Howard University College of Medicine Center of Excellence (CoE)

Biography

Dr. Akinremi, an associate professor specializing in cardiopulmonary physical therapy at Hampton University in Virginia, also serves as the director of the pre-health programs. He was the head of the Physiology Department and an associate professor of physiotherapy in the College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences at Fiji National University. Other past appointments include a faculty position at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan in Ibadan, Nigeria, from 2012 until 2015, and as an adjunct lecturer in the College of Health Sciences at Bowen University in Iwo, Nigeria, between 2011 and 2012.

He served as the acting physiotherapy department head and principal physiotherapist at Bowen University Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso, Nigeria, from 2011 to 2012. From 1999 until 2015, he served in consultancy roles and as a physiotherapist at various institutions across Nigeria, including the Jos University Teaching Hospital and Faith Alive Hospital.

Dr. Akinremi was also appointed to administrative posts, including personnel manager, head of the Community Health Service Department and project coordinator of the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) Project at the Faith Alive Foundation from 2007 until 2008.