Dr Chuma Okere attended the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and graduated with Bachelors and Masters degrees in Human Physiology. He lectured briefly at the College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri (Nigeria) and then received an international Japanese government scholarship for a doctoral degree in Medical Sciences (Neuroscience). He had two postdoctoral fellowships at Kochi Medical School, Japan and Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia. He has held previous faculty (Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, USA) and several adjunct professor appointments in colleges/universities in the United States prior to joining Ajman University. His research interest is nitric oxide in neural function.

Education

• Ph.D.; Kochi Medical School, Japan. 1997
• M.Sc. University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 1990
• B.Sc (Hons); University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 1987

Experience

• Adjunct Professor, Gwinnett Technical College, GA, USA. Aug 2018-Aug 2019
• Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, USA 2006-2014
• Adjunct Professor, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA-USA. 2010
• Adjunct Professor, Community College of Philadelphia, PA -USA. 2003-2006
• Adjunct Professor, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, USA. 2001
• Research Fellow/Associates, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA-USA. 2000-2006.
• Instructor, Kochi Medical School, Japan. 1999-2000.
• JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kochi Medical School, Japan. 1997-1999.

Teaching Area

• Physiology
• Anatomy and Physiology
• General Biology

Research

• Nitric oxide and neural function
• Neuron-glia interaction in specific neural systems