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Excellence is not an event at Babcock University; it is a culture. As Nigeria's leading Seventh-day Adventist university, Babcock has long pursued the highest standards in teaching, research and character, always in service to humanity. That culture is on display again as Dr. Adebowale J. Adetayo and Prof. Olumide A. Abiodun are named among the World's Top 2% Scientists in the single-year category of the Stanford University and Elsevier Database.
These achievements did not happen by chance. They are the fruit of a community that expects more of itself, where researchers are mentored, collaboration is encouraged and scholarship is measured against global benchmarks.
Professor Olumide Abiodun: Epidemiologist | Global Health Specialist | HIV Care Physician | Researcher | Mentor
Professor Olumide Abiodun is a Nigeria-born epidemiologist and global health specialist with over twenty years of cumulative experience as an HIV care physician, researcher, and mentor, primarily across sub-Saharan Africa. His research spans infectious disease epidemiology particularly HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis as well as cancer epidemiology and evidence-based disease prevention and control interventions.
He currently serves as Coordinator of the HIV Program at Babcock University Teaching Hospital, where he oversees all clinical and administrative aspects of HIV programming across the entire care continuum. He is also a Long-term Technical Advisor to the Ogun State HIV Control Program.
Professor Abiodun is a Fellow of the US-NIH Cancer Prevention Program, a member of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Research Committee, and Chair of the Babcock University Research Council. He has served as principal investigator for numerous funded studies, including a multi-centre, investigator-sponsored randomised controlled trial funded by Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation to develop innovative methods of improving ART adherence among adolescents living with HIV in Nigeria. He is currently Co-PI of funded research aimed at optimising HIV self-testing among key population groups in Nigeria.
A Global Burden of Disease Senior Collaborator, Professor Abiodun has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, predominantly in high-impact journals. An alumnus of Harvard Medical School, he brings broad teaching and mentoring experience across three continents; Africa, North America, and Europe. He teaches research methods, clinical research, and epidemiology of both infectious and non-communicable diseases, and serves as a facilitator for HIV disease, treatment, and care across multiple training organisations. He has supervised more than twenty postgraduate students, including five doctoral candidates.
Professor Abiodun is a mentor in the Emory-Nigeria HIV Research Training Program and a Postgraduate Supervisor and mentor at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.Professor Olumide Abiodun is a Nigeria-born epidemiologist and global health specialist with over twenty years of cumulative experience as an HIV care physician, researcher and mentor, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Olumide has extensive experience researching infectious disease epidemiology (particularly HIV, Malaria and tuberculosis), cancer epidemiology, and evidence and theory-based disease prevention and control interventions. He is presently the coordinator of the HIV program at Babcock University Teaching Hospital, overseeing all clinical and administrative aspects of HIV programming across the entire care continuum. He is also a Long-term Technical Advisor to the Ogun State HIV Control Program.
Olumide is a Fellow of the US-NIH Cancer Prevention Program, a member of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health research committee, and he chairs the Babcock University Research Council. Olumide is the principal investigator for several funded studies, some completed and ongoing. He was the principal investigator for a multi-centre, investigator-sponsored RCT funded by Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation to seek innovative methods of improving ART adherence among adolescents living with HIV in Nigeria. Presently, he is Co-PI of funded research aimed at optimizing HIV self-testing among key population groups in Nigeria. He is a Global Burden of Disease Senior Collaborator with more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, mostly in high-impact journals.
An alumnus of Harvard Medical School, Olumide has broad teaching and mentoring experience across three continents (Africa, North America and Europe). He teaches research methods, clinical research and epidemiology (infectious and non-communicable diseases), and is a facilitator (for HIV disease, treatment and care) for multiple training organizations. He has supervised more than 20 postgraduate students, including five PhDs. Prof Abiodun is a mentor in the Emory-Nigeria HIV Research Training Program and a Postgraduate Supervisor/mentor at the University of Edinburg, UK.
Dr. Adetayo Adebowale Jeremy: Senior Lecturer, Information Resources Management | Deputy Director, Office of Research, Innovation & International Collaboration, Babcock University
Dr. Adetayo Adebowale Jeremy is a scholar whose work spans the entire scholarly publishing pipeline as author, editor, reviewer, and funder advocate. This rare vantage point allows him to understand not only why research succeeds or fails, but how to position it for lasting impact.
A globally recognised researcher, Dr. Adetayo ranks among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in the Elsevier–Stanford University ranking for three consecutive years (2024–2026) and among SciVal's Top 500 Researchers in Nigeria. With 69 Scopus-indexed publications to his name, he has twice been honoured as Most Published Researcher and, in the 2023–24 academic cycle alone, received five institutional awards, including the Research Impact Award, Excellence in Research Collaboration Award, and International Research Partnership Award.
Beyond his own scholarship, Dr. Adetayo shapes research systems and policies. As Deputy Director at Babcock University's Office of Research, Innovation & International Collaboration, he directs grant acquisition, funder compliance, grant budgeting, and industry–university partnerships. As Editor of the Babcock Business School International Journal of Business Development and Sustainability and member of the Babcock University Health Research Ethics Committee, he influences publishing decisions and research ethics policy at institutional and national levels.
His commitment to capacity building extends across West Africa. As Program Manager for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation–funded ARM West Africa initiative under WARIMA, he led implementation across six prestigious institutions in Nigeria, Senegal, and Benin. As Community Engagement Consultant for the CEPI-funded ARC-WA project, he designed site-specific communication strategies for Lassa fever vaccine trials across Nigeria, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, training Chief Medical Directors, Principal Investigators, and Community Engagement Teams on epidemic preparedness.
Dr. Adetayo works fluently with quantitative analysis tools including SPSS, RStudio, and Power BI, alongside bibliometric mapping platforms such as VOSviewer and Scimago Graphica. He holds certifications in REDCap, project management (PMP), and Cisco Network Associate (CCNA), and brings practical competence in database administration, web development, and digital scholarly communication.
Dr. Adetayo does not merely study research systems, he builds them.This recognition affirms what Babcock is known for: a relentless pursuit of excellence anchored in faith and Christian values. From Dr. Adetayo's work strengthening research management across West Africa to Prof. Abiodun's HIV care, research and mentorship, our scholars show Knowledge, Truth and Service in action. Congratulations to both, and to every member of the Babcock family who keeps raising the bar.
This recognition speaks to what Babcock is known for: academic excellence grounded in Christian values, and research that serves real communities. Dr. Adetayo's work strengthening research management across West Africa and Prof. Abiodun's HIV care and research at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital show Knowledge, Truth and Service in action. Congratulations to both scholars, and to the entire Babcock research community.
Congratulations to Dr. Adetayo and Prof. Abiodun on these outstanding and well-deserved achievements! 👏🎉