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Churchill Ihentuge, Ph.D., M.D., M.S.C., M.B.A.

Churchill Ihentuge, Ph.D., M.D., M.S.C., M.B.A.

About Churchill Ihentuge, Ph.D., M.D., M.S.C., M.B.A.

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

Churchill Ihentuge

Dr. Ihentuge completed his medical degree at University of Calabar in Cross River, Etagbor, Nigeria. He earned Ph.D.'s from both Abia State University in Ututu, Nigeria and Howard University in Washington, D.C. He completed a master's degree from University of Pikeville in Pikeville, Ky.

He has played a vital role in educating students at  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, University of Pikeville and Howard University.

 

 

 

 

Courses Teaching:

  • Gross Anatomy
  • Embryology
  • Histology
  • Neuroanatomy

Professional Affiliations and Awards:

  • American Association for Anatomy (AAA)                                                       
  • Anatomical Society of United Kingdom (AS)                                                                  
  • American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA)                                   
  • American Association of Physiology                                                                                     
  • American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)    
  • European Association of Clinical Anatomy (EACA)                                         
  • British Association of Clinical Anatomy (BACA)
  • American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP)
  • Peer-Reviewer

Community Attributes:

  • Community Outreach
  • Community-Based Mentorship
  • Grand Jury

Research/Areas of Interest:

  • Epigenetics
  • Genetics
  • Stem cell
  • Bioinformatics
  • Cell and molecular biology
  • Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering
  • Medical education
  • Anatomical variations
  • HoloLens

Recent Publications:

  • Churchill J. Ihentuge, Hope K. Okechukwu and Ambrose N. Obialor. Finasteride induces Cytoarchitectural Alterations in Hippocampus of Adult Male Wistar Rat: A Contributor to Neuropsychiatric Effects of Post-Finasteride Syndrome (2024). Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics June 1, 2024, 389 (S3) 011; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.011.794640
  • Churchill J Ihentuge and Antonei B Csoka (2024). Epigenetic Effects of Finasteride on Dopaminergic Signaling Pathways: A potential contributor to Post-Finasteride Syndrome. Physiology, Volume 39Issue S1. https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.2024.39.S1.1269
  • Anika Patel, Churchill Ihentuge and Antonei B. Csoka (2023). Epigenetic Regulation of Medulloblastoma Proliferation by Finasteride-Induced Modulation of BTG2 and CD244 Gene Methylation
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics June 1, 2023, 385 (S3) 45; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.122.524610
  • Ihentuge, Churchill and Csoka, Antonei (2023). Finasteride Induces Epigenetic Modulation of Steroid
  • Hormones Biosynthesis and Signaling Pathways. Developmental Dynamics Volume 252, Issue 7. ISSN1058-8388, eISSN1097-0177.
  • Ihentuge, Churchill & Csoka, Antonei. (2023). Finasteride Induces Epigenetic Alteration of TMPRss2 Gene Expression: A Potential role in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus-2 Inhibition. 31. 10.1124/jpet.122.524570.

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