Joseph Abiodun Balogun

Balogun was born on January 1, 1955, in Idofin, in the Northern Region of Colonial Nigeria. He started his early western education at the Kabba Division Joint Education Council Primary School in Idofin and received his Primary School Certificate from the ECWA/SIM Primary School in Makutu, Kogi State, Nigeria. He graduated in 1972 from St. Kizito's College, a Catholic Secondary School (Ordinary level), in Itedo, and in 1973, completed his high school (Advanced level) education at Offa Grammar School. He obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree in physiotherapy in 1977 from Nigeria's University at Ibadan. Balogun immigrated to the US in 1980 and earned his master's degree in Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy (1981) and Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology with a Minor in Research Methodology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1985. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1998. == Career ==

Balogun began his career as a physiotherapist in 1978 at Mubi General Hospital where he was deployed for the mandatory one-year National Youth Service and established the first Physiotherapy Department in the defunct Gongola State. He has authored two books, five book chapters, five monographs/technical compendia, 136 full manuscripts and 59 abstracts/conference proceedings in peer-refereed journals. In 2017, he gave the second Distinguished University Guest Lecture at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Nigeria. Balogun serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. Balogun is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH), Fellow of the Academy of Science (FAS), and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM). Balogun is the first physical therapist to receive the FAS award. In 2003, he was awarded the J. Warren Perry Distinguished Author's Award by the Journal of Allied Health. == Personal life ==

Balogun is married to Adetutu Olusola Balogun (née Olotu), an occupational therapist and entrepreneur from Tinley Park, Illinois. They have four children. == References ==