Work Information
| First Name | Itoro | |||||
| Middle Name (initial) | Oku | |||||
| Surname | George | |||||
| Social Media Handles (links preferable) | ||||||
| E’toro George Oyoyo | https://www.linkedin.com/in/itoro-george-3420387a | |||||
| Programme | Anatomy |
| Department | Anatomy |
| Faculty | Basic Medical Sciences |
BIOGRAPHY (EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS)
Mrs Itoro Oku George currently serves as a Lecturer II at the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. She is about to obtain her Ph.D in Anatomy from the University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria. Mrs George’s research areas include Comparative Neuroanatomy, Neuroscience, Histochemisty, and Iimmunohistochemistry. Part of her M.Sc. research Project work entitled “Comparative Neuroanatomical study of the Amygdala and Fear Conditioning in Nigerian Breeds of Artiodactyla: Sheep (Uda) and Goats (Red Sokoto)” was selected as a Poster Award finalist and awarded Second Prize after presentation (presented by Dr. Alawa J. N.) at the American Association of Anatomists (AAA) Postdoctoral Poster Competition, Experimental Biology Meeting, San Diego, California, U.S.A. in April, 2018. She has been recently awarded a Graduate Scholarship at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Mrs George has more than six (6) years working experience in well-established academic institutions. She has delivered lectures on topics related to his core research interests in classrooms, conferences, and seminars.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| S/N | INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED | DEGREE(S) AWARDED | YEAR |
| 1 | UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT, CHOBA, NIGERIA | PH.D IN VIEW | – |
| 2 | AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA | M.SC IN HUMAN ANATOMY | 2015 |
| 3 | AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA | B.SC IN HUMAN ANATOMY | 2010 |
| 4 | AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA | DIPLOMA IN PHYSICS E DUCATION | 2006 |
| 5 | IMMANUEL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA | WAEC CERTIFICATE | 2001 |
| 6 | COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL II, RUMUOKWURUSHI, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA | FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE | 1995 |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
| S/N | |
| 1 | COMPARATIVE NEUROANATOMY |
| 2 | NEUROSCIENCE |
| 3 | HISTOCHEMISTRY |
| 4 | IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY |
| 5 | EMBROLOGY |
| 6 | NUTRITION |
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
| S/N | |
| 1 | NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (NSN) |
| 2 | ANATOMICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (ASN) |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (MAXIMUM OF 10, WITH LINKS WHERE AVAILABLE)
| S/N | |
| 1 | Alawa, Judith Nkiru, Itoro George, Wilson O. Hamman, Ibrahim Iliya, Peter Akpulu, and Clement Barikuma Alawa (2015). Comparative neuroanatomical study on the amygdala and fear conditioning in nigerian breeds of artiodactyla: sheep (uda) and goat (red sokoto). The FASEB Journal 32, No.1_Supplement (2018): 780-11. https://www.fasebj.org/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.780.11 |
| 2 | George I. O., Fawehinmi H. B., Oyakhire M. O. , Musa S. A. Agu I. (2020). Comparative studies on the brains of Cricetomys gambianus and Thryonomys swinderianus. European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.7:1 |
| 3 | George I. O., Fawehinmi H. B., Oyakhire M. O. , Musa S. A. Akintola M. (2020). Comparative studies on the brains of local breeds of pig (landrace breed) and dog (mongrel breed). European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.7:1 |
COLLABORATIONS/AFFILIATIONS
| S/N | |
| 1 | AHMA DU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA |
| 2 | UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT, CHOBA, NIGERIA |
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
| S/N | |
| 1 | NIGERIAN FEDERAL SCHOLARSHIP BOARD POST GRADUATE GRANT FOR MSC STUDENTS (2014) |
| 2 | UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN POST GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP, CANADA (2020) |
