Tolullah Oni
Tolullah Oni | |
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Alma mater | University College London Imperial College London |
Known for | International health |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Cape Town University of Cambridge |
Tolullah "Tolu" Oni (born 1980) is a
Early life and education
Oni was born in Lagos.[4] At the age of seven Oni watched a documentary about cardiac surgery and wanted to become a pediatric cardiac surgeon.[5][6] She attended boarding school.[7] She trained in medicine with international health at University College London, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in 2001.[7] She completed house jobs in the United Kingdom and Australia, and became interested in HIV.[5] She was made president of the Medical Students' Union.[7] Oni was a doctoral student at Imperial College London, where she started to study health outcomes.[8][9] She explored how social determinants impacted health conditions, and finished her PhD in 2012.[10][11] Oni was awarded the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Medical Student Elective Prize, and moved to South Africa.[7]
Research and career
Oni worked in
She moved to the
Public engagement and policy
Oni has presented at the
Awards and honours
- 2013 Elected to the South African Young Academy of Science[30]
- 2014 Young Physicians Leadership Programme by the Inter-Academy Medical Panel[31][32]
- 2019 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader[33]
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- ^ "Department of Health and Wellness | Western Cape Government". www.westerncape.gov.za. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- S2CID 256768263.
- PMID 30784626.
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- ^ "Tolullah Oni". Cambridge Institute of Public Health. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ "The Global Diet and Activity Research Group and Network (GDAR)". MRC Epidemiology Unit. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
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- ^ "World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ "WHO | Conference speakers". WHO. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ a b "AAS Open Research". aasopenresearch.org. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ Next Einstein Forum (2016-03-18), NEF Fellows Spotlight Session: Tolu Oni, retrieved 2019-06-26
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- ^ "Fellows 2017". Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ "Journal of Urban Health - Springer". link.springer.com. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ "Tolullah Oni". The Conversation. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ "Judges | Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Science and Innovating Science". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ "South African Young Academy of Science | School of Public Health and Family Medicine". www.publichealth.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ "TOLU ONI IS ONE OUT OF THE 127 YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS FOR THE CLASS OF 2019". 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- ^ "Tolullah Oni: Young Nigerian with a global vision. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- ^ "Tolu Oni". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-06-26.