Professor Idowu Odunayo Senbanjo

MB ChB (Ogun), MSc (Funaab), PGD (Boston), FWACP, Cert Paediatric Gastroenterology (South Africa)

idowu.senbanjo@lasucom.edu.ng

Academic Background, Trainings, Skills, Positions, Teaching, Achievements (in Summary).

Idowu Senbanjo obtained his MB ChB degree from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria and had his residency training at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria where he completed Fellowship of the West African College of Physician in Paediatrics and Child Health. He had clinical training in Paediatric Gastroenterology at the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Singleton Hospital, Swansea in the United Kingdom and Post Graduate training in Paediatric Gastroenterology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. He is a recipient of the British Society of Gastroenterology educational grant, FrieslandCampina Nutrition Interventional Trial grant and Rome Foundation International Research Award. He is a Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health and also an Honorary Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist/Nutritionist with an interest in the improvement of the care and management of gastrointestinal and nutritional disorders among children, especially those living in low- and middle-income countries.

Research Interests/Specialisations

His areas of research interest include under-nutrition, childhood obesity, diarrhoeal disease and abdominal pain with several scientific publications in reputable peer-reviewed local and international journals. He developed an e-learning module for improving the management of acute diarrhoeal disease which is widely used by students and healthcare practitioners across sub-Saharan African countries. His aspirations are to further characterize specialty interest of paediatric residents in Nigeria and to improve the level of interest in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

Publications

1.NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. Elife. 2021 Mar 9;10:e60060.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.60060.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. Elife. 2021 Mar 9;10:e60060.

doi: 10.7554/eLife.60060.

2. Owolabi AJ, Senbanjo IO, Oshikoya KA, Boekhorst J, Eijlander RT, Kortman GAM, Hageman JHJ, Samuel F, Melse-Boonstra A, Schaafsma A.
Multi-Nutrient Fortified Dairy-Based Drink Reduces Anaemia without Observed Adverse Effects on Gut Microbiota in Anaemic Malnourished Nigerian Toddlers: A Randomised Dose–Response Study. Nutrients. 2021; 13(5):1566.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13051566 4(3): 1-7

Multi-Nutrient Fortified Dairy-Based Drink Reduces Anaemia without Observed Adverse Effects on Gut Microbiota in Anaemic Malnourished Nigerian Toddlers: A Randomised Dose–Response Study. Nutrients. 2021; 13(5):1566.

https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13051566

3. Senbanjo I, Akinola A, Kumolu-Johnson T, Igbekoyi O, Oshikoya K
Inflammatory bowel disease in Nigerian children: case series and management challenges. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2020 Aug;40(3):143-147.
doi: 10.1080/20469047.2019.1662658.

Inflammatory bowel disease in Nigerian children: case series and management challenges. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2020 Aug;40(3):143-147.

doi: 10.1080/20469047.2019.1662658.

4. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants. Lancet. 2020 Nov 7;396(10261):1511-1524 .
.doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31859-6.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants. Lancet. 2020 Nov 7;396(10261):1511-1524.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31859-6.

5.Senbanjo IO, Lamina MO, Kumolu-Johnson T, El-Said H, El-Guindi MAS.
First report of glycogen storage disease type 111a in a Nigerian child. Niger Postgrad Med J. 2019 Apr-Jun;26(2):138-141.
doi: 10.4103/npmj.npmj_17_19.

First report of glycogen storage disease type 111a in a Nigerian child. Niger Postgrad Med J. 2019 Apr-Jun;26(2):138-141.

doi: 10.4103/npmj.npmj_17_19.

6. Senbanjo IO, Senbanjo CO, Afolabi WA, Olayiwola IO
Co-existence of maternal overweight and obesity with childhood undernutrition in rural and urban communities of Lagos State, Nigeria. Acta Biomed. 2019 Sep 6;90(3):266-274.
doi: 10.23750/abm.v90i3.7685.

Co-existence of maternal overweight and obesity with childhood undernutrition in rural and urban communities of Lagos State, Nigeria. Acta Biomed. 2019 Sep 6;90(3):266-274.

doi: 10.23750/abm.v90i3.7685.

7. Senbanjo IO, Salisu MA, Oshikoya KA, Adediji UO, Akinola AO.
Nigerian sleep study found that children slept less and had more problems than children in other countries. Acta Paediatr. 2018 Aug;107(8):1449-1454.
doi: 10.1111/apa.14313.

Nigerian sleep study found that children slept less and had more problems than children in other countries. Acta Paediatr. 2018 Aug;107(8):1449-1454.

doi: 10.1111/apa.14313.

8. Senbanjo IO, Ch'ng CL, Allen SJ.
Improving the management of acute diarrhoea and dehydration in under-5 children in a paediatric referral facility in Lagos, Nigeria. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2017 Feb;37(1):46-51.
doi: 10.1080/20469047.2015.1135560.

Improving the management of acute diarrhoea and dehydration in under-5 children in a paediatric referral facility in Lagos, Nigeria. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2017 Feb;37(1):46-51.

doi: 10.1080/20469047.2015.1135560.

9. 10. Senbanjo IO, Olayiwola IO, Afolabi WA
Dietary practices and nutritional status of under-five children in rural and urban communities of Lagos State, Nigeria. Niger Med J. 2016 Nov-Dec;57(6):307-313.
doi: 10.4103/0300-1652.193854.

Dietary practices and nutritional status of under-five children in rural and urban communities of Lagos State, Nigeria. Niger Med J. 2016 Nov-Dec;57(6):307-313.

doi: 10.4103/0300-1652.193854.

Professor Idowu Odunayo Senbanjo