Omolola (Lola) Adeoye-Olatunde, PharmD, MS
Omolola (Lola) Adeoye-Olatunde, PharmD, MS
Assistant Professor, Director of Community Engagement and Evaluation
Purdue University College of Pharmacy, Center for Health Equity and Innovation
Omolola (Lola) Adeoye-Olatunde, PharmD, MS, is a pharmacist by training and an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Purdue University College of Pharmacy. She is the founder and director of HER (health equity research) Lab, an innovative community-engaged research "collaboratory" focused on reducing health disparities and advancing minority health. She serves as the Community Engagement and Evaluation Director for the Center for Health Equity and Innovation (CHEqI) and Co-Director of the Community Health Workforce Development Insitute (CHWDI). She initially sparked an interest in health equity and minority health while working as a pharmacy technician at her Nigerian immigrant father's innovative, independently-owned community pharmacy. Lola's research continues to advance health equity and reduce health disparities by investigating drivers of effective and equitable implementation and provision of community-based programs among populations disproportionately affected by health inequities. Lola works alongside communities and community-based organizations across the country and globally to co-create and evaluate approaches focused on addressing inequities in under-resourced communities by meeting them right where they are. These approaches are contextualized by each community's unique needs, values and culture to improve public health and inform health policy. Lola's award-winning work in this space has been recognized locally and nationally, including the Bowl of Hygeia Award for her outstanding record of civic leadership in the communities she serves, selection as an NIH-National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar, recipient of the 2022 AcademyHealth Alice S. Hersh Emerging Leader Award, and the Purdue University Societal Impact Fellow Award for her demonstrated societal impact in the real world beyond academia.
Lola earned her BS in Biology from Morgan State University in 2013, PharmD from MCPHS University in 2016 before completing a PGY1 community-based residency at Kroger Pharmacy, followed by an MS in Health Services, Outcome and Policy and a Community Practice Research Fellowship at Purdue University in 2020. She is a proud mom and wife who loves to travel and experience cultures through food.