Carol Oladele, PhD, MPH
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General Internal Medicine
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Chronic Disease Epidemiology
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Director of Research, Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC)
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
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General Internal Medicine
Primary
Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Secondary
Additional Titles
Director of Research, Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC)
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Contact Info
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
Primary
Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Secondary
Additional Titles
Director of Research, Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC)
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
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Director of Research, Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Biography
Dr. Oladele is Assistant Professor in the Section of General Internal Medicine and Director of Research at the Equity Research and Innovation Center, at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Oladele's research focuses on social determinants of cardiovascular health disparities, with specific focus on the role of nutrition, healthcare quality, food, and built environments. She has expertise in the development of dietary assessment methodologies for African descent populations. Her research aims to generate evidence to support health policies and interventions to improve cardiovascular outcomes among racial/ethnic and immigrant populations domestically and globally. Dr. Oladele’s current work examines the role of food insecurity and ultra-processed food on disparities in hypertension incidence and control.
Last Updated on November 24, 2023.
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General Internal Medicine
Assistant ProfessorPrimaryChronic Disease Epidemiology
Assistant ProfessorSecondary
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Education & Training
- PhD
- University of South Florida, Epidemiology (2011)
- MPH
- University of South Florida, Health Education (2001)
- BS
- Florida State University, Health Education (1998)
Research
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Medical Research Interests
Chronic Disease; Epidemiology; Healthcare Disparities; Quality of Health Care
Public Health Interests
Chronic Diseases; Global Health; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Nutrition
ORCID
0000-0002-1154-8974
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Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS
Josefa L. Martinez, PhD, MHS
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD
Saria Hassan, MD
Alexandra M. Hajduk, PhD, MPH
Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, FAAN (Neurology), FAES
36Publications
340Citations
Healthcare Disparities
Publications
2025
Food insecurity and hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network Study
Oladele C, Khandpur N, Galusha D, Nair S, Hassan S, Wambugu V, Martinez-Brockman J, Nunez-Smith M, Perez-Escamilla R. Food insecurity and hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network Study. PLOS Global Public Health 2025, 5: e0003296. PMID: 40323907, PMCID: PMC12052096, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003296.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of uncontrolled hypertensionHypertension prevalenceFI prevalenceFood insecuritySevere FICross-sectional analysis of baseline dataUncontrolled hypertensionAnalysis of baseline dataHypertension care cascadeFood-secure womenEstimate prevalence ratiosCaribbean Food Security ScaleJoint National Committee on PreventionFood Security ScaleHealth Research CouncilSex-stratified resultsPrevalence of FICross-sectional analysisCare cascadeNutrition policiesPrevalence ratiosResearch Network studyPoisson regressionHypertension controlSeventh ReportMediators of Racial Inequities in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Care
Hamid S, Lee D, Herrin J, Yu J, Pollack C, Dean L, Gaddy J, Oladele C, Feder S, Canavan M, Nunez-Smith M, Soulos P, Gross C. Mediators of Racial Inequities in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Care. Cancer Medicine 2025, 14: e70757. PMID: 40052387, PMCID: PMC11886416, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.70757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNon-small cell lung cancer carePhase of careSocioeconomic statusNon-small cell lung cancerIndividual-level socioeconomic statusNeighborhood-level socioeconomic statusMedicare-Medicaid dual eligibilityWhite patientsHealth care accessLung cancer careNon-Hispanic blacksIndirect effects of mediatorsDiagnosis stageStage-appropriate treatmentTwo-year survivalCancer careCare accessEffects of raceOptimal careDual eligiblesCareStructural racismRacial inequalityBlack patientsInadequate evaluationSociodemographic correlates of hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean
Oladele C, Miller M, Adams O, Maharaj R, Nazario C, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M, Desai M. Sociodemographic correlates of hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2025, 43: 101012. PMID: 40093852, PMCID: PMC11910123, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsPrevalence of hypertensionMinority healthSociodemographic correlatesHypertension prevalenceSelf-administered health surveyHypertension care cascadeLow physical activityCommunity-dwelling personsEducational attainmentSelf-reported hypertensionJoint National Committee on PreventionSource of healthcareHigher prevalence of hypertensionAssociated with awarenessLower educational attainmentPredictors of hypertensionAge of participantsControl of hypertensionTreatment of High Blood PressureNational InstitutePhysical activityHealth disparitiesHigh blood pressureCare cascadeHealth SurveyAdaptive decision support for addiction treatment to implement initiation of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder in the emergency department: protocol for the ADAPT Multiphase Optimization Strategy trial
Iscoe M, Hooper C, Levy D, Buchanan L, Dziura J, Meeker D, Taylor R, D’Onofrio G, Oladele C, Sarpong D, Paek H, Wilson F, Heagerty P, Delgado M, Hoppe J, Melnick E. Adaptive decision support for addiction treatment to implement initiation of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder in the emergency department: protocol for the ADAPT Multiphase Optimization Strategy trial. BMJ Open 2025, 15: e098072. PMID: 39979056, PMCID: PMC11842997, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsClinical decision supportMultiphase optimization strategyOpioid use disorderEmergency departmentInitiation of buprenorphineClinical decision support usePlan-Do-Study-Act cyclesLearning health system approachPlan-Do-Study-ActClinical decision support toolHealth system approachAdaptive decision supportUse disorderDecision supportAddiction treatmentPeer-reviewed journalsBuprenorphine initiationOpioid use disorder treatment initiationOpioid-related mortalityIntervention componentsED settingClinician feedbackInstitute Institutional Review BoardTreatment of opioid use disorderParticipating sitesAssessing cardiovascular disease risk and social determinants of health: A comparative analysis of five risk estimation instruments using data from the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network
Schwartz J, Howitt C, Raman S, Nair S, Hassan S, Oladele C, Hambleton I, Sarpong D, Adams O, Maharaj R, Nazario C, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M. Assessing cardiovascular disease risk and social determinants of health: A comparative analysis of five risk estimation instruments using data from the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network. PLOS ONE 2025, 20: e0316577. PMID: 39854547, PMCID: PMC11760610, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316577.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCardiovascular disease riskSocial determinants of healthDeterminants of healthSocial determinantsRisk estimation toolsCardiovascular diseaseEstimate 10-year CVD riskCVD riskEastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research NetworkCardiovascular disease risk estimatesHigh riskHigher level of educationHistory of cardiovascular diseaseHigher CVD riskMultivariate logistic regression modelEthnically diverse populationsResource-constrained settingsLogistic regression modelsNon-professional occupationsSDoH variablesLevel of educationSDoHPerceived social statusRisk toolFramingham
2024
Cost-Related Prescription Drug Rationing by Adults With Obesity
Chen A, Borden C, Canavan M, Ross J, Oladele C, Lipska K. Cost-Related Prescription Drug Rationing by Adults With Obesity. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2433000. PMID: 39499520, PMCID: PMC11539006, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.33000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricECHORN: Leveraging a Regional Coordination Network for Disaster-Resilient Noncommunicable Disease Control in the Eastern Caribbean
Steel S, Wambugu V, Oladele C, Smith M, Hassan S. ECHORN: Leveraging a Regional Coordination Network for Disaster-Resilient Noncommunicable Disease Control in the Eastern Caribbean. Disaster Medicine And Public Health Preparedness 2024, 18: e209. DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2024.227.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research NetworkNoncommunicable disease managementNoncommunicable diseasesCohort studyNoncommunicable disease controlDisaster exposureLongitudinal cohort studyEastern CaribbeanImplementation scienceWave IIIImpact of exposureResearch NetworkProtective factorsExposure surveyAcute emergenciesPolicy developmentClimatic eventsClimate-related disastersAnticipated accelerationUltra-Processed Food Consumption and Hypertension Risk in the REGARDS Cohort Study
Oladele C, Khandpur N, Johnson S, Yuan Y, Wambugu V, Plante T, Lovasi G, Judd S. Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Hypertension Risk in the REGARDS Cohort Study. Hypertension 2024, 81: 2520-2528. PMID: 39417239, PMCID: PMC11578763, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.123.22341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsUltraprocessed foods consumptionUltraprocessed foodsIncident hypertensionHypertension riskConsumption quartileHypertension incidenceConsumption of ultraprocessed foodsWhite participantsLowest quartileCohort studyNOVA classification systemAssociated with increased hypertension riskOdds of incident hypertensionOdds of hypertensionVisit 1Racial disparitiesLongitudinal associationsBlack participantsDietary informationLogistic regressionRacial differencesQuartileVisit 2ParticipantsVisitsAssociation of Race and Ethnicity with Prescriptions for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems Among a National Sample of Veterans with Diabetes on Insulin Therapy
Lipska K, Oladele C, Zawack K, Gulanski B, Mutalik P, Reaven P, Lynch J, Lee K, Shih M, Lee J, Aslan M. Association of Race and Ethnicity with Prescriptions for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems Among a National Sample of Veterans with Diabetes on Insulin Therapy. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics 2024, 26: 908-917. PMID: 39177775, DOI: 10.1089/dia.2024.0152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsVeterans with diabetesAssociation of raceCross-sectional analysis of dataU.S. Veterans Health AdministrationNational sample of veteransNational sampleInsulin therapyVeterans Health AdministrationSystem-level factorsSample of veteransNon-Hispanic patientsSelf-reported raceContinuous glucose monitoringCross-sectional analysisContinuous glucose monitoring useRate of prescriptionMultivariate mixed-effects modelAfrican American patientsLatino patientsHealth AdministrationAlaska NativesType 2 diabetesPercentage of patientsSignificant disparitiesMixed-effects modelsUltra-Processed Foods: A Ticket to Diabetes Development? Insights From the REGARDS Cohort
Khandpur N, Stemerdink N, Suzuki Y, Steur M, Judd S, Oladele C. Ultra-Processed Foods: A Ticket to Diabetes Development? Insights From the REGARDS Cohort. Current Developments In Nutrition 2024, 8: 102678. DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.102678.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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activity Consuming food away from home is associated with increased sugary beverage consumption in the Eastern Caribbean
11/01/2023 - PresentPoster PresentationAmerican Public Health Association Annual MeetingDetailsAtlanta, GA, United StatesCollaboratorsactivity Food insecurity is associated with insomnia among men in the ECHORN Cohort
03/29/2023 - 03/30/2023Poster PresentationAmerican Heart Association EPI/Lifestyle Scientific SessionsDetailsBoston, MA, United StatesCollaboratorsactivity Poster Moderator
03/29/2023 - 03/29/2023OtherAmerican Heart Association EPI/Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2023DetailsBoston, MA, United Statesactivity Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
2023 - 2023Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsRevieweractivity National Institutes of Health, Center for Scientific Review
2023 - 2023Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsReviewer
Honors
honor Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research
09/01/2021Other AwardNational Institutes of HealthDetailsUnited States
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- January 03, 2025
Building Clinical Capacity in Cardiovascular Medicine Across the Caribbean
- September 10, 2024
NIH Recognizes Yale’s Expertise in the Genetics of Rare Diseases
- April 02, 2024
Yale Department of Internal Medicine Promotions and Appointments (April 2024)
- March 08, 2023
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