Using data to improve public health

I work as a pharmacoepidemiologist with the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES), based at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research in Montreal. I collaborate with multidisciplinary researchers across Canada on the safety and effectiveness of medications approved in the country, contributing to study design and statistical analysis for multi-provincial projects on familial hypercholesterolemia, severe acne, and COPD.

In parallel, my FRQS-funded PhD in Epidemiology at McGill University, supervised by Prof. Laurent Azoulay, examines the comparative impact of adjuvant hormone therapies on diabetes risk among postmenopausal breast cancer survivors, using UK CPRD data.

I trained and practised as a pharmacist in Nigeria, working in hospital and community settings. I then moved into public health through a Chevening scholarship for my MPH at the University of Glasgow, which I completed with distinction, before coming to Montreal for my doctorate. I'm driven by using data to improve public health and, in time, to help advance pharmacoepidemiology in Africa.