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Dr. David Adesanya

Dr. David Adesanya
Assistant Professor
National University
dadesanya@nu.edu

Personal Information
Dr. David O. Adesanya graduated from the Russian People’s Friendship University, Moscow, Russia, where he received his degree in general medicine. In 2008 Dr. David O. Adesanya received his Masters of Public Health degree in Global Health at the Loma Linda University School of Public Health and he is currently rounding up his doctoral degree in Epidemiology with a focus on the global burden of infectious diseases and methods of prevention and control.

Dr. David O. Adesanya’s task at National University will be to support research, community outreach, and intervention efforts among students and faculty of National University in both local and international settings.

Research/ Educational Activities of Interests:

  • Community Based Participatory Research
  • Integrated Community Development.
  • Global Infectious Disease Surveillance.
  • Methods of Disease Prevention and Control
  • Primary Healthcare Delivery Systems.
  • Bioethics research, Health/Healthcare Disparities and Clinical Trials
  • Refugee and Migrant Health.

Publications/Presentations
Padma P. Tadi-Uppala, Ashwini S. Erande, David Adesanya, Jilliane Cabansag, Larry Beeson, Naomi Modeste, Susanne Montgomery, Arvind K. Mathur, Forbes Ricardo, Wong Jan, Sharon Lum, Carlos Garberoglio(2008). Barriers to participation in breast cancer clinical trials for African American Women in the Inland Empire, CA. American Association of Cancer Research, Control/Tracking Number: 09-AB-7803-AACR.

Content Taught
Introduction to Public Health
Public health biology
Introduction to Epidemiology

Education

Doctor of Public Health (Dr.PH(s)) Epidemiology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California.

Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) Global Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California.

General Medicine (M.D) Russian People’s Friendship University, Moscow, Russia.