Olubukola Omobowale

Dr. Olubukola Christianah Omobowale is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a Consultant Community Physician at the University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria She got her medical degree (MBBS) from the University of Ibadan and later her Master of Public Health from the same institution, where she is also pursuing her Ph.D. She is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians' (WACP) Faculty of Community Health and a member of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria's (NPMCN) Faculty of Public Health. Dr. Olubukola Omobowale is a global mental health researcher, community mental health advocate, and expert in women's health.  Dr. Omobowale's research interests include the development and evaluation of community-based rehabilitation interventions for vulnerable groups (women, girls, children, the elderly, and those with mental health conditions) within their communities as well as linking them with available community resources. She uses epidemiological models such as community participatory methods, coproduction, community resource mapping and community engagement to engender community health among vulnerable populations as she harnesses their lived experiences in designing these interventions.