Joseph Olurotimi Sanya

Joseph Olurotimi Sanya is a Nigerian researcher, professor, provost, and a reader in physiology at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), Afe Babalola University (ABUAD).

Background Sanya was born at Iyin-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on June 11, 1956. He attended the All Saints' Primary School, Iyin Ekiti (1962–1967); Eyemote Comprehensive High School, Iyin-Ekiti (1973–1976); University of Lagos (1977–1978); College of Medicine, University of Calabar (1978–1983); Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife (2001–2003); and the University of Ilorin (2007–2010).

Sanya is a medical doctor and researcher in physiology, in which he has a Ph.D. from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria (2011). His Ph.D. thesis was on the Effects of Aqueous Extract of Zanthoxyllum zanthoxylloides and Aframomum melegueta on Sickle Cell Vaso-occlusive Crisis while his Master's dissertation was on Electrocardiographic Profiles of Normotensives At-Risk of Developing Hypertension (OAU, Ife.2003).

Sanya obtained an MB.BCH degree from the University of Calabar (1983) and is a member of many learned societies including: Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Physiological Society of Nigeria (PSN) and the West African Network of Natural Product Research Scientists (WANNPRES).

Awards Sanya has won several awards, which include the prestigious National Productivity Order of Merit Award (2012) and Ekiti State Merit Award and Honours Roll (2013).