Olufunto A Olusanya

Biographic Data

ID7767564
NAMEOlufunto A Olusanya
GIVEN NAMESOlufunto A
FAMILY NAMEOlusanya
SIGNATUREOLUSANYA O A
AFFILIATIONSWashington University in St. Louis
ORCID0000-0001-6983-2882
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Building capacity for HIV and implementation science among students in the United States

    Open AccessUcheoma Nwaozuru, Joseph D Tucker et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: Expanding HIV research capacity among the global majority (individuals identifying as Black/African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, Multiracial, and Hispanic/Latino) is important. However, achieving national goals to increase the pool of implementation science and HIV early-stage investigators from underrepresented backgrounds remains elusive, largely due to limited inves…

  • Stimulating training and access to HIV research experiences (STAR program)

    Open AccessJuliet Iwelunmor, Idia B Thurston et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: HIV is more common among underrepresented minority adolescents and young adults (AYA, 13-24 years old) in the United States. Low uptake of HIV prevention services suggests a missed opportunity for implementing evidence-based interventions such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and sexually transmitted infection testing among this important population. Most research institutions in the United States also have limited opportunities for…

  • Improving training on hepatitis B research in Nigeria

    Open AccessMaria A Afadapa, Olufunto A Olusanya et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    We organized an Innovation Bootcamp for young people in Nigeria to develop strategies promoting the uptake of the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine among newborns, which remains low, with an estimated coverage of 52%. This event was a collaborative, cross-disciplinary capacity-building platform to generate creative solutions addressing barriers to Hepatitis B vaccine uptake. The purpose of this study was to describe the bootcamp activities that addr…

  • Music as a strategy to improve hypertension and stroke management

    Open AccessChukwuebuka C Okafor, Chidi Okafor et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The designathon produced various music genres, including afrobeats, rap, and R&B, with lyrics deemed feasible and socio-culturally appropriate. This suggests that music interventions tailored to Nigeria could enhance public awareness of hypertension and stroke prevention if scaled up

  • Midwives' knowledge and perceived barriers to screening alcohol use among pregnant women in a southwestern US state

    Open AccessOlufunto A Olusanya, Kaylin Greene et al.ARTICLEDrug and Alcohol Review2023