WORK INFORMATION
| Job Title | Lecturer II | |||||
| First Name | Sharon | |||||
| Middle Name (initial) | Oluchukwu | |||||
| Surname | AZUBUIKE-OSU | |||||
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Social Media Handles (links preferable) |
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| https://www.facebook.com/SharonEboagwu | @sharyebbs | |||||
| Research Gate ID | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sharon_Azubuike-Osu | |||||
| Google Scholar ID | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user= uKJMRUAAAAAJ&hl=en |
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| Programme | Physiology |
| Department | Physiology |
| Faculty | Basic Medical Sciences |
BIOGRAPHY (EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS)
Dr Sharon O. Azubuike-Osu currently serves as a Lecturer at the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. She obtained her PhD in Physiology from the University of Benin, Benin-city, Edo state, Nigeria in 2019. She is earnestly looking forward to doing her post-doctoral research outside the country. Dr. Azubuike-Osu’s research areas include cardiovascular and blood Physiology, cell, endocrinology, pharmacology, neuroscience and toxicology.
Dr. Sharon Azubuike-Osu is very interested especially in the working of the vascular endothelium as well as nitric oxide in health and disease states. I am open to collaborating with researchers with similar research interests. I have been working in the University System for over six years and I am making great progress.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| S/N | INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED | DEGREE(S) AWARDED | YEAR |
| 1 | UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, NIGERIA | B.SC. | 2010 |
| 2 | UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, NIGERIA | M.SC | 2014 |
| 3 | UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, NIGERIA | PH.D | 2019 |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
| S/N | |
| 1 | CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY |
| 2 | BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS PHYSIOLOGY |
| 3 | ENDOCRINOLOGY |
| 4 | PHARMACOLOGY |
| 5 | TOXICOLOGY |
| 6 | CELL AND NEUROSCIENCE |
PG PROJECT STUDENTS (NAME OF STUDENT AND A SUMMARY OF COMPLETED OR ON-GOING RESEARCH)
| S/N | |
| 1 | DAVID JAPHETH: EFFECT OF VIRGIN COCONUT OIL ON ARSENIC INDUCED CEREBRAL OXIDATIVE STRESS IN ALBINO RATS |
| 2 | OKORO SHARON NGOZI: EFFECT OF VIRGIN COCONUT OIL ON LIPID PROFILE OF RAT CEREBRUM EXPOSED TO ARSENIC TOXICITY. |
| 3 | ENE CHINAZAEKPERE: EFFECT OF HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA AND TOMATO PASTE ON OXIDATIVE STRESS IN LEAD POISONED ALBINO RATS |
| 4 | JAMES CHIOMA: COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF AQEOUS SOLUTION OF HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA AND FRESH TOMATOES ON THE LIVER AND KIDNEY INDICES OF LEAD-POISONED ALBINO RATS |
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
| S/N | |
| 1 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (PSN) |
| 2 | THE ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD (OWSD) |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (MAXIMUM OF 10, WITH LINKS WHERE AVAILABLE)
| S/N | |
| 1 | Azubuike-Osu, S.O. and Ebeigbe, A.B. (2015): Influence of endothelium on the membrane-stabilizing effect of calcium. Journal of African Association of Physiological Sciences. 3(2): 107-109. |
| 2 | Famurewa, A.C., Aja, P.M., Maduagwuna, E.K.
Ekeleme-Egedigwe, C.A., Ufebe, O.G., Azubuike-Osu, S.O. (2017): Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of virgin coconut oil supplementation abrogate acute chemotherapy oxidative nephrotoxicity induced by anticancer drug methotrexate in rats. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 96: 905–911. |
| 3 | Azubuike-Osu, S.O., Ajayi, O.I. and Ebeigbe, A.B. (2017): Sickle erythrocytes enhance phenylephrine and histamine contractions of isolated rabbit carotid arteries. Journal of African Association of Physiological Sciences. 5(2): 128-131.
http://www.aapsnet.org/jaaps/index.php/jaaps/article/view/154 |
| 4 | Famurewa A.C., Folawiyo A.M., Enohnyaket E.B., Azubuike-Osu, S.O., Abi I., Obaje S.G., Famurewa O.A. (2018). Beneficial role of virgin coconut oil supplementation against acute methotrexate chemotherapy induced oxidative toxicity and inflammation in rats. Integrative Medicine Research. 7(3):257-263. |
| 5 | Obaje S.G., Uhere C., Uzomba G.C., Azubuike-Osu, S.O., Nwafor J.A., Victor P.D. (2018). Age specific sex differences in weight, height and cephalofacial dimensions among Ebonyi indigenes in Nigeria. South European Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Research. 5(2):9-12. |
Staff Information
- +2348184673408
- sharon.eboagwu@funai.edu.ng