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All Students (Diploma, Full Time & Part Time Undergraduate and Postgraduate) that are currently having...

 

The Management of the University of Benin wishes to inform all staff that the National Health Insurance...

The general public and candidates interested in applying for post-graduate studies in the University of Benin can ...

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. O.G.Oshodin (JP) on behalf of Council, Senate, Staff and Students cordially...

The ICT Unit of the University of Benin, has approved the use of its wireless facility by students of the...

Professor Augustine Ohisamaiye Okhamafe

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Bio
Full name: 
Professor Augustine Ohisamaiye Okhamafe
Gender: 
Male
Academic
Qualifications: 
BPharm (1st Class,,Benin), PhD (Bradford), FPCPharm, FPSN
Faculty: 
Pharmacy
About Me: 

Professor Okhamafe has held top management positions at the University of Benin including Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy; Executive Chairman, IBTU Unit; Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic, Ag.), and member of Governing Council. He isan erstwhile member of the Governing Councils of Pharmacists Council of Nigeria and Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria. He has served and/or is still serving as a consultant to, amongst others, Abbot Laboratories Inc, Montreal, Canada, and Global Funds, Switzerland. Currently, Professor Okhamafe is the Editor-in-Chief of the Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Research
Selected Publications: 

 

Azubuike C.P., Rodrı´guez H., Okhamafe A.O., Rogers R.D. (2012) Physicochemical properties of maize cob cellulose powders reconstituted from ionic liquid solution. Cellulose, DOI 10.1007/s10570-011-9631-y (in press)

Nnamdi J.A., Arhewoh I.M., Okhamafe A.O., Enato E.F.O. (2009).Evaluation of the Pharmaceutical Quality of Some Quinine Preparations Sold in Nigeria. Medical Principles and Practice 18(3): 193-197. (DOI:10.1159/000204349)

Okhamafe A.O., Goosen M.F.A., Arhewoh I.M. (2008). Formulation and In-vitro Release Studies on Chitosan-Alginate Microcapsules Modified for Fish Vaccine Delivery. Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa 56(2): 98-108

Arhewoh I.M., Ahonkhai E.I., Okhamafe A.O. (2005). Optimising Oral Systems for the Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins and Peptides, African Journal of Biotechnology 4(13):1591-1597

Erah, P.O.,Okhamafe, A.O., Oviasu, E. (2003). Patient Care in Hospitals. Guidelines for Pharmacists. Pharmacoptherapy Group, Benin City

Okhamafe, A.O., Goosen, M.F.A.(1999). Modulation of Membrane Permeability. In: Cell Encapsulation Technology and Therapeutics (Kuhtreiber, W.M., Lanza, R.P., Chick, W.L., Eds.), Birkhauser Boston, U.S.A., pp. 53-62.

Research Areas: 
Drug delivery and Pharmaceutical biotechnology. • Development of pharmaceutical excipients from agricultural wastes. • Malaria studies
Contacts
Office Address: 
Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy University of Benin, Benin City 300001, Nigeria
Phone Number(s): 
+234-8181 266 737, 716 315 1651

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