Dr. Sharon O. Azubuike-Osu

Lecturer II

WORK INFORMATION

Job Title Lecturer II
First Name Sharon
Middle Name (initial) Oluchukwu
Surname AZUBUIKE-OSU

Social Media Handles (links preferable)

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SharonEboagwu Twitter @sharyebbs
Research Gate ID https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sharon_Azubuike-Osu
Google Scholar ID https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=
uKJMRUAAAAAJ&hl=en

 

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.

http://aapsnet.org/jaaps/index.php/jaaps/article/view/76

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.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2017.12.008

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.
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