Adedotun  Ogunbajo, PhD, MPH

Adedotun Ogunbajo, PhD, MPH

HIGH IRI Fellow | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Adedotun Ogunbajo, PhD is a Yerby postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.  He holds a PhD in behavioral and social health sciences from Brown University and a MPH in social and behavioral sciences from Yale University.

His research is broadly focused on the intersection of structural barriers and sexual health outcomes among racial and sexual minority communities both in the United States and various Sub-Saharan African countries. With grant funding support from various institutes at the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as well as grants from various academic institutions, his past research projects have: 1) investigated the synergistic interactions between mental health problems, minority stress, substance abuse, and HIV sexual risk behaviors among sexual minority men in Nigeria; 2) assessed the cultural relevancy and psychometric properties of revised psychosocial scales (minority stress, depressive symptoms, anxiety, and stigma) among sexual minority communities in Sub-Saharan Africa; and 3) conducted  intervention development research, specifically identifying content, format, and foreseeable challenges of a behavioral intervention aimed at improving mental health outcomes, increasing stigma coping strategies, cultivating social support, and building resilience for sexual minority men in Nigeria.