Eyitope Ogunbodede
{{short description|Nigerian academic (born 1957)}}
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| office = 11th Vice-chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University
| term_start = June 2017
| term_end = 6 June 2022
| predecessor = Anthony Elujoba (acting)
| successor = Adebayo Simeon Bamire
| birth_name = Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|01|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Owo, Western Region, British Nigeria (now in Ondo State, Nigeria)
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Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede (born 23 January 1957) is a Nigerian academic and professor of Dentistry who was the 11th substantial Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria from 2017 to 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://oauife.edu.ng/vc|title=Prof. Eyitope O.O. - Vice-Chancellor|website=oauife.edu.ng|access-date=2019-06-08|archive-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608155341/https://oauife.edu.ng/vc|url-status=dead}} He is also the founder of Dema Foundation Dental Museum, the first dental museum in Africa commissioned in 2015 which contains relics of modern Nigerian dental history.{{Cite web|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/facial-marks-in-a-dental-museum/|title=Facial marks in a dental museum|date=2015-09-26|website=The Nation Newspaper|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-08}}
Education
Ogunbodede attended Owo High School where he obtained the West African School Certificate in 1976. He then proceeded to Obafemi Awolowo University where he received a BSc in Health Sciences and a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BchD) in 1981 and 1985 respectively. He also has a Masters in Public Health degree from the University of Lagos (1989) and was a Commonwealth Medical Fellow at University College London between 1991 and 1993.
Career
Ogunbodede joined the services of Obafemi Awolowo University as a Medical Training Fellow in 1987 and became a professor in 2000. As an academic, he has published approximately 100 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles. He has authored over 40 conference abstracts and 2 books. On 8 May 2017, he was appointed the 11th Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University which ended in May 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://punchng.com/breaking-ogunbodede-named-oaus-new-vice-chancellor/|title=BREAKING: Ogunbodede named OAU's new vice chancellor|website=Punch Newspapers|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-08}}