Tolulope Olufunlayo – University of Lagos, Nigeria

Tolulope F. Olufunlayo, MBBS, MPH, FMCPH, is a public health physician and lecturer. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Community Health and Primary Care in the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. She qualified as a physician at the University of Lagos in 1991, and obtained an MPH degree from Tulane University in 1997. Following residency training at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria, she became a fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria in Public Health in 2008. Dr. Olufunlayo is also currently a Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Birmingham, UK, working towards a PhD in Public Health. She has served as a consultant and trainer to a number of organizations over the years, including Arrive Alive, Save the Children Inc., and the Federal Ministry of Health. She is currently the First Vice Chairman of the Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria, Lagos Chapter. She was a mentee under the 2012/2013 cycle of the World Health Organization Mentor - Violence and Injury Prevention (Mentor-VIP) Program. Her research interests include child passenger safety.