Department of
Pharmacognosy
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Welcome to Department of Pharmacognosy
On behalf of our Department of Pharmacognosy and the Model Herbal Clinic, you are welcomed to our website. Our department is dedicated to the study of Natural Products (medicinal plants, animals and minerals), and we explore the healing powers of the whole and the constituents of natural products/resources in solving human health challenges.
Dr. Ifeoma C. Orabueze
Head of Department (HOD)
Our Vision
To be listed among leading centres for training and translational research for the discovery of novel drugs, drug leads, from natural products for the health-wellness benefit of man and animals.
Our Mission
To empower staff and students as competent manpower in traditional medicine practice, drug discovery, drug development and contribute our quota to improve the global healthcare system by engaging in best practices in training delivery techniques, increase in research outputs, visibility opportunities and cutting-edge techniques in research and services.
- To prepare students for future careers in academia, industry, self and government employment.
- To design and write experimental protocols with the intention of obtaining missing information or to solve the problems.
About Pharmacognosy Department
Our values
We aim to define and redefine Pharmacognosy by combining traditional knowledge of ethnomedicine, phytomedicine and phytopharmacy with modern phytochemical technology.
We identify health-related research questions within our environs and globally, and work towards resolving the challenges/gaps by employing the Chemistry and Biology of natural products.
We are excited to claim that our students are empowered to be excellent researchers and a highly skilled workforce with inquisitive minds.
We encourage collaboration and multidisciplinary research, committed to community development for the holistic wellness of humans, animals, and the environment.
Education and Training
We run Postgraduate, Undergraduate, Herbal Diploma and Advanced Herbal Diploma programmes where courses are taught under:
- Ethnopharmacy/Phytopharmacy
- Ethnomedicine/Phytomedicine
- Phytochemistry
- Pharmacology investigations
- Quality control and analysis
Faculty members
As a team, we consisted of seasoned and experienced Professors, Senior lecturers with PhDs and many more. Our laboratories are well equipped for excellent research and teaching programmes.
Commitment to our community includes:
In 2012, our department established a model herbal clinic that has been operational and active ever since. This clinic provides an opportunity for us to interact with the health needs of our community. We offer counselling services and the sale of evidence-based herbal products originating from our research. Additionally, we are open to collaboration and contract product manufacturing.
We organise the annual celebration of African traditional medicine day, where we create awareness of this excellent healing system, celebrate what we have achieved and discuss where we should be and how to get there.
Creating a healthier future for all
The History of Pharmacognosy Department
As human health needs are expanding, so also nursing development is broadening its interest and functions through the dynamic social climates created by religious ideologies, economic development, industrial revolutions and education. These changes have influenced every aspect of human development. In response, the University of Lagos asked the College of Medicine to appoint a Committee to work on the modalities of starting a B.N.Sc Generic programme. Consequently, the Academic Board of the College at its meeting held on Wednesday, August 5th 2009, received a report that curriculum of B.N.Sc degree has been approved by the University Senate to run for 5 years. The working Committee made the following recommendations:
- The programme should be domiciled as a unit in the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences as approved by Senate until they achieved a Departmental status
- That first UTME intake into the programme be made during the 2009/2010 academic session
- That a Co-ordinator for the programme be appointed immediately
Thus, the first class of eight students was admitted during the 2009/2010 academic session while for the 2010/2011 academic session, another class of twenty students were admitted into the programme. A professor of Nursing, Professor R. B. Fajemilehin of the Obafemi-Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife who was then on Sabbatical leave, was invited to guide the establishment of the programme in September 2010. He was appointed as Co-coordinator and later was the Head of Department. The programme as a professional degree is classified and recommended to run a unit course system and the curriculum is designed to prepare competent poly-valent nurse practitioners who will use nursing process approach in providing safe acceptable, effective and efficient nursing care to meet the health needs of individuals, families and the community at large. A resource evaluation visit to the Department was conducted by NUC in January, 2011 and approval to run only on full time mode was given. Hence Professor R.B. Fajemilehin (Coordinator of the programme) applied for an up-grading from a Unit to a Department of Nursing Science which the University Senate approved on 27th April, 2010. Finally the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria came on an Advisory visit to the Department in November 2011 and made recommendations towards an initial accreditation.
Programmes
Take a significant step in your career journey by investing in your professional development through our faculty’s specialized certificate programs, designed to provide you with in-depth knowledge and practical skills in a focused area of study.
Undergraduate Programmes
Postgraduate Programmes
Student Opportunities
Discover the exciting opportunities awaiting students within this department. Here, you can explore pathways for intellectual growth, engage in stimulating learning experiences, and lay the foundation for future academic and professional success in a specific field of study.
