Former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Federal University, Lokoja, Nigeria. February 2016.
Member, Court of Governors, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, October 2015 for four years.
EMERITUS PROFESSORSHIP
On 10th February 2012, the University of Port Harcourt announced four Emeritus Professors. They are OTONTI NDUDA Education NIMI BRIGGS Medicine EMMANUEL ANOSIKE Biochemistry SAMUEL OKIWELU Zoology
ACHIEVING SAFE DELIVERY THROUGH MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE
Achieving Safe Delivery Through Multidisciplinary Care GUEST LECTURE, 2ND ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE LEAGUE OF OBSTETRIC ANAESTHETISTS OF NIGERIA(LOAN) BY NIMI D. BRIGGS EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT on September 03, 2012 INTRODUCTION Let me applaud the League of Obstetric Anaesthetists of Nigeria (LOAN) for the choice of the topic of […]
CAESAREAN SECTION: A CURSE OR BLESSING?
CAESAREAN SECTION: A CURSE OR BLESSING? Foreword In the business of childbearing, it is true that everyone prefers a normal delivery – one in which a healthy mother gives birth, in a reasonable time, to a healthy, good-size baby, that passes through the vagina, the normal birth canal, without undue injury to mother or baby, following […]
THE MOTHERHOOD IN MEDICINE
Giving a talk around a meal time is not infrequently associated with some minor hitches. If the talk is before the meal, people are hungry; they want to eat and so they do not listen. If it is after the meal, then some have had their fill; they want to doze and even snore and […]
ETHICS IN MEDICINE
ETHICS IN MEDICINE, A LECTURE DELIVERED AT THE PUMSA/PUMGRAD RE-UNION WEEK BY NIMI D BRIGGS on NOVEMBER, 2011 INTRODUCTION From1986, when it turned out its first batch of graduates, the College of Health Sciences of the University of Port Harcourt has so far produced 1,858 medical doctors, while over 500 students are currently receiving training […]
UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE
UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE, A Paper Presented by Nimi Briggs, Emeritus Professor, University of Port Harcourt at A 2 – DAY RETREAT FOR NEWLY INAUGURATED GOVERNING COUNCILS OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA organised by the National Universities Commission on 9 July, 2013 Opening Remarks. Let me welcome and congratulate all members of the Governing Councils of Federal Universities […]