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.
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
Assistant ProfessorPrimaryChronic Disease Epidemiology
Assistant ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Center for Neuroepidemiology and Clinical Neurological Research
- Chronic Disease Epidemiology
- Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC)
- General Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Janeway Society
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- Yale Institute for Global Health
- Yale School of Public Health
Education & Training
- PhD
- University of South Florida, Epidemiology (2011)
- MPH
- University of South Florida, Health Education (2001)
- BS
- Florida State University, Health Education (1998)
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Medical Research Interests
Chronic Disease; Epidemiology; Healthcare Disparities; Quality of Health Care
Public Health Interests
Chronic Diseases; Global Health; Nutrition; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice
ORCID
0000-0002-1154-8974
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Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS
Josefa L. Martinez, PhD, MHS
Joseph Ross, MD, MHS
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD
Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, FAAN (Neurology), FAES
Cary P Gross, MD
35Publications
542Citations
Healthcare Disparities
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2026
Analyzing pediatric department documentation of patient social needs with ICD-10 Z-codes
Akinwunmi O, Galusha D, Hooper B, Oladele C, Nunez-Smith M, Wang K, Calhoun C. Analyzing pediatric department documentation of patient social needs with ICD-10 Z-codes. BMC Health Services Research 2026 PMID: 42237197, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14758-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommunity-informed design of personalized patient-facing materials to facilitate ED-initiated treatment of opioid use disorder
Nath B, Levy D, Strycharz H, Sherak R, Gilkes J, Oladele C, Sarpong D, Schoenfeld E, Hawk K, Panthagani K, Patel P, Hooper C, D'Onofrio G, Melnick E. Community-informed design of personalized patient-facing materials to facilitate ED-initiated treatment of opioid use disorder. PEC Innovation 2026, 8: 100478. PMID: 42088556, PMCID: PMC13138206, DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2026.100478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChanges in ultra‐processed food consumption or MIND diet adherence and cognitive impairment
Bhave V, Oladele C, Duskin J, Demopoulos A, Ament Z, Guarniz A, Tiwari H, Judd S, Irvin M, Kimberly W. Changes in ultra‐processed food consumption or MIND diet adherence and cognitive impairment. Alzheimer's & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring 2026, 18 DOI: 10.1002/dad2.70277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetric
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 ResearchCitationsMediators 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 ResearchCitationsAltmetricSociodemographic 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 ResearchCitationsAltmetricAdaptive 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 ResearchCitationsAssessing 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 ResearchCitations
2024
Association 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 ResearchCitationsCost-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 ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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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 StatesCollaborators- Varma T
- Deron Galusha
- Khandpur N
- Sakinah Carter Suttiratana, PhD, MPH, MBA
- Carol Oladele, PhD, MPH
activity 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
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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
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- April 02, 2024
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- March 08, 2023
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