Affiliateship: 2021-2025
Cohort 6
Country (Nationality)
Nigeria
Discipline
Cultural Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences
Bio
Dr Oluwafemi Adeagbo is an applied socio-behavioural scientist with an academic background in multiple social science disciplines (B.A [Hons] Philosophy, M.A in Migration Studies, and PhD in Sociology. He is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University College London, UK. He is currently a research fellow at the Center for Healthcare Quality (CHQ) in the Department of Health Promotion, Education, Behaviour at the University of South Carolina, United States. He has won several research awards/grants and was recently recognized by the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) as a rated researcher under the young promising researcher category. Femi has an extensive research experience working collaboratively with both local and international institutions on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment projects in rural and urban South Africa. He is interested in gender and sexualities, socio-behavioural aspect of health, research methods & ethics – with experience and expertise in global health, gender relations, LGBT/queer studies, health promotion, mHealth/telehealth interventions, HIV/AIDS prevention & treatment, implementation science, and evaluation of complex interventions.