Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye

Elufioye was awarded a research grant by the MacArthur Foundation in order to conduct research on several Nigerian medicinal plants in order to test for compounds that may be used to counteract neurodegenerative diseases.{{Cite web|url = http://macarthur.ui.edu.ng/taiwoolayemi|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150303083559/http://macarthur.ui.edu.ng/taiwoolayemi|url-status = dead|archive-date = 3 March 2015|title = Doctoral Grantees (Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye)|access-date = 2 February 2016|website = MacArthur Grants Awardees|publisher = University of Ibadan}}

In 2014, Elufioye was one of five women who won the Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World.{{Cite web|url = http://www.elsevierfoundation.org/the-elsevier-foundation-honors-early-career-women-scientists-from-developing-countries-for-research-into-the-medicinal-properties-of-natural-compounds/|title = The Elsevier Foundation honors Early Career Women Scientists from Developing Countries for Research into the Medicinal Properties of Natural Compounds|date = 12 February 2014|access-date = 1 February 2016|website = The Elsevier Foundation}} Elufioye won the award for her work on the pharmacological properties of Nigerian plants.{{Cite news|url = http://www.pharmanewsonline.com/ui-pharmacognosy-lecturer-wins-women-global-award/|title = UI Pharmacognosy Lecturer, Wins Women Global Award|last = Obayendo|first = Temitope|date = 11 March 2014|work = Pharmanews|access-date = 1 February 2016}} Her research is especially focused on compounds that could be used to treat malaria, wounds, memory loss, leprosy and cancer.{{Cite news|url = http://www.blueprint.ng/2014/03/10/nigerian-woman-elufioye-wins-2014-scientists-award/|title = Nigerian woman, Elufioye, wins 2014 scientists award|date = 10 March 2014|work = Blueprint|access-date = 1 February 2016|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160917092441/http://www.blueprint.ng/2014/03/10/nigerian-woman-elufioye-wins-2014-scientists-award/|archive-date = 17 September 2016}} The Elsevier Foundation Awards was presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Chicago and included a prize of $5000.{{Cite news|url = http://www.tribune.com.ng/achievers/item/18247-taiwo-elufioye-ui-chemist-celebrated-in-us-receives-prize-for-women-in-science|title = Taiwo Elufioye, UI Chemist Celebrated in U.S.|date = 11 October 2014|work = Nigerian Tribune|access-date = 2 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141111223749/http://www.tribune.com.ng/achievers/item/18247-taiwo-elufioye-ui-chemist-celebrated-in-us-receives-prize-for-women-in-science|archive-date = 11 November 2014}} When she won the award, the Vice Chancellor at the University of Ibadan, Isaac Adewole, said that Elufioye's accomplishments "would inspire other women in science" and that she is "a pride of Nigeria and the African continent as a whole."{{Cite news|url = http://naijalog.com/ui-scientist-dr-taiwo-olayemi-elufioye-wins-women-global-award/|title = UI Scientist, Dr. Taiwo Olayemi-Elufioye Wins Women Global Award|work = Naijalog|access-date = 2 February 2016}}

Elufioye is published in the African Journal of Biomedical Research,{{Cite journal|url = http://www.ajbrui.net/ojs/index.php/ajbr/article/view/377|title = Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Activity of Secridaca Longepedunculata Fers (Polygalaceae) Leaf and Stem Bark Methanolic Extract|last1 = Elufioye|first1 = Taiwo Olayemi|date = 2014|journal = African Journal of Biomedical Research|access-date = 1 February 2016|volume = 17|issue = 3|pages = 187–191|last2 = Alafe|first2 = Atinuke Omoyeni|last3 = Faborode|first3 = Oluwaseun Samuel|last4 = Moody|first4 = Olanrewaju Jones|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160310015702/http://www.ajbrui.net/ojs/index.php/ajbr/article/view/377|archive-date = 10 March 2016}} Pharmacognosy Research,{{Cite journal|title = Anti-ulcer and ulcer healing potentials of Musa sapientum peel extract in the laboratory rodents|journal = Pharmacognosy Research|date = 2013-07-01|pmc = 3719258|pmid = 23900937|volume = 5|issue = 3|doi = 10.4103/0974-8490.112423|language = en|first1 = Samuel Adetunji|last1 = Onasanwo|first2 = Benjamin Obukowho|last2 = Emikpe|first3 = Taiwo Olayemi|last3 = Elufioye|first4 = Austin Azubuike|last4 = Ajah|pages = 173–178 | doi-access=free }} the International Journal of Pharmaceutics,{{Cite journal|url = http://kevaind.org/download/herbs%20useful%20in%20memory.pdf|title = Ethnobotanical Survey of Plants Used as Memory Enhancer and Antiaging in Ondo State, Nigeria|last = Mojisola|first = Cyril-Olutayo Christiana|date = 2012|journal = International Journal of Pharmaceutics}} and the African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines.{{Cite journal|title = Quality evaluation of Poza bitters, a new poly herbal formulation in the Nigerian market|url = http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/115450|journal = African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines|date = 2015-01-01|issn = 0189-6016|pages = 17–22|volume = 12|issue = 1|doi = 10.4314/ajtcam.v12i1.3|first1 = E. T.|last1 = Olayemi|first2 = A. O.|last2 = Arabela|doi-access = free}}

Elufioye was born into an educated family where her mother was a teacher and her father was an administrator at a university.{{Cite news|url = https://www.usnews.com/news/stem-solutions/articles/2014/08/05/against-all-odds-women-in-developing-countries-succeed-in-stem-fields|title = Against All Odds: Women in Developing Countries Succeed in STEM Fields|last = Brink|first = Susan|date = 5 August 2014|work = U.S. News & World Report|access-date = 1 February 2016}} Her entire family, including her siblings have attended college.

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