Adaora Onaga
Dr. Adaora Ijeoma Onaga
Dr. Adaora Ijeoma Onaga is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Humanities and currently the Director of the Institute.
She holds an MBBS degree from the University of Ibadan where she studied Medicine and Surgery under the Mobil scholarship for deserving students. She has specialties in Internal Medicine and Nephrology from the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. During her specialty training, she won the O.O Elegbeleye Prize for the best candidate in the National Medical College Examinations in May 2008 and in May 2011 the A.F.B Mabadeje Prize for the best candidate in the National Medical College Examinations (Renal medicine). She is a Fellow of both the National Postgraduate Medical College and the West African College of Physicians.
She holds an MA Degree in Philosophy from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy, with a Summa cum laude (9.9/10). Her licentiate thesis was a study of the Phenomenology of Illness in S K Toombs. She also holds a PhD in Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics awarded in October 2020 from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome with a Summa cum Laude (10/10).
Before joining the Institute of Humanities she worked and taught in several hospitals including UCH, Ibadan. She has worked in Chevron Hospitals Gbagada, Lagos as a Consultant Physician. She teaches personal and Professional Skills, Ethics, Philosophical Anthropology, General and Applied Ethics with additional research interests in the fields of Humanistic Management, Medical Humanities, and Self-Leadership.
She speaks English, Spanish, and Italian fluently. She loves mentoring and working in a multicultural environment. She is an avid reader, tennis player, and student of life.
Publications
Dissertations
•Confronting Human Pain- A Philosophical and Biological study.
•The Phenomenology of Illness- Licentiate thesis, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy. June 2016.
•Assessment of Tubular and Glomerular Functions in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Essential Hypertension submitted for the award of the fellowship of the National Postgraduate Medical College. June 2011.
•Dialysis related Hypotension – Influencing Factors at the University College Hospital, Dialysis Center submitted for the award of the fellowship of the West African College of Physicians. Oct 2010.
Books
•Adaora I Onaga, (2020), Research book, ‘Confronting Human Pain; Interfaces between Biology and Philosophy’, EDUSC, Dissertationes Series Philosophica LVI, 1-451.
•Kemi Ogunyemi, Adaora I Onaga (eds), (2022), Responsible Management of Shifts in Work Modes- Values for a Post Pandemic Future, Emerald publishing, UK, Vol 1.
•Kemi Ogunyemi, Adaora I Onaga (eds), (2022), Responsible Management of Shifts in Work Modes- Values for Post Pandemic Sustainability, Emerald publishing, UK, Vol 2.
Journal articles
•Onaga, A (2022). ‘Future pain as a present concern’. Estudios de Filosofia, 65, 133-152. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.ef.345748.
•Adaora Onaga, Omowumi Ogunyemi, (2019), Autobiography and Chronic Pain: Reflections on the Unity of Soul and Body. Forum (Supplement to Acta Philosophica), vol 5/1 233-249.
Book Chapters
•Omowumi Ogunyemi, Adaora Onaga, (2020), Self- Leadership: Neuroscientific Perspectives in the ‘The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Well- Being’, Satinder Dhiman (ed), pp 1-21.
•Onaga, A.I. (2022). Celebrations and the Cultural Aspects of Hospitality. In: Ogunyemi, K., Okoye, E., Ogunyemi, O. (eds) Humanistic Perspectives in Hospitality and Tourism, Volume II. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95585-4_4
•Deepika Faugoo, Adaora I Onaga, (2022) Establishing a Resilient Economically Prosperous and Inclusive World by Overcoming the Gender Digital Divide in the New Normal, in Kemi Ogunyemi & Adaora I. Onaga (eds.), Responsible Management of Shifts in Work Modes- Values for a Post Pandemic Future, Emerald Publishing, UK.
•Adaora Onaga, Joy Odimegwu, (2022) Sustainable Traditional African Health Systems and Responsible Health Education, Kemi Ogunyemi & Omowumi Ogunyemi, Amaka Anozie (eds.), Responsible Management in Africa, Emerald Publishing, UK.
•Ogunyemi, K., & Onaga, A. I. (2022). Understanding the Present – Values for Shifts in Work Modes. In Kemi Ogunyemi & Adaora I. Onaga (eds.), Responsible Management of Shifts in Work Modes: Values for a Post-Pandemic Future, Volume 1, Emerald Publishing: UK.
•Onaga, A. I. & Ogunyemi, K. (2022). Directing Future Preparedness for Responsibility- Values for Shifts in Work Modes. In Kemi Ogunyemi & Adaora I. Onaga (eds.), Responsible Management of Shifts in Work Modes: Values for a Post-Pandemic Future, Volume 1, Emerald Publishing: UK.
•Ogunyemi, K., & Onaga, A. I. (2022). Responsible Leadership for the New Normal: Ensuring Fairness in Business and Health. In Kemi Ogunyemi & Adaora I. Onaga (eds.), Responsible Management of Shifts in Work Modes: Values for Post-Pandemic Sustainability, Volume 2, Emerald Publishing: UK.
•Onaga, A. I. & Ogunyemi, K. (2022). The Business of Health and Healthy Businesses: Principles and Virtues Post Pandemic. In Kemi Ogunyemi & Adaora I. Onaga (eds.), Responsible Management of Shifts in Work Modes: Values for Post-Pandemic Sustainability, Volume 2, Emerald Publishing: UK.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
•Arije A., Onaga A.I., Kuti MA, Salako BL., Kadiri S. (2010), Emerging pattern of Chronic Renal Disease in Nigeria – preliminary data from a hospital based renal registry. J Clin Nephrol
Other Publications
•Numbers and Words: Investigating the effectiveness of anti-corruption training in Nigeria- CIPE report. December 2022
•Article in Businessday newspaper ‘Optimizing the search for purpose in personal and business development, May 2022.
•Article in Businessday newspaper ‘Social Anaesthesia is a non-profitable, short-term fix’, October 14, 2021.
•Adaora Onaga, Book review Homo dues by Yuval Harari, Academia.edu, October 2019.