The family of the late Dr. Joshua Smith has promised to support the study of pathology by instituting a N2.3m award at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan.
The best graduating pathology student of the institution, the family said, would receive the award.
The gesture, the family added, was in honour of their deceased son, who was a former consultant at the University College Hospital and a lecturer at UI.
Smith, who died in 1976, was aged 36.
The deceased brother, Mr. Banwo Smith, announced this at the 40th anniversary of the late pathologist in Ibadan.
Although the family had moved on since the pathologist’s death, his brother noted that they would continue to remember the eventful life that he led.
Meanwhile, a Professor of Pathology, Thamradeen Junaid, has said that infectious agents in the environment can cause cancer.
Junaid said this while delivering a lecture titled, ‘Boy Joe: Infections and cancer” at the 40th remembrance ceremony of the pathologist.
According to him, Burkitt lymphoma, liver cancer, uterine and cervical cancer are largely caused by infectious agents such as viruses.
Junaid said that infectious agents often changed the character of the host cells, especially when they lived in cells for a long time.
He added, “Infectious agents in the environment are the most common causes of ill-health in the tropics. Common cancers in our environment such as Burkittlymphoma, liver cancer and uterine cervical cancer have been proved beyond doubt to have been caused by infectious agents, largely viruses.”
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