Olaitan obtained her MSc in Drug Delivery and her PhD in Pharmaceutics, investigating novel dry particle layering for drug delivery to the lungs, both from Aston University.
During her PhD, she worked as a laboratory demonstrator on the MPharm programme at Aston University. She also worked as an associate scientist in formulation development at Aston Particle Technologies, gaining experience in pharmaceutical research and development.
She became a fellow of the Higher Education Academy in January, 2022.