Olugbenga Ogedegbe, PhD

Dr. Ogedegbe is a leading expert on health disparities research. The programmatic focus of his research program is the development, dissemination, and translation of evidence-based behavioral interventions into clinical practice and community settings to reduce cardiovascular risk in minority and underserved populations. Dr. Ogedegbe has had consistent NIH funding and has expanded his work globally to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in Sub-Saharan Africa, where he is funded by the NIH to build research capacity in the field of non-communicable diseases and implement task-shifting strategies to improve cardiovascular diseases in primary care practices in Ghana and Nigeria.