Ajovi Scott-Emuakpor discusses his career in pediatrics and his experience in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development at Michigan State University

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Ajovi Scott-Emuakpor discusses his international career as a geneticist, physician, faculty member and administrator, much of it spent in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development at Michigan State University. Ajovi recalls coming to MSU from Nigeria in 1965 as an undergraduate, joining the department as a graduate student in 1968 and working with the original faculty. He describes the college's early curriculum and focus on patient care and recognizes the uniqueness of pioneering efforts now copied at many other institutions. Ajovi also talks about returning to Nigeria to become Director of the Institute of Child Health and later coming back to MSU as a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development. He says that collegiality in the department has now waned in the face of administration changes, retirements, and plans to move the school to Grand Rapids. Sociology Professor Meritus Dr. David J. Kallen conducts the interview as part of the MSU Department of Pediatrics and Human Development Oral History Project.

Date Issued:

2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Michigan and East Lansing

Subject Topic:

Career in pediatrics, History, Curricula, Medical colleges, Faculty, Medicine, and Study and teaching (Higher)

Subject Name:

Scott-Emuakpor, Ajovi Blessing, Scott-Emuakpor, Ajovi Blessing, Michigan State University, Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, and Michigan State University

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5rb6w29g