Professor Atinuke Titilola Lano-Maduagu

Professor of the Faculty of Arts

Personal Statement

Professor Atinuke Titilola Lano-Maduagu is a faculty member in the Department of Science and Technology Education, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, Nigeria, where she specialises in Nutrition and Dietetics. 

She holds a National Certificate in Education in Home Economics from Lagos State College of Education (now AOCOED), a Bachelor of Education in Home Economics, First Class Honours, from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where she also won the Best Graduating Student Award in the Department of Home Economics Education (1986), a Master of Science in Human Nutrition from the University of Ibadan (1992), and a Ph.D. in Nutrition and Dietetics from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (2013). 

She joined the University of Lagos in 2004 as a Lecturer II and has progressively risen to her current rank of Associate Professor (2020), having previously served as a Principal Lecturer and Head of the Home Economics Education Department at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Oto-Ijanikin, from 1987 to 2004. 

Her research interests span nutritional status assessment, food science and sensory evaluation, coronary heart disease risk factors, adolescent nutrition, and the integration of entrepreneurial skills in foods and nutrition education.

She has authored a book; over 25 articles nationally and internationally; conference papers across Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Sierra Leone and Trinidad.

Education / Training

InstitutionDegreeField of StudyCompletion Date
Federal University of Agriculture AbeokutaPh.DNutrition and Dietetics2013
University of IbadanM.ScHuman Nutrition1992
Ahmadu Bello University ZariaB.EdHome Economics1986
Lagos State College of Education (now AOCOED)NCEHome Economics1981

Positions, Scientific Appointments and Honours

  • Associate Professor 2020.
  • Lecturer II 2004.
  • Principal Lecturer.
  • Head Home Economics Education Department 1987-2004;
  • Best Graduating Student Award 1986.

Collaborations/ Networks

  • Nutrition Society of Nigeria; HERAN; HEPAN
  • International Federation for Home Economics. 

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