Adeniyi  Oluwafunmilayo Funke, is a Senior lecturer in the department of Paediatrics College of Medicine University of Lagos and Honorary Consultant at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital Idi Araba, Lagos. She is a Paediatric gastroenterologist with focus on paediatric  gastrointestinal  infection, motility disorders and liver disease in children. Dr  Adeniyi  has an undergraduate degree  in Medicine and Surgery(MBBS) and graduated from University of Ibadan in  March 1994. She also has a fellowship of the National Postgraduate Medical College ( Faculty of Paediatrics) in May 2002. She holds a Masters in Child Heath from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom  obtained in December 2006  and a Certificate of Training in Paediatric Gastroenterology   from Stellenbosch University, CapeTown obtained in  March 2017.

 Over the past 12 years, I have been actively involved in teaching, clinical service and research especially in the area of general pediatrics and pediatrics gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition. My research interests has been on gastrointestinal bleeding,  peptic ulcer and  helicobacter pylori infection, food allergy, hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease in children and GI endoscopic procedure findings. My research has been multi-faceted and covers aspects of  health-care from the laboratory bench to the community.   I have also been involved in inter departmental collaboration and international partnerships in order to achieve research which has both local relevance and contributes significantly to knowledge and practice even at the international level.  I recognize the value of team approach and work constantly with both senior and junior professional colleagues. I have mentored several undergraduate students and supervised the dissertation and thesis of 7 postgraduate students( Fellowship and Masters degree) whom I have also mentored.

Presently , I have attained the membership of  several professional and academic bodies namely  the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria(Faculty of Paediatrics), Paediatric association of Nigeria, Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Nigeria, the Nigerian Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology,Hepatology and Nutrition, European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition to mention a few. 

I have over 25 publications on research carried out in both general paediatrics and in the field of paediatric gastroenterology.  I have been opportuned to have had a scholarship award granted by the Ford Foundation organization for a masters degree  in Child Health at the University of Warwick in the united kingdom(2005-2006); Clinical training award in Paediatric Gastroenterology , hepatology and Nutrition at Red Cross Hospital by Nestle Nutrition Institute.   Presently, I have also obtained a Central research grant from the University of Lagos to carry out a research on malnourished children in Lagos