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Victor Olufolahan Lasebikan (Born in 1959) is a Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine at the university of Ibadan. He is also a Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, University College Hospital. He is best known for his contributions to clinical psychiatry in Oyo State of Nigeria, where he spent 22 years and rose to the position of Chief Consultant Psychiatrist and Chief Medical Director, State Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan.1 In the field of academic psychiatry, Victor Lasebikan is known for his works in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, specifically psychooncology, and psychiatric morbidity in chronic medical diseases. Victor Lasebikan is also an addiction specialist and an International Scholar in Addiction Medicine, King College London. He is a global addiction expert with the International Society of Addiction Medicine and a former Member, Curriculum Review Committee, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) University, United States. He has over 100 journal and textbook publications, including a novel 40-chapter textbook in consultation-liaison psychiatry, titled “Textbook of Psychiatry in Medicine”.2 He has also been listed as top  3%, most cited author in psychiatry and addiction medicine by the AD Scientific ranking in psychiatry and addiction medicine and public health psychiatry in the World and/or Nigeria for 2024.3 He is the Chairman, PAMHI Foundation,4 visiting consultant, The Pizzazz Hospitals, New world Specialists and Rehabilitation Hospitals.

Family and Early Education

Victor Olufolahan Lasebikan was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria into the elite Lasebikan family of Kudeti, Ibadan. His grandfather was was appointed a Councilor to Ibadan because of his education and hospitality. 5 His grandfather was described as one of the Ibadan elites between 1893 and 1966 and of the one of the “Traditional Power in Modern Politics”.5 His father was late Revd. Gabriel Lasebikan, a renounced educationist, an alumnus of St Andrews College Oyo and London University and a former Education secretary general in the old Western Nigeria. His mother was, Mrs Grace Jokotade Lasebikan (Nee Jones), a school teacher.6 He attended Loyola College Ibadan for his secondary education and studied medicine at the University of Ife formerly (Obafemi Awolowo University). Lasebikan obtained MS/M.Sc. in Addiction Studies from the Virginia Commonwealth, Richmond, United States, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, and University of Adelaide Australia. He also obtained MPH and Ph.D. (Public Health/Community Medicine) at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and Doctor of Medicine, MD (Psychiatry) from the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. Regarding professional postgraduate training, he holds professional postgraduate certifications as Fellow in Psychiatry of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria; Fellow, West African College of Physicians and Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh). He also holds Psychosomatic Specialist Certificate of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine.2

Memberships and External Links

Lasebikan is a member of several international societies, including the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), International Society of Biological Research on Alcohol (ISBRA), Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, and International Psycho-oncology Society.2 Lasebikan is also the senior consultant for Public Health and Addiction Studies with the R-DATS Consulting, a multinational organization that  uses advanced and innovative research, evaluation and statistical methods to gather high-quality data and generate strong evidence for impact and improved policy decisions and is also operational in several African countries.7 Lasebikan is also the Regional Adviser for West Africa, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.8

Research Profile

https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/victor-lasebikan/5112125

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Og8KDbcAAAAJ&hl=en

References

1.         Linkedin P.

2.         College of Medicine U. Professor Victor Lasebikan. https://com.ui.edu.ng/index.php/prof-victor-o-lasebikan.

3.         Victor Lasebikan AD Scientific Ranking 2024. https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/victor-lasebikan/5112125.

4.         PAMHI Foundation. https://www.pamhifoundation.net/.

5.         Vaughan O. Nigerian Chiefs: Traditional Power in Modern Politics, 1890s-1990s (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, 7) Paperback – August 25, 2006. 2006.

6.         Power. Pa. 2017; https://woman.peopleandpowerngr.com/2017/12/01/lawson-mrs-omotunde-olayinka/.

7.         R-DATS.

8.         Royal College of Physicians Edingurgh. West Africa. https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/overseas-regional-adviser/west-africa.

1.         Linkedin P.

2.         College of Medicine U. Professor Victor Lasebikan. https://com.ui.edu.ng/index.php/prof-victor-o-lasebikan.

3.         Victor Lasebikan AD Scientific Ranking 2024. https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/victor-lasebikan/5112125.

4.         PAMHI Foundation. https://www.pamhifoundation.net/.

5.         Vaughan O. Nigerian Chiefs: Traditional Power in Modern Politics, 1890s-1990s (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, 7) Paperback – August 25, 2006. 2006.

6.         Power. Pa. 2017; https://woman.peopleandpowerngr.com/2017/12/01/lawson-mrs-omotunde-olayinka/.

7.         Royal College of Physicians Edingurgh. West Africa. https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/overseas-regional-adviser/west-africa.

1.         Linkedin P.

2.         College of Medicine U. Professor Victor Lasebikan. https://com.ui.edu.ng/index.php/prof-victor-o-lasebikan.

3.         Victor Lasebikan AD Scientific Ranking 2024. https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/victor-lasebikan/5112125.

4.         PAMHI Foundation. https://www.pamhifoundation.net/.

5.         Vaughan O. Nigerian Chiefs: Traditional Power in Modern Politics, 1890s-1990s (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, 7) Paperback – August 25, 2006. 2006.

6.         Power. Pa. 2017; https://woman.peopleandpowerngr.com/2017/12/01/lawson-mrs-omotunde-olayinka/.

7.         Royal College of Physicians Edingurgh. West Africa. https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/overseas-regional-adviser/west-africa.

1.         Linkedin P.

2.         College of Medicine U. Professor Victor Lasebikan. https://com.ui.edu.ng/index.php/prof-victor-o-lasebikan.

3.         Victor Lasebikan AD Scientific Ranking 2024. https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/victor-lasebikan/5112125.

4.         PAMHI Foundation. https://www.pamhifoundation.net/.

5.         Vaughan O. Nigerian Chiefs: Traditional Power in Modern Politics, 1890s-1990s (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, 7) Paperback – August 25, 2006. 2006.

6.         Power. Pa. 2017; https://woman.peopleandpowerngr.com/2017/12/01/lawson-mrs-omotunde-olayinka/.

1.         Linkedin P.

2.         College of Medicine U. Professor Victor Lasebikan. https://com.ui.edu.ng/index.php/prof-victor-o-lasebikan.

3.         Victor Lasebikan AD Scientific Ranking 2024. https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/victor-lasebikan/5112125.

4.         Royal College of Physicians Edingurgh. West Africa. https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/overseas-regional-adviser/west-africa.

5.         PAMHI Foundation. https://www.pamhifoundation.net/.

6.         Vaughan O. Nigerian Chiefs: Traditional Power in Modern Politics, 1890s-1990s (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, 7) Paperback – August 25, 2006. 2006.

7.         Power. Pa. 2017; https://woman.peopleandpowerngr.com/2017/12/01/lawson-mrs-omotunde-olayinka/.