Consultant
Federal Ministry of Health
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Dr. Adekunle Sanyaolu is a Medical Microbiologist with several years of work experience in the area of public health, clinical, and teaching duties. He is affiliated with the Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria, and a Consultant with AMOOF Healthcare consulting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His expertise and research interest lie in the area of clinical and public health microbiology with a specialized focus on communicable diseases (infectious/tropical diseases). Dr. Sanyaolu completed his Bachelor’s (B.Sc Hons, 1989) degree, Master’s (M.Sc., 1992) degree, and Doctoral (Ph.D., 2000) from the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, Between the year 2005 and 2006, Dr. Sanyaolu worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the area of Global Health Communicable Diseases at the College of Public Health, Department of Global Health, University of South Florida, Tampa Florida; also during this period, he worked as a Healthcare Specialist with the Veterans’ Administration (VA) healthcare center in Tampa Florida. His career experience includes laboratory diagnosis for communicable diseases, teaching/training, and research. His public health work experience includes epidemiological surveillance, intervention, outbreak investigation, infectious disease prevention, and control, as well as project coordination and management. He is a member of many professional associations in the UK, Canada, and the US.