Dr Adeola Onasanya MBBS, MSc, PhD

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Email: a.onasanya.1@bham.ac.uk

Address: Department of Primary Care
Murray Learning Centre
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Dr Adeola Onasanya is a research fellow in the Deprtment of Applied Health Sciences. She has a background in medicine, health economics, health policy and systemic design.
Adeola is interested in working on health systems and medical products (including medical devices, software applications, and technologies) design, implementation and evaluation.
She has recently worked on projects evaluating NTD implementation programs and NTD diagnostic device implementation.
Her current work focuses on inhaler sustainability and developing Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) for alpha 1-anti-trypsin deficiency.

ORCiD: 0000-0001-9599-4316

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Qualifications

PhD in Systemic Design, Delft University of Technology, 2023
MSc in Health Economics and Health Policy, University of Birmingham, 2015
MBBS, Medicine and Surgery, University of Ibadan, 2011

Biography

Dr Adeola Onasanya trained as a medical doctor. Seeing the need for allocating healthcare resources efficiently and priority setting in healthcare while practising, she undertook a master's in health economics and health policy at the University of Birmingham.

Dr Adeola Onasanya has worked with several organizational types including management consulting, for-profit, not-for-profit organizations and governmental agencies. Her work has spanned several disease and thematic areas including HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Routine Immunization, Neglected Tropical Diseases, COVID-19, Telemedicine, co-creation, medical device design and implementation, user experience research, program planning and evaluation.

Research

Research interests: Health systems design and evaluation; medical device design, implementation and evaluation; Sustainability

Current projects: Inhaler sustainability, Patient Reported Outcomes for alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency

Other activities

Adeola is a board member of Tech4Dev, a social enterprise focused on digital skills training in Africa. She also sits on the board of other NGOs focused on drug abuse and adolescent health

Publications

Onasanya, A., Bengtson, M., de Goeje, L., van Engelen, J., Diehl, J. C., & van Lieshout, L. , (2023)., Developing inclusive digital health diagnostic for schistosomiasis: a need for guidance via target product profiles. Frontiers in Parasitology, 2, 1255848.

Onasanya, A., Bengtson, M., de Goeje, L., Van Engelen, J., Diehl, J. C., & Van Lieshout, L., (2023), Developing inclusive digital health diagnostic for schistosomiasis: a need for guidance via target product profiles. Frontiers in Parasitology, 2, 1255848. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpara.2023.1255848

Onasanya A, van Engelen J, Oladunni O, Oladepo O, Diehl JC, (2023), Social Network Analysis of the Schistosomiasis control program in two local government areas in Oyo state, Nigeria: Insights for NTD elimination plans. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 17(4): e0011266. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.00112665

Onasanya A, Bengtson M, Agbana T, Oladunni O, van Engelen J, Oladepo O, Diehl JC., (2023), Towards Inclusive Diagnostics for Neglected Tropical Diseases: User Experience of a New Digital Diagnostic Device in Low-Income Settings. Trop Med Infect Dis. Mar 16;8(3):176. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8030176.

Bengtson ML, Onasanya AA, Oyibo PO, Meulah B, Samenjo KT, Braakman IG, Oyibo W, Diehl JC, (2022)., A usability study of an innovative optical device for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in Nigeria. Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) doi: 10.1109/GHTC55712.2022.9911019.

Samenjo, K. T., Bengtson, M., Onasanya, A., Zambrano, J. C. I., Oladunni, O., Oladepo, O., ... & Diehl, J. C., (2022), Stakeholders’ Perspectives on the Application of New Diagnostic Devices for Urinary Schistosomiasis in Oyo State, Nigeria: A Q-Methodology Approach. Global Health: Science and Practice. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00780

Onasanya, A., Bengtson, M., Oladepo, O., Van Engelen, J., & Diehl, J. C., (2021)., Rethinking the Top-Down Approach to Schistosomiasis Control and Elimination in Sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 99. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.622809

Sluiter M., Onasanya A et al., (2020), Target product profiles for devices to diagnose urinary schistosomiasis in Nigeria, IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), Seattle, WA, USA, 2020, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/GHTC46280.2020.9342953.

Onasanya, A., Keshinro, M., Oladepo, O., Van Engelen, J., & Diehl, J. C. (2020). A Stakeholder Analysis of Schistosomiasis Diagnostic Landscape in South-West Nigeria: Insights for Diagnostics Co-creation. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, 697. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.564381

Van, G., Onasanya, A., van Engelen, J., Oladepo, O., & Diehl, J. C. (2020). Improving Access to Diagnostics for Schistosomiasis Case Management in Oyo State, Nigeria: Barriers and Opportunities. Diagnostics, 10(5),328. DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10050328

Onasanya A. A. (2020). Increasing health insurance enrolment in the informal economic sector. Journal of global health, 10(1), 010329. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.10.010329

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