Dr. Olatokunbo Osibogun is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Stempel College. After pursuing her medical degree in Igbinedion University Okada, Nigeria, she went to the School of Public Health at University of Alabama at Birmingham to obtain a MPH. In 2019 she obtained her Ph.D. in public health from FIU and completed a NIDA T32 postdoctoral fellowship at FIU prior to her academic faculty position at the Department of Epidemiology. In 2019, Dr. Osibogun was a fellow of the American Heart Association 45th Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke. Dr. Osibogun's research focuses broadly on cardiovascular health promotion, tobacco use and women's health. Currently, Dr. Osibogun leads an ecological momentary assessment study to identify barriers and facilitators of harm reduction among adult dual users of e-cigarettes and cigarettes. Dr. Osibogun’s work has been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN). Dr. Osibogun also works with NIH funded cohort studies including the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
research interests
Cardiovascular Health Promotion; Tobacco Control; Women’s Health.