Joseph Olurotimi Sanya is a Nigerian researcher, professor, provost,[1] and a reader in physiology at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), Afe Babalola University (ABUAD).
His Ph.D. thesis was on the Effects of Aqueous Extract of Zanthoxyllum zanthoxylloides and Aframomum melegueta on Sickle Cell Vaso-occlusive Crisis while his Master's dissertation was on Electrocardiographic Profiles of Normotensives At-Risk of Developing Hypertension (OAU, Ife.2003).
He is a member of many learned societies including: Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Physiological Society of Nigeria (PSN) and the West African Network of Natural Product Research Scientists (WANNPRES).
He has trained scores of house officers/resident doctors and rose to the post of chief medical director before taking up academics full-time.
As a scholar and researcher, Sanya has to his credit, scores of profound writings published in books, journals, and proceedings.