Staff Profiles

B.Sc (Hons), University of Ilorin, Nigeria, M.Sc, University of Lagos, Nigeria, PhD, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sodiq Kolawole Lawal currently serves as a lecturer in the School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Botswana. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) Degree from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, a Master of Science (M.Sc.) from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a a Post-Doctoral Training (Postdoc) from University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has previously worked as an instructor at the School of Midwifery, Sapele, Nigeria, and an assistant lecturer at St. Francis University, Tanzania. 

FHS 201: Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology (I)

FHS 202: Human Anatomy and Physiology (II)

BNS 301: Pathophysiology

MNS 621: Advanced Pathophysiology

MNS 613: Human Embryology and Genetics

I am a highly motivated researcher in Neurobehavioral, Neuroendocrinology, and Nano-drug delivery using scientific model systems, especially rats and mice, but also Drosophila and human subjects, in which I have published over 42 peer-reviewed articles.

The following are my areas of research:

1. HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral drugs-nervous system interaction

2. Nano-drug delivery

3. Epidemiology profile of tropical diseases such as Malaria, especially cerebral malaria

4. Anthropometry anatomy

1. Medical education, the use of teaching tools such as anatomage for teaching and learning in health sciences.

2. Epidemiological profile of tropical diseases such as Malaria, especially cerebral malaria

3. Anthropometry and comparative anatomy

4. Antimalarial drugs and Antiretroviral drugs and their impact on the nervous system and neurocognitive functions

Lawal, S. K., Olojede, S. O., et. al., (2022). Nanodelivery of antiretroviral drugs to nervous tissues. Front Pharmacol, 13, 1025160. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.1025160 7.

Lawal, S. K., Olojede, S. O., et al. (2022) Highly active antiretroviral therapy-silver nanoparticle conjugate interacts with neuronal and glial cells and alleviates anxiety-like behaviour in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. IBRO Neuroscience Reports,2022. 13: p.57-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibneur.2022.06.003. 8.

Lawal, S.K., Olojede, S. O., et.al (2022). Tenofovir-silver nanoparticles conjugate ameliorate neurocognitive disorders and protect ultrastructural and cytoarchitectonic properties of the prefrontal cortex in diabetic rats. Bosn J Basic Med Sci.

Aladeyelu, O. S., Olojede, S. O., Lawal, S. K., et.al., (2023). Influence of pneumatisation on the morphology of temporal bone-related vasculatures and their morphometric relationship with ear regions: a computed tomography study. Sci Rep.