Dr. Bello Sirajo Shiitu

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

Department of Anatomy

College of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Bio▼

     Dr. Bello was born in late 1970s in Sokoto Nigeria. He had his early Islamic and western education in Sokoto, before he proceeded to Usmanu Danfodiyo University where he graduated with his MBBS in 2006. He obtained an MSc Anatomy in 2014 from same University before proceeding to University Putra, where he obtained a PhD Anatomy in 2017. His PhD research work was on the preventive effect of Nigella sativa oil extract on Valproic acid (VPA) induced Neural tube defects (NTDs) in mouse model. Dr. Bello has received several grants and awards, including the Tetfund Institutional based research grant, for “Preventive effect of Nigella sativa oil extract on VPA induced Craniosynostosis in mouse model” January 2020, the Malaysian International Scholarship August 2016 to December 2017, and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences research grant at University Putra Malaysia, in May 2015. Dr. Bello has been teaching Anatomy to both undergraduate and postgraduate student for 13 years.

Academic Background▼
  • Ph.D. in Anatomy, University Putra Malaysia, 2017
  • M.Sc in Anatomy, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, 2014
  • MBBS, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, 2006
Research Interests▼
  • Neuroembryology and Anthropology
  • Gross Anatomy and Embyology
Selected Publications▼
  1. Bello S. S. and Aliu Abdulhameed (2023). Quadruple Arterial Blood Supply to the Liver: A Rare Variation. Asian Journal of medicine and health. Volume 21, Issue 11, Page 157-161. ISSN: 2456-8414. DOI: 10.9734/AJMAH/2023/v21i11930
  2. Bello Sirajo Shiitu, Oduola Taofeeq, Abdulhameed Aliu, Na’Allah Ibrahim, Samuel Ajayi Ayooye , Shagari Maryam Bala, Mungadi Musa Sani. (2020): Assessment of Nephrotoxic Effect of Hypocotyl Methanolic Extract of Borassus Aethiopum in Wistar Rats. Annals of Clinical and Experimental Medicine. (Jan.  – Jun 2020) Volume 1 (1) 38-42. ISSN 2714 – 4666.
  3. Bello Sirajo Shiitu, Zolkapli Eshak, Faez Firdaus Jesse Abdullah, Hamidon Basri, Fauziah Othman. (2017): Nigella SATIVA seed oil extract prevents VPA induced NTDs by improving HDAC activity and gadd45α gene expression. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences (RJPBCS) (July – August 2017) 8(4), 108-117. ISSN 0975 – 8585.
  4. Bello Sirajo Shiitu, Fauziah Othman, Faez Firdaus Jesse Abdullah, Zolkapli Eshak, Hamidon Basri (2017). Preventive effect of nigella sativa oil extract on neurobehavioural deficit induced by prenatal valproic acid exposure in mouse offspring. Journal of Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Biological Sciences (JPCBS) 5(1), 70-83.
  5. Bello Sirajo Shiitu, Zolkapli Eshak, Faez Firdaus Jesse Abdullah, Hamidon Basri, Fauziah Othman. (2016): Preventive Effect of Nigella Sativa Oil Extract on Histopathological Changes Induced by Valproic Acid on Spinal Cord of Mouse Embryos and Placenta. Malaysian Journal of Microscopy Vol. 12 (December, 2016) Page 24-31. ISSN 1823 – 7010.