Miss Olatundun Gafari

Current teaching contributions

Deputy module lead, Nutrition and Health Module (MSc Public Health and MSc Global Health)

Deputy assessments lead, MSc Public Health

Supervisor to MSc Public Health students

Personal Academic Tutor to MSc Public Health students

Olatundun Gafari is a Public Health Nutritionist trained at the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载, and an associate registered nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition, UK. She has been actively involved in developing, implementing and evaluating public health programmes aimed at improving nutrition, physical activity and ultimately, good health, among members of the public in Africa and in the UK.

She is currently a lecturer in public health at the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 and the EDI Research fellow for the 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 BRC. She previously worked on the nationwide Co-POWeR project as a research fellow.

Olatundun is skilled and experienced in conducting mixed methods research, public and community engagement and statistical analysis using various statistical platforms. Olatundun also previously worked as the programme coordinator for the health and wellbeing community engagement hub where she developed and coordinated projects aimed at improving nutrition and health while narrowing the digital divide in households within 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载; this led to her nomination for a Vice-Chancellor Award in 2021.

Olatundun’ s research interests are in maternal and child health and nutrition, exploring the associations with long term public health conditions, specifically in underserved groups and communities.