The Purdue College of Pharmacy recognizes outstanding research and scholarship generated by our faculty. In this article, we highlight Omolola Adeoye-Olatunde, for the recent publication, “Social Determinants of Health and Medication Adherence in Older Adults with Prevalent Chronic Conditions in the United States: An Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009–2018,” […]
Incorporating community-engaged research into a statewide community health worker-driven infrastructure for addressing health disparities in public health emergency
Authors: Azeez B Aina, Antoniette Holt, Ashley H Meredith, Carey Frazier, Carla Harrison, Celeste Fonseca-Tames, Fransesca Lynnet, Jasmine D Gonzalvo, Karina Buenavides, Kourtney A D Byrd, Lance Boozer, Latrice Ligon, Maeve Companik, Margarita Hart, Megan Conklin, Natalia M Rodriguez, Olivia Zarate, Olunda Hunt, Rebecca Ziolkowski, Samantha Daniels, Charleston Sanders, Shamika Crowder, Yumary Ruiz, Omolola A […]
Indiana CTSI Appoints New Director of Community Health Partnerships
Omolola (Lola) Adeoye-Olatunde, PharmD, MS, has been named the new director of Community Health Partnerships, the community engagement arm of the Indiana CTSI. Adeoye-Olatunde is the Darr-Chaney Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice in the College of Pharmacy at Purdue University. She is also founder and director of HER Lab, a community-engaged research “collaboratory” for the Purdue University […]
The Impact of Community Health Workers
“Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone walking alongside you through that journey.” – Omolola (Lola) Adeoye-Olatunde, PharmD, MS #communityhealthworkers change lives. We are grateful to work with CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions on their ⭐️IMPACTFUL⭐️ CHW Flourish Care Management program! Check out this short video where we describe the impact of CHWs.
NEW Collaborative award for efforts in Nigeria
🎉 Exciting news! Our collaborative grant proposal with mymdoc, titled “Evaluating the Impact of a Coach-Led Mobile Health Intervention on Hypertension Management in Nigeria,” has been awarded by the Indiana CTSI! 🏆 Huge shout-out to grad student lab member Aina Azeez for his instrumental role in securing this award and driving this important work forward. […]
Dr. khalid Alamer successfully completed his PhD
Congratulations are in order for HER Lab Graduate Student Member, Dr. Khalid Alamer. He successfully completed his Ph.D. program at Purdue University Pharmacy Practice! You will do great things as Assistant Professor at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University College of Clinical Pharmacy! #PhinishedD #PhinallyDone #academia
40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health
Congrats to HER Lab Director, Omolola (Lola) Adeoye-Olatunde, PharmD, MS, for being named a 2023 “40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health” by the National Minority Quality Forum! The 40 awardees represent “the next generation of thought leaders in reducing health disparities.” Read the press release here: https://www.nmqf.org/nmqf-media/nmqf-40under40-2023
Indiana Community Health Workers: Challenges and Opportunities for Workforce Development
An interest in, and the need for, Community Health Workers (CHWs) in the United States is growing exponentially. CHWs possess a unique ability to relate to and build trust with communities in order to improve clinical outcomes, while building individual and community capacity. Given their critical role in addressing social determinants of health, expanding the […]
Older adults’ adherence to chronic medications varies by social determinants of health
Congrats to HER Lab PhD student member Aina Azeez, CSCA! He recently presented our nationally representative research findings on older adults, medication adherence and social determinants of health (SDOH) at the Indiana Pharmacy Association Annual Meeting. Learn more about the study findings here: https://lab4her.org/aging/
Advancing pharmacy technician roles in practice
In this article, HER Lab Director, Lola Adeoye-Olatunde, discusses advancing the pharmacy technician’s role in addressing social determinants of health and provides some practical resources. Full article: https://www.japha.org/article/S1544-3191(22)00401-0/abstract