Tola aims to disrupt health inequality in Africa‘s cities by harnessing the power of data science, epidemiology and machine learning to explore and model various diseases and risk factors in order to better understand and minimize disparities in urban health.
She is a Master of Public Health graduate from the University of Queensland, Australia, and has completed a BSc.Double Major in Biology and Medical Science from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Her experience includes research and community outreach with organizations targeting urban slum populations, women, children, and youth across Nigeria, Canada, and Australia. Omotola leads policy research and partnership building at the Engage Africa Foundation, where she worked on research recommending a shift to a socioecological response to effectively tackle rising non-communicable disease in Africa’s cities.
