UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA (Main Campus: Abuja Airport Road, and Mini-Campus: Gwagwalada)
The University of Abuja in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja was established on January 1, 1988 as a dual-mode university with the mandate to run conventional (regular degree, diploma, and postgraduate programmes) and distance learning programmes (due to its location in the Federal Capital Territory to provide university education to students who cannot acquire such level of education through the regular university learning system but are interested in acquiring University level knowledge and skills).
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VISION
"To develop an institution of higher learning that combines academic excellence with the pursuit of the unity of Nigeria."
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MISSION
"To provide instructional, research, and public service programmes appropriate to a university of high standing that guarantees academic excellence and to operate a strong and virile distance learning component that ensures equal educational access to a large constituency."
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For more information on the University of Abuja: https://www.uniabuja.edu.ng/index.php/aboutus
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UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA TEACHING HOSPITAL (Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria)
The University of Abuja Teaching Hospital is located in Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. It is a 520 - bed hospital with a facility for expansion to 800 beds. The hospital metamorphosed from a Specialist Hospital in 1992 under the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, to a Federal Medical Centre in 1993 following its transfer to the Federal Ministry of Health and in September 2006, was upgraded to a Teaching Hospital for the University of Abuja.
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VISION
"To be a world-class tertiary health institution providing excellent services in patient care, research, and training."
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MISSION STATEMENT
"A well-equipped modern tertiary health facility with a dedicated and well-motivated workforce that would render qualitative and effective specialist health care services to all in a humane, transparent manner and friendly environment, to provide clinical teachings in all medical fields at undergraduate and postgraduate levels."
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For more information on the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital: https://uath.gov.ng/about-us
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Research Team at University of Abuja:
Oseremen I. Aisuodionoe-Shadrach, MBBS, FWACS. Urol, MBA
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor of Surgery/ Consultant Urologist & Head, Division of Urology,
Department of Surgery,
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital,
Gwagwalada
Olabode Peter Oluwole, M.B.B.S., FMCPath
Associate Professor of Pathology (Morbid Anatomy)
Department of Pathology/Forensic Medicine
Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences,
College of Health Sciences.
University of Abuja
Maxwell M. Nwegbu
Department of Chemical Pathology
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital
Gwagwalada
P.M.B 228, Abuja, Nigeria
Ajibola Olalekan Hafees, MBBS, FWACS (Urology)
Consultant Urologist
Urology Division, Department of Surgery
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital
Gwagwalada
Prof Mustapha Abubakar Jamda
Co-Investigator
Public Health
Dr S.B. Eniola
Project Manager