Agozie Ubesie
{{Infobox person
| name = Agozie Chukwunedum Ubesie
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1970|9|4}}
| birth_place = Achi, Oji River, Enugu, Nigeria
| education = University of Nigeria (MBBS)
University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (FMCPaed.)
University of Liverpool (MPH)
}}
Agozie Chukwunedum Ubesie is a professor of pediatrics in the department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital.{{Cite web |last=The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu |date=2020 |title=Department of Paediatrics |url=https://unth.edu.ng/department-of-paediatrics/ |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=unth.edu.ng}}{{Cite web |last=SCISPACE |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Agozie C Ubesie |url=https://typeset.io/authors/agozie-c-ubesie-3r4ai2612e |website=SCISPACE}}
Career
Ubesie is the coordinator of the Comprehensive Paediatric HIV and AIDS Management (COMPHAM) Research Group of the University of Nigeria, focused on understanding the peculiarities of paediatric HIV and AIDS in Africa.{{Cite web |last=University of Nigeria |date=2023 |title=Comprehensive Paediatrics HIV and AIDS Management (COMPHAM) Research Group |url=https://www.unn.edu.ng/research-groups/comprehensive-paediatric-hiv-and-aids-management-compham-research-group/ |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=University of Nigeria website}} As a Paediatrics Consultant, he is affiliated to the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Griggs Specialist Hospital, Lagos, and he is known for researches on micro-nutrient deficiencies.{{Cite web |date=October 27, 2023 |title=About Us |url=https://www.griggsspecialisthospital.com.ng/assets/pages/about.php |website=Griggs Specialist Hospital Website}}
Agozie is the secretary of the Faculty of Paediatrics, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria.{{Cite web |last=National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Faculty of Paediatrics |url=https://npmcn.edu.ng/faculties-2/faculty-of-paediatrics/ |website=npmcn.edu.ng}} He is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians, and he won the 2015 best academic staff award of the University of Nigeria.{{Cite news |last=Nnaike |first=Uchechukwu |date=January 28, 2015 |title=UNN VC Restates Commitment to Excellence at Medical School |pages=45 |work=This Day |url=https://www.pressreader.com/nigeria/thisday/20150128/281998965863873}}
On 28 September 2023, at the Moot Court Hall of the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, Ubesie delivered the 191st Inaugural Lecture of the University of Nigeria entitled, The Burden of Childhood Malnutrition and the Bane of a Developing Economy: Breaking the Barriers to Ending a Cycle.{{Cite web |last=Head Topics |date=October 5, 2023 |title=Nigeria: UNN Don Bemoans Inequity, Inequality in Malnutrition Cycle |url=https://headtopics.com/za/nigeria-unn-don-bemoans-inequity-inequalitiy-in-malnutrition-cycle-45951650 |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=AllAfrica}}{{Cite web |last=This Day |date=October 4, 2023 |title=UNN Don Bemoans Inequity, Inequality in Malnutrition Cycle |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/10/04/unn-don-bemoans-inequity-inequality-in-malnutrition-cycle |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=This Day}}{{Cite web |last=The Sun |date=October 8, 2023 |title=UNN Inaugural Lecture Series Boost to Learning, Academic Excellence-Prof. Ubesie |url=https://sunnewsonline.com/unn-inaugural-lecture-series-boost-to-learning-academic-excellence-prof-ubesie/?expand_article=1 |website=The Sun (Nigeria)}}{{Cite web |last=Njoku |first=Lawrence |date=October 5, 2023 |title=Proper Breastfeeding Can Save Over 820,000 Children Yearly, Says Don |url=https://guardian.ng/news/proper-breastfeeding-can-save-over-820000-children-yearly-says-don/ |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=The Guardian (Nigeria)}}{{Cite web |last=Iremeka |first=Chijioke |date=October 5, 2023 |title=Initiating Breatfeeding Immediately after Birth May Save 820,000 Children |url=https://healthwise.punchng.com/initiating-breastfeeding-immediately-after-birth-may-save-820-000-children/ |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=The Punch}}{{Cite web |last=Ilechukwu |first=Ben |date=October 4, 2023 |title=UNN Inaugural Lecture, Harvest of Intellectual Prowess- Prof. Ubesie |url=https://www.shippingdaylive.com/2023/10/04/unn-inaugural-lecture-harvest-of-intellectual-prowess-prof-ubesie/ |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=Shipping Day Live}}
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Category:University of Nigeria alumni