Interests
Public Health Physician
There is a gap in knowledge among individuals, families, and community groups in identifying signs of cognitive impairments. We need to improve access to clinical preventive services, screening, and early detection for dementia in Primary Health Care centers.
Current Work
Doyin is on faculty at the Department of Community Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, where she teaches public health. She is involved in research with interests in healthy aging, vulnerable population groups, older people's health, health systems strengthening, and implementation science. Doyin also volunteers at the geriatric clinic of the Teaching Hospital.
Personal Hero
My Dad
Words of Strength
Interdisciplinary collaborations
Vision
To reduce the scale and impact of dementia, Doyin believes we need to serve the local, national and global communities through collaborative research, and multidisciplinary efforts that can address the complex issues around dementia diagnosis, treatment, and care.
Strategy
Doyin is working with health care workers and stakeholders in the primary care centers to identify challenges and determine interventions to deliver age-friendly services that support the unique needs of older adults including cognitive decline.
Impact
As an Atlantic Fellow, Doyin aims to improve community awareness, dementia care, and the early detection of cognitive decline via interdisciplinary collaboration in the development of personalized screening tools for Nigerians.
Motivation
There is a gap in knowledge among individuals, families, and community groups in identifying signs of cognitive impairments. We need to improve access to clinical preventive services, screening, and early detection for dementia in Primary Health Care centers.
Education & Experience
Adedoyin Ogunyemi is a Senior lecturer at the Department of Community Health and Primary Care at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. She obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University College Hospital, University of Ibadan, and a Master's degree in Public Health from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. She was a beneficiary of the Rotary Peace Fellowship from which she obtained a Master's degree in Peace and Conflict Resolution from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom. Doyin later obtained a fellowship from the Faculty of Public Health in both the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and the West African College of Physicians.
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