Welcome Tiwaladeoluwa Adekunle, PhD, to Division of Reproductive and Population Health!

Tiwaladeoluwa (Tiwalade) Adekunle, PhD, has accepted an offer to join the Division of Reproductive and Population Health as an assistant professor. She will begin in this role on August 1, 2025.

Adekunle completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Kentucky, followed by a master’s in communication and a PhD in Health Communication at Purdue University. Since 2023, she has been a postdoctoral fellow in integrated health services and outcomes research at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Adekunle has already established herself as a health equity social scientist with a strong commitment to addressing health disparities and engaging with the communities most impacted by those disparities. Her extensive research focuses on the reproductive health needs and outcomes of birthing people from socially marginalized backgrounds, including those with physical and cognitive disabilities. Trained in community-engaged methodologies, Dr. Adekunle hopes to expand her current work with the disability community in Chicago to the Madison area.

Adekunle joins us as a UW School of Medicine and Public Health Centennial Scholar. She will also receive the Anna Julia Cooper Postdoctoral Fellowship from the UW–Madison Office of the Provost to support mentorship of underrepresented undergraduate and graduate students in her research.

Please help us warmly welcome Dr. Adekunle to our department!