Adewale Oyeyemi

Dr. Adewale Oyeyemi is an Associate Professor of Population Health at the College of Health Solutions. He has a background in physical therapy, social health sciences, and community health promotion. The goal of his research is to conduct studies on health-related behaviors including physical activity and sedentary behavior designed to lead to evidence-based interventions directed at populations. In particular, he is interested in investigating the social and environmental disparities and inequality in lifestyle behaviors and chronic diseases, and in exploring how urbanization and climate risks work to influence disparities in physical activity, sedentary behavior, and chronic diseases in Arizona, the United States, and internationally. He is also passionate about using a transdisciplinary systems approach to co-design and co-produce urban health research for healthy sustainable communities that prevent physical inactivity-related chronic diseases particularly mental and cardiometabolic health problems among at-risk and disadvantaged populations. He has been working to address these through interdisciplinary collaborations with investigators in all regions of the world. Dr. Oyeyemi is a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Physical Activity and Health and is on the scientific committees of international organizations like the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, the International Society for Physical Activity and Health, and the African Physical Activity Network.