Professor Olufunmilayo I. FAWOLE

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	Name: Olufunmilayo I. FAWOLE
	Designation: Professor
	Faculty: Public  Health
	Department: Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
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Biography  I am Olufunmilayo Fawole a Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health. I am a Fellow of both the Nigerian and West African College of Medicine in Public Health (FMCPH) and (FWACP). I have a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa and a PhD from the University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa. Also, I am a Fellow of the South African Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (SAFRI/SA-FAIMER) and has a certificate in Case Study Development from Emory, Atlanta, USA. I am a medical Consultant at the University College Hospital, Ibadan and an adjunct Professor in San Diego State University, USA. I am the current Director of the Office of International Programmes, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. I was the immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria (2016-2020). My research work are focused on prevention of Gender Based Violence, STIs/HIV/AIDS, Adolescent Reproductive Health and Malaria Prevention and more recently on Outbreak Response and Digital Health Initiative. Outside the University, I have worked with the WHO as a National Surveillance Officer and later as the State Coordinator for Oyo State. I have also worked with the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) as Academic Coordinator and on my return served as the University’s Focal Person to the Programme. I provide technical expertise to the NCDC, Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and her implementing partners on Disease Control activities in Nigeria. I was listed among the World Top 2% researchers globally as compiled by the Stanford University for three consecutive years, 2020, 2021 and 2022 impact (Elsevier common data) year released in 2021, 2022 and 2023. I am the coordinator of the EDCTP Grant CSA2020E- 3134 for the MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics with specialty in Disease Outbreak and Epidemic Response. 1. Masters Training in Epidemiology and Biostatistics 2021/2022 Academic Year  2. Assessment of Covid-19 Response in Central, Eastern, And Western Africa

Resume

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Research

Current Research and Capacity Building Projects including Grants

1. Title: Girls Invest: Financial literacy and Empowerment to reduce Gender based violence among Girls and young women in Nigeria
Funder: Well spring Philanthropic, US
Brief Summary: This is an interventional study focused on financial literacy and economic empowerment of adolescent girls.
Role: Principal-investigator
Collaborators: San Diego State University, USA

2. Title: A landscape analysis for digital payment of health worker payments in Nigeria (Phase 1)
Funder: Bill & Melinda Gates
Brief Summary: This is a mixed method approach consisting of ) a desk review, 2) interviews of key informants, and 3) a stakeholders’ engagement to analysis of the local context, challenges, and opportunities for digitized health worker payments in Nigeria.
Role: Principal-investigator
Collaborators: Digital Health Payment Initiatives and Research in Africa (DHPI-R), University of Makarere

3. Title: Masters’ Programme in Epidemiology and Biostatistics with Specialization in Disease Outbreak and Epidemic Response in sub-Saharan Africa
Funder: EU and Africa CDC
Brief Summary: This is a 30 months Masters’ Programme to train a cohort of epidemiologists and biostatisticians (EPI Fellows- early to mid-career researchers) across sub-Saharan Africa in Master’s degree in with Specialization in Disease Outbreak and Epidemic Response, to meet the PH manpower challenges and strengthen the Epidemiologic and Laboratory Management capacity of countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Role: Principal-investigator
Collaborators: Imperial College and University of Warwick, UK

Publications

Books

1. Fawole O.I. (2011). Gender-Based Violence and Coercion: Gaps in Knowledge and Research Needs. Being chapter in book titled ‘Identifying priorities for research and documentation on Adolescent sexual Reproductive Health in Nigeria’: 65-79. Women’s Health and Action Research Centre, Benin, Nigeria.

2. Fawole OI. (2014) Gender-Based Violence” in “Confronting the Challenge of Reproductive Health in Africa: A Textbook for Students and Development Practitioners. The Women’s Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC) publishers at BrownWalker Press; 23331 Water Circle, Boca Raton, Florida, 33486, USA.

Journal Articles

1. Ilesanmi, O.S., Adeoye, I.A., Fawole, O.I. (2021).Defaulting from Care and Quality of Life of Adults on Anti-Retroviral Treatment Program in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria: A Case-Control Study. Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 9(4), pp. 226–234

2. Irinyenikan TA, Aderoba K., Fawole OI., Adeyanju O., Mehrtash H., Adu-Bonsaffoh K, Maung T, Balde MD., Vogel JP., Plesons M., Chandra-Mouli V., Tunçalp O., Bohren MA. (2022). Adolescent experiences of mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities: secondary analysis of a community-based survey in four countries BMJ Global Health, Vol 5, number:e007954. Doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007954

3. Steven N. Kabwama, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, Mala A.I., Fawole I.O., Ibrahima S., Alice N., Rawlance N., Susan K., Fred M., Marc B, Landry E, Bello S., Bamgboye EA., Dairo MD., Ayo S. Adebowale, Salawu MM., Rotimi F. Afolabi, Issakha D., Mamadou M. M. Leye, Youssou N., Mane F., Oumar B., Tobias A., William S. and Rhoda K. Wanyenze. (2022). Private sector engagement in the COVID-19 response: experiences and lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda. Globalization and Health 18:60 Click Here

4. Alice Namale, Fawole O.I., David M. Dairo, Ayo S. Adebowale, Segun Bello, Eniola A. Bamgboye, Mobolaji M. Salawu, Rhoda K. Wanyenze. (2022). Testing and Surveillance, Nigeria; Exemplars in Global Health March. Click Here

5. Steven N. Kabwama, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, Olufunmilayo I. Fawole, David M. Dairo, Ayo S. Adebowale, Segun Bello, Eniola A. Bamgboye, Rotimi F. Afolabi, Mobolaji M. Salawu, Rhoda K. Wanyenze (2023). Essential Health Services. Exemplars in Global Health; Click Here
6. Akinyemi JO, Agunbiade MO, Salawu MM, Eniade OD, Yaya S, Fawole OI. Perceptions of COVID-19 transmission risk and testing readiness in rural Southwest Nigeria. (2020). Science African, doi: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01334. PMID: 36060208; PMCID: PMC9423704.

7. Adejimi AA, Oluwaseun O. Akinyemi, Olutoyin O. Sekoni, Fawole OI. (2022) Reaching out to men in ending intimate partner violence: a qualitative study among male civil servants in Ibadan, Nigeria, International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 17:1, 2128263, DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2022.2128263: Click Here

8. Fagbamigbe AF, Obiyan M, Fawole OI. (2022). Gender differentials in the timing and prognostic factors of pubarche in Nigeria. PLoS One. Nov 21; 17(11):e0277844. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277844. PMID: 36409757; PMCID: PMC9678277.

9. Joseph W. Jatta, Oyinkansola I. Lawal, Trusila A. Muroka, Ararso B. Olani, Baboucarr Jatta, Fawole O. I., Oladosu A. Ojengbede. (2022). Perceptions of male partners towards intimate partner violence in the Gambia: A qualitative study. African Journal of Reproductive health, 26 (9):76. Click Here

10. Olawoye O, Fawole OI, Monye HI, Ashaye A. (2022). Eye Care Practices, Knowledge, and Attitude of Glaucoma Patients at Community Eye Outreach Screening in Nigeria. Journal of the West African College of Surgeons, 2020 Oct-Dec; 10(4):16-22. doi: 10.4103/jwas.jwas_48_22. Epub 2022 Jun 8. PMID: 35814968; PMCID: PMC9267041.

11. Adebowale AS, Afolabi RF, Bello S, Salawu MM, Bamgboye EA, Adeoye I, Dairo MD, Kivumbi B, Wanyana I, Seck I, Diallo I, Leye MMM, Bassoum O, Fall M, Ndejjo R, Kabwama SN, Mapatano MA, Bosonkie M, Egbende L, Namale A, Kizito S, Wanyenze RK, Fawole OI. (2023). Spread and seasonality of COVID-19 pandemic confirmed cases in sub-Saharan Africa: experience from Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda. BMC Infectious Diseases, 23(1):187. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08168-1. PMID: 36991346; PMCID: PMC10054222.

12. Fawole OI., Bello S., Adebowale AS. Bamgboye EA, Salawu MM, Afolabi RF, Dairo MD, Namale A., Kiwanuka S., Monje F., Namuhani N., Kabwama S., Kizito S., Ndejjo R., Seck, Issakha I. Diallo, Makhtar M., Leye M., Ndiaye Y., Fall M., Bassoum O., Mapatano MA., Bosonkie M., Egbende R., Wanyenze R. (2023). COVID-19 surveillance in Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda: strengths, weaknesses and key Lessons. BMC Public Health, 23(835). Click Here

13. Onoh I., Dairo M.D, Balogun M.S, Fawole O.I. (2023). Prevalence and Predictors of Tobacco Use Among Adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria. Prevention of Chronic Diseases. 20:220234. DOI: Click Here
14. Okedare, O.O., Fawole, O.I. (2023). Intimate partner violence among young women in Ibadan, Nigeria: are there slum and non-slum differences? BMC Women's Health. 23, 290 Click Here

15. Frost EL, Fawole OI, Okedare OO, Salawu MM, Kiene SM, Augusto C, Reed E. (2023). Money, Economic Abuse, and Food Insecurity: A Qualitative Study among Young Nigerian Women with a History of Intimate Partner Violence. Adolescents. 3(2):330-342. Click Here

16. Diallo, I., Ndejjo, R., Leye, M.M.M., Egbende, L., Tusubira, A., Bamgboye, E.A., Fall, M., Namuhani, N., Bosonkie, M., Salawu, M.M., Ndiaye, Y., Kabwama, S.N., Sougou, N.M., Bello, S., Bassoum, Babirye, Z., Afolabi, R.F., Gueye, T., Kizito, S., Adebowale, A.S., Dairo, M.D., Sambisa, W., Kiwanuka, S.N., Fawole, O.I., Mapatano, M.A., Wanyenze, R.K. & Ibrahima, S. (2023) Unintended consequences of implementing non-pharmaceutical interventions for the COVID-19 response in Africa: experiences from DRC, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda. Global Health 19, 36 (2023).Click Here

17. Adebowale AS., Salawu AT., Fagbamigbe AF., Khasakhala AA., Palamuleni ME. and Fawole OI. (2023). Demographic and epidemiological transitions and burden of adolescent healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa: A review. African Journal of Reproductive Health; 27 [7 Click Here

19. Afolabi RF, Salawu MM, Bamgboye EA, Bello S., Adebowale AS., Dairo,1 MD., Kabwama SN., Wanyana I., Kizito S., Ndejjo R, Wanyenze RK., Fawole OI. (2023) Regional differences in the utilisation of antenatal care and skilled birth attendant services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: an interrupted time series analysis. BMJ Global Health 8: e012464. Click Here

20. Bosonkie M, Egbende L, Namale A, Fawole OI, Seck I, Kizito S, Kaba D, Kiwanuka SN, Diallo I, Bello S, Kabwama SN, Kashiya Y, Monje, Dairo M. D., Bondo B, Namuhani N, Leye MM, Adebowale AS, Bassoum O, Bamgboye A, Fall M, Salawu M, Afolabi R, Ndejjo R, Wanyenze K, Mapatano MA. (2023). Improving testing capacity for COVID-19: experiences and lessons from Senegal, Uganda, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 11. Click Here

Supervision

Masters Level- 8
Doctoral Level- 3

PREVIOUS STUDENTS (Selected)
Masters Level- >300
Doctoral Level- 4
Fellowship- 12

Grants

Current Grant Funding

1. Title: A landscape analysis of Digital Financial Services on Health Workers Motivation, Performance and Retention in Nigeria (Phase 2).
Funder: Bill & Melinda Gates
Brief Summary: This is a mixed method approach consisting of systematic literature/desk review, quantitative cross-sectional surveys, and qualitative interviews which aims to assess the impact of DFS on health workers’ motivation, performance and retention, and describe the influence of gender relations within the context of digital payments in Nigeria.
Role: Principal-investigator
Collaborators: Digital Health Payment Initiatives and Research in Africa (DHPI-R), University of Makarere

2. Title: Masters’ Programme in Epidemiology and Biostatistics with Specialization in Disease Outbreak and Epidemic Response in sub-Saharan Africa (EU and Africa CDC). This is a 30 months Masters’ Programme in Epidemiology and Biostatistics with Specialization in Disease Outbreak and Epidemic Response in sub-Saharan Africa
Funder: EU and Africa CDC
Brief Summary: To train a cohort of epidemiologists and biostatisticians (called EPI Fellows- early to mid-career researchers) across sub-Saharan Africa in Master’s degree in with Specialization in Disease Outbreak and Epidemic Response, to meet the challenges and strengthen the Epidemiologic and Laboratory Management capacity of countries in sub-Saharan Africa in the current emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and other public health problems.
Role: Principal-investigator
Collaborators: Imperial College and University of Warwick, UK

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Other Interest/Hobbies

    

My hobbies are gardening and floral arrangement. I also like travelling and music.