small and medium enterprises.  Professor Arulogun’s commitment to continuous learning and professional development is evident in her association with esteemed organisations like the Speech Pathology and Audiology Association of Nigeria (SPAAN), the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), and the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE). Professor Arulogun's expertise is further recognised through her licensure as Licentiate of the Nigerian Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board. 

She holds fellowships with the Royal Society of Public Health in the UK, the African Institute of Public Health and the Institute of Classical Entrepreneurship in Nigeria. Professor Arulogun is an avid researcher of international repute. She has served as Principal Investigator, Co-Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on several internally and externally funded projects and grants including MacArthur Foundation, World Health Organization, Unilever, National Institute of Health (NIH), National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA), World Bank, University of Ibadan Senate Research Grant and Bill and Melinda Gates supported University of Ibadan Centre for Reproductive Health. She possesses excellent administrative, verbal communication and writing skills along with constructive and effective teaching methods that promote a stimulating learning environment. 

At the University of Ibadan, Professor Arulogun has contributed significantly in various capacities. She has served as the Coordinator of the MPH (Population and Reproductive Health Education) Programme, demonstrating her dedication to shaping the future of public health professionals. She has also held leadership positions such as Chair of the Faculty of Public Health Committee on timely completion of MPH courses and Chair of the Faculty of Public Health Committee on Faculty Staff Parking Space. Additionally, Professor Arulogun has been involved in university-wide initiatives, including her membership in the University Committee on the Development of Quality Assurance Policy. Her exemplary leadership qualities were recognised when she served as the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Public Health from 2014 to 2016. She is the Chairperson of the Oyo State Advisory Committee on Neglected Tropical Diseases (OYSACON) (2016 – Date). She assumed office as the Director of the University of Ibadan Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation on May 20, 2019, for a term of three years. She was re-appointed for a second term of three years starting from May 20, 2022.  In her tenure as the Director, the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has witnessed tremendous growth in infrastructure and value creation and addition through capacity strengthening of social entrepreneurs. Recently, on May 5, 2023, she was appointed as the University Orator with effect from May 1, 2023 for a period of three years. She is one of the two Senate Representatives on the Governing Council of the University of Ibadan.