| Lateef Akinola Salako | |
| Birth Date: | 5 July 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
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| Yearsactive: | 1935–2017 |
| Awards: | NNOM CON DSc (Sheffield) |
Lateef Akinola Salako NNOM, CON (5 July 1935 – 8 December 2017) was a Nigerian academic who was professor emeritus of pharmacology and therapeutics at the University of Ibadan.
Lateef Akinola Salako was born on 5 July 1935 in Lagos State, south-western Nigeria.He attended Methodist Boys High School, Victoria Island, Lagos where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate in 1953.[1] He trained at the University College Hospital, Ibadan before he proceeded to University of Sheffield where he received a doctorate degree in 1969.[2]
He began his career in 1962, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan where he rose to the position of Senior Registrar in 1965, and in 1966, he became a Medical Research Training Fellow, University of Ibadan. He was a Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Sheffield for two years, between 1967 and 1969.[3] In 1969, he was appointed as Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan where he rose to the position of senior lecturer in 1970, and in 1973, he was appointed a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology.[4] In 1997, he was elected President of the Nigerian Academy of Science to succeed Professor Awele Maduemezia.[5]