Professor Joseph Osikhueme Ugbodaga Igietseme
Professor Igietseme was born at Agenebode, Edo State, Nigeria. He attended Saint Peter’s College, Agenebode and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B.Sc Biochemistry, 1980). After his National Youth Service (NYSC), he worked as a Medical Representative at R.T. Briscoe Pharmaceuticals from 1981 to 1983. He then proceeded to the United States to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) at Georgetown University, Washington, DC USA in 1987. With subsequent training in immunity and pathogenesis of infectious and non-infectious diseases, including a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL USA (1987-1989), Dr. Igietseme’s academic appointments started in 1989 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Little Rock, AR USA, and was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor in 1993. He attained the ranks of Associate Professor (1998) and Full Professor of Immunology, Biochemistry and Microbiology (2002) at Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA USA! He was appointed as the Chief of the Molecular Pathogenesis Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], Atlanta GA USA in 2002. Since 2002, Dr. Igietseme has had secondary appointments at the level of professor at Morehouse School of Medicine and Emory Medical School, Atlanta GA USA.