Professor Victor Lasebikan

Victor Lasebikan is a Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. He obtained the academic degrees of B.Sc. Health Sciences, MB CHB from Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly the University of Ife), Nigeria, MS, M.Sc. in Addiction Studies from the Virginia Commonwealth, Richmond, United States, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, and University of Adelaide Australia. He also obtained MPH and Ph.D. (Public Health/Community Medicine) at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and Doctor of Medicine, MD (Psychiatry) from the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. Regarding professional postgraduate training, he holds professional postgraduate certifications as a Fellow in Psychiatry of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria; Fellow, West African College of Physicians and Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh). He also holds Psychosomatic Specialist Certificate of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine.

Professor Lasebikan is currently the Regional Adviser for West Africa, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He is a leading African member of the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), International Society of Biological Research on Alcohol (ISBRA) and Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Victor Lasebikan was a section head, Curriculum Review Committee, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) University Global Certification Program in 2017. Professor Lasebikan is an expert in public health, tobacco cessation programs and alcohol and other drugs detoxification.

Professor Lasebikan had received numerous research and travel grants and was one of the collaborators for the World Mental Health Survey Initiative, a project of the Assessment, Classification, and Epidemiology (ACE) Group at the World Health Organization coordinating the implementation and analysis of general population epidemiologic surveys of mental, substance use, and behavioural disorders in countries in all WHO Regions. Professor Lasebikan is a global addiction expert with the International Society of Addiction Medicine and also a member of the International Society of Addiction Medicine Global Network Expert. Professor Victor Lasebikan belongs to top 3% Scientists in Nigeria (AD Ranking) in the field of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, with over 3000 citations.