Babajide Ojo, Nigeria’s promising scientist is an incoming tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition in the Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Babajide began his higher education at Ekiti State University in Southwest Nigeria, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry in 2011.
He later moved to the United States, where he pursued further studies at Oklahoma State University. There, he obtained a master’s degree in Nutrition Sciences in 2015, followed by a PhD in the same field.
Brilliant Jide as he is fondly called becomes a professor at the University of Alabama five years after earning PhD degree.
Commenting on his remarkable feat on LinkedIn, Babajide said, “I am thrilled to share that I have accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, in the Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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“I am very grateful to all my incredible mentors over the years. I am thrilled for this next step and I can’t wait to get started.”
The scientist with over a decade of experience in studying the impact of nutrition on intestinal biology in health and disease has opened The Jide-Ojo Laboratory and is recruiting at all levels.
“The Jide-Ojo Lab opens in January 2025 and I will recruit at all levels!!! Together, we will use patient-derived organoids and animal models to elucidate how environmental exposures may contribute to the pathogenesis of pediatric digestive diseases, particularly Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, to prevent disease and enhance patient-centered management strategies.
Interested candidates for postdoc, research scientist positions, and prospective graduate students are welcome to review the Lab’s website (jideojolab.com) for more information on current areas of interest and how to join us. PhD applicants should apply to the UAB Graduate Biomedical Science programme,” he said
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Babjide holds a B.Sc (Hons) in Biochemistry, Ekiti State University, 2011, MS, PhD in Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University, 2019, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, in Epithelial Biology, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 2021.
Other qualifications are Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Epithelial Biology, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2023, NIH K99/R00 MOSAIC Fellow, 2023, Instructor, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2024, and assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2025.
