Tolu O. Oyesanya, PhD, RN

Associate Professor
Duke University School of Nursing
Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Tolu Oyesanya, PhD, RN, is an Associate Professor at Duke University School of Nursing. Dr. Oyesanya’s research program centers on care of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in acute and post-acute treatment settings, as well as support of their family caregivers. Her current research focuses on developing and testing interventions to improve the transition from acute hospital care to home for adult patients with TBI and their family caregivers. Dr. Oyesanya is also a qualitative expert, with over 10 years of experience in qualitative research methodologies.

Dr. Oyesanya earned her BS, MS, and PhD in Nursing from University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Brain Injury Research at Shepherd Center in Atlanta, GA. Her research has been supported by several federal and intramural awards. Dr. Oyesanya is actively involved in various professional organizations, including as chair of the Mentoring Task Force of the Career Development Networking Group with the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and as a member of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses and the International Brain Injury Association.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• Perspectives on Mentoring Rehabilitation Researchers Who Identify as Members of Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups

  Wednesday, November 9, 2022
  10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

• Deborah L. Wilkerson Early Career Award: Care and Support of Patients with TBI and Caregivers across the Treatment Continuum: A Journey

  Wednesday, November 9, 2022
  4:45 PM – 6:00 PM

• Mentorship Among Early- and Mid-Career Investigators and the Advancement of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Research

  Thursday, November 10, 2022
  1:30 PM – 2:45 PM