Professor

Olayinka Shiyanbola’s global health focus is on diabetes medication use and management among marginalized groups, emphasizing behavioral and peer support-based interventions to enhance medication-taking behaviors. Her interests in global health equity align with the Center’s themes of strengthening systems for health, addressing social and environmental determinants of health, and developing technical solutions. Shiyanbola’s research is centered on developing and implementing behavioral interventions to address diabetes medication-taking behaviors in populations experiencing disparate care, leveraging the role of the pharmacist to improve health outcomes.