{"id":3094,"date":"2025-03-25T17:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T16:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vbhi-institute.org\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2025-03-25T17:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T16:10:01","slug":"vbhi-conference-series-prof-rufus-akinyemi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vbhi-institute.org\/en\/vbhi-conference-series-prof-rufus-akinyemi\/","title":{"rendered":"VBHI Conference Series &#8211; Prof Rufus AKINYEMI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;intro&#8221;]Prof Rufus AKINYEMI will be speaking as part of the &#8220;VBHI Conference Series&#8221;, a series of conferences connecting vascular brain health experts![\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h2>Prof Rufus AKINYEMI, MD, MSc, FRCPC<\/h2>\n<p>Professor of Geriatric Neurology and Translational Neuroscience in the Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training<br \/>\nDeputy Director of the Centre for Genomics and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.<br \/>\nConsultant neurologist to the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Rufus Akinyemi holds a PhD from Newcastle University, United Kingdom; an MSc in Cell Biology and Genetics and a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He also holds a fellowship of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria in Internal Medicine and Neurology. Dr Akinyemi serves as the African PI of the NIA -funded READD \u2013 ADSP Project and spearheaded the establishment of the African Dementia Consortium (AfDC) and the African Stroke Organization.<\/p>\n<p>He served as an executive member of the Vascular Cognitive Disorders PIA of the Alzheimer\u2019s Association ISTAART.<\/p>\n<p>He played a major leading role in setting up large studies on stroke and dementia, serving as PI of the VALIANT cohort and one of the PIs of the SIREN study in Ibadan, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>His work on stroke and dementia has attracted notable recognition including the James Kimani Award of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa, the Bruce Schoenberg International Award in Neuroepidemiology of the American Academy of Neurology and the Atlantic fellowship of the Global Brain Health Institute.<\/p>\n<p>He has over 200 peer &#8211; reviewed publications in reputable international journals including the Lancet, Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Nature.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Akinyemi will be speaking at the scientific conference entitled &#8220;<strong>The landscape of dementia research in Africa: New frontiers in Ibadan, Nigeria<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<h2>Practical details<\/h2>\n<p>Date: 26 March 2025<br \/>\nTime: 17:00<br \/>\nVenue: Salle de conf\u00e9rence, IBIO, campus Carreire of the University of Bordeaux<br \/>\nFormat: hybrid \u2013 please note that the number of places available in person is limited<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_GaIIomRwRAiqctOCPg8f1w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remote access<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Rufus AKINYEMI will be speaking on 26 March on dementia research in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1024,"featured_media":3096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VBHI Conference Series - Prof Rufus AKINYEMI - VBHI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vbhi-institute.org\/en\/vbhi-conference-series-prof-rufus-akinyemi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VBHI Conference Series - Prof Rufus AKINYEMI - VBHI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professor Rufus AKINYEMI will be speaking on 26 March on dementia research in Africa.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vbhi-institute.org\/en\/vbhi-conference-series-prof-rufus-akinyemi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"VBHI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T16:10:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vbhi-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Homme-veste-cravate-sourire-chemise.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bY8mK9uD2pZ8xM1u\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bY8mK9uD2pZ8xM1u\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vbhi-institute.org\\\/en\\\/vbhi-conference-series-prof-rufus-akinyemi\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vbhi-institute.org\\\/en\\\/vbhi-conference-series-prof-rufus-akinyemi\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"bY8mK9uD2pZ8xM1u\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vbhi-institute.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/57d498a4677fac44f4332ee25d8c7dd3\"},\"headline\":\"VBHI Conference Series &#8211; 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