Dr. Immaculata N. Igbo
Prairie View A&M University
College of Nursing
6436 Fannin
Houston, TX 77030
713-797-7041 (office)
713-797-7018 (fax)
inigbo@pvamu.edu
CURRICULUM VITA
EDUCATION
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1990 - Ph.D., Cardiovascular Pharmacology. Department of Pharmacology and
Therapeutics, College of Medicine University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Nigeria
1983 - M.S., Cardiovascular Pharmacology. Department of Pharmacology and
Therapeutics, College of Medicine University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Nigeria
1977 - B.S. (Honors), Pharmacology. Department of Pharmacology, University of
Ibadan, Nigeria
EXPERIENCE
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2008- Present Associate Professor – College of Nursing, Prairie View A&M
University (PVAMU)
1999-2008
Assistant Professor- College of Nursing, PVAMU
1992-1993
ECFMG Foreign Faculty Fellow/Visiting Assistant Professor, School
of Medicine, Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, Texas
1983-1992
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology, College of
Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus
COURSES TAUGHT
Pharmacology; Pathophysiology; Academic Strategies for Nursing Student
Success; Exploring Concepts of Patient Care across the Lifespan
COURSES DEVELOPED
Advanced Pharmacology – with Dr. Christiana Akoma and Dr. Chloe Gaines
Advanced Pathophysiology – with Dr. Paul Femea
Basic Pathophysiology (Online)
Academic Strategies for Nursing Student Success – with Ms. Margie Landson
Nursing Concepts across Lifespan – with Ms. Margie Landson
PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND WORK-RELATED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
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2015 to Date Peer Reviewer for Journal of Pharmacology & Pharmacy
2009 to Date Peer Reviewer for Journal of Nursing Education Perspectives
2012 to Date Peer Reviewer for African Social Sciences Review Journal
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2009 - 2012
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Recipient, TAMUS Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award (5X)
MOODLE Online Course Delivery Training
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2007
Certified Online Instructor, PVAMU, Prairie View
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2001
Developed online Pathophysiology course
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2001
Certified Virtual Instructor, Texas A&M University
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Co-Developed Advanced Pathophysiology
Co-Developed Advanced Pharmacology
GRANT FUNDING
1. 2011-2012 - P.I. HRSA grant Scholarship for Disadvantaged Student (SDS). Amount
Awarded $650,000.00
2. 2011-2013 – P.I. THECB Nursing Innovative Grant Program. Amount Awarded
$90,000.00
3. 2010-2011 - P.I. HRSA grant Scholarship for Disadvantaged Student (SDS); Amount
Awarded $399,004.00
4. 2010-2011 - P.I. HRSA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act- Scholarships for
Disadvantaged Student (ARRA- SDS). Amount Awarded $250,996.00
5. 2008 - P.I. HRSA grant Scholarship for Disadvantaged Student (SDS). Amount Awarded
$77,427.00
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS (7 Most Recent out of 17)
Book Chapters Contributions
1. Immaculata Igbo (2015). Academic Failure in Smith, M. J., Carpenter, R., &
Fitzpatrick, J. J. (2015) Encyclopedia of nursing education. New York: Springer
Publishing.
2. Immaculata Igbo, Margie Landson, and Kathleen Straker (2014). Nursing Student
Retention: An Integrated Study Skills Elective in Linda Caputi (2014) the Innovations
in Nursing Education, 2nd ed. NLN and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publications in Peer-reviewed Journals
3. Margie Landson, Kathleen Straker and Immaculata Igbo (2015). Adapting a Social Media
Strategy in the Classroom: The PEET. Journal of Nursing Education 54 (10): 600
4. Yakubu, MA., Sofola, OA., Igbo, I. and Oyekan, AO. (2012). Impaired Endotheliumdependent and -independent relaxation of aorta from diabetic rats. BRATISL MED J.
113(2), 61 - 65
4. Immaculata Igbo, Kathleen Straker, Margie Landson, et.al. (2011). Multidisciplinary
Approach: An Innovative Strategy to Improve Retention of Students from Disadvantaged
Backgrounds. Nursing Education Perspectives, 32(6), 375 - 379
5. Adeagbo, A.S.O., Zhang, X., Patel, D., Joshua, I.G., Wang, Y., Sun, X., Igbo, I.N., and
Oriowo, M.A. (2005). Cyclo-oxygenase-2, endothelium and aortic reactivity during
deoxycorticosterone acetate salt-induced hypertension. J. Hypertens, 23(5):1025-1036
6. Yakubu MA, Sofola OA, Igbo I and Oyekan AO (2004): Link between free radicals and
protein kinase c in glucose-induced alteration of vascular dilation. Life Sci. 75(24):292132.
7. Sofola, O., Yakubu, M., Igbo, I., Newaz, M. and Oyekan, A. (2003) High salt diet
modulates cAMP- and nitric oxide-mediated relaxation responses to isoproterenol in the
rat aorta. Eur. J. Pharmacology, 474(2-3), 241-247.
8. Saha, L.S., Igbo, I.N. and Opere C.A., Zhan, G.L., Taniyama J., Ohia, S.E., and Roche,
V.F (2001): Assessment of the intra-ocular pressure lowering activity of bicyclic derivatives
of 1-substituted benzyl-octahydroisoquinolines. J. of Ocular Pharmacology and
Therapeutics 17(5), 413-420.
Peer Reviewed Published Abstracts and Presentations at Conferences (8 Most
recent out of 43)
1. Margie Landson, Immaculata Igbo and Kathleen Straker (2015). "Retention
Strategies: Bridging Perception to Reality To Improve Student Outcomes”
Presented, 2015 PNEG Conference, October 22 – 25, Indianapolis, Indiana.
2. Kathleen Straker, Margie Landson and Immaculata Igbo (2015). “A Nurse,
an Educator and a Scientist:Collaboration in Action" Presented, 2015 PNEG
Conference, October 22- 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Immaculata Igbo, Margie Landson and Kathleen Straker (2015).
"Technology and Classroom Engagement: Friends or Foes?" Presented, 2015
PNEG Conference, October 22 – 25, Indianapolis, Indiana.
4. Immaculata Igbo, Margie Landson and Kathleen Straker (2015). Teaching
Pathophysiology to Baccalaureate Nursing Students: Useful Strategies,
Presented at Experimental Biology, Boston, MA March 28 – April 1, 2015.
Abstract published, FASEB J. 29 (1): Suppl. 541.19
5. Immaculata Igbo, Margie Landson and Kathleen Straker (2014). PNEG
“Leading Reform and Advancing the Science of Nursing Education” 41st
Annual National Conference, Rochester, MN, Oct 3-5 2014. Presentation
“Integrating Critical Thinking in Class Engagement”.
6. Margie Landson, Immaculata Igbo and Kathleen Straker (2014). PNEG 41st
Annual National Conference, ”Leading Reform and Advancing the Science of
Nursing Education”, Rochester, MN. Oct.3-5 2014. Presentation “Strategies
for Developing Electives with Unusual Challenges”
7. Immaculata Igbo, Margie Landson and Kathleen Straker (2013). PNEG
“Lessons from Oz: Assuring Capabilities for Future Nursing Education &
Practice” 40th Annual National Conference, Kansas City, MO, Oct 17-20,
2013. Podium Presentation, “Increasing Nursing Student Class
Engagement.”
8. Immaculata Igbo (2012). Invited Conference presenter, Montreal 2012
International Biomedical & Nursing Forum, September 27 – 28, 2012,
Montreal, Canada. “An Innovative Multidisciplinary Strategy to Improve
Retention of Nursing Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds”.