Dr (Mrs) Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello was born in Nigeria on the 27th April 1967. She is a working mother.

She started her education at the Corona school, Victoria Island, Lagos and proceeded to Capital school, Kaduna and completed her secondary school education In 1982, at Queens College, Lagos. In 1988, Dr (Mrs) Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello obtained her degree in Veterinary medicine from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. This was followed in 1990 and 1994 with her Masters and PhD degrees in Epidemiology from University of California, Davis and Cornell University respectively. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in 1996 at Wake Forest University school of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

IOB as she is fondly called, began her professional career in 1992 as a Statistical Technical consultant at Cornell Information Technology, Cornell University, USA. In 1994, She became a research fellow at the Department of Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine of Winston- Salem.USA. As a progression to her career, in 1997, she became a Statistical Consultant at the nationally acclaimed research Triangle Institute of North Carolina. USA. A further progression led to the appointment in 1998 as the clinical research scientist, HIV market support studies, Glaxowellcome, Research Triangle Park NC, USA. Prior to her appointment as the Ogun State commissioner of health, she was the Senior Project Manager and Associate Director Quintiles Research Triangle as well as Consultant Therapy Edge Durham in the USA.

Scientific Publications

Dr Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello has written many scientific publications, such as: -

• OBASANJOIO, CLARKSON TB, WEAVER DS .Effects of Anabolic Steroid Nardrolene, Decanoate on Plasma Lipids and Coronary, Arteries of Female Cynomolgus :Metabolism 1996; 45:463-468
• CLINE JM, PASCHOLD JC, ANTHONY MS, OBASANJO IO , ADAMS MR. Effects of Hormonal Therapies and Dietary Soyphytoestrongen on Vaginal Cytology in Surgically Postmenopausal macaques. Fertil Steril .1996; 65:1031-1035
• The prevalence of Paratuberculosis in Diary herds in New York State (1970)
• Nandrolone Deconoate causes Pathologic changes in the uterus of surgically postmenopausal female cynomologus Macaques (1998)
• Registering in the health Facility for delivery protect against maternal mortality in a developing country and findings on the use of antenatal facilities in Ogun State (2004)
• The Androgenic Anabolic Steroid Nandrotone Decanoate prevents Osteopania and Inhibits Bone Turnover in Ovarictomised Cynomologus Monkeys (1997)

Dr Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello has received various awards and commendations for her selfless service and diligence to duty. These include:-

• Ogun state Government best commissioner of the year award –2004
• Yoruba Congress Outstanding commissioner of the year award- 2004
• Matron Honorary Award- Ogun state food milling Association
• Achievers Award for Excellence- Environmental management and Toxicology Students association
• Fame Award for excellence- Youth Mobilisation committee (YOMOCO) Ogun State
• Student Merit Award- National Association of Ogun State
• Distinguished Nigerian Youth Award- Youth Development Crusaders
• Commissioner of the year Award- Civic Enlightenment Organisation of Nigeria
• Distinguished service Award- Babcock University Development of Health Sciences
• Christian Achievers Award- Christian Association of Nigeria Ifo LG Chapter
• Award Of Excellence- Nigerian Institute of Building
• Distinguished Service Award- Rotary club of Oke Ona, Egba.
• Excellence Award 2004- Association of former local government chairman and councillors in Nigeria (AFLOG)
• Gold Award for leadership and good government 2004
• Merit Award 2004- Paramount FM Abeokuta
• Consultative Assembly Award 2003- Ifo Community

• Drug information Association (Since 1998)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (Since 1996)
• Endocrine Society (Since 1996)
• Triangle Consortium for Reproductive Biology  (Since 1994)