Email

oluyomi@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Medicine
Epidemiology and Population Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Education

PhD from University of Texas Health Science Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Environmental Health Science and Spatial Epidemiology

MS from University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Environmental and Occupational Health

MS from University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Urban and Regional Planning

Graduate Certificate at University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Global Health Studies

BSc from Obafemi Awolowo University

Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Environmental Design and Management

Professional Statement

In my research I am interested in understanding the impact of environmental exposures on health, particularly through the use of epidemiological exposure assessment methods that emphasize the significance of place. My line of research is focused in two main areas, including: the measurement of chemical (e.g., air quality) and non-chemical environmental stressors (e.g., built environment and neighborhood characteristics), and investigating the pathways through which these stressors are related to chronic diseases and their risk factors. I am interested in understanding how any relationship pathways operate at varying geospatial scales, from micro (e.g., indoors) to macro (e.g., regional); examining how social forces create disparities in the distribution of these environmental stressors; and evaluating any moderating effects of any disparities on observed “stressor-disease” relationships. Across my work, I emphasize the significance of place through spatial epidemiology and geographic information system (GIS) approaches.

Biomedical geospatial analytics and spatial epidemiology focus on geographic variations and the environmental contexts of health-related states and behaviors. Researchers investigating the etiology, treatment and management of diseases (infectious and chronic) are increasing their use of spatial data due to the growing awareness of the important role of the environment in health-related behaviors and disease exposures. The availability of increasingly robust spatial datasets, improved technological capacity in geographic information systems (GIS), and growing sophistication in spatial analytics have led to more vigorous spatial models and expanded interest in geoinformatics and health. When used optimally, GIS is a powerful information management tool for data analysis and decision-making across health care domains and interests.

Selected Publications

• Atteberry H, Dowdy D, Oluyomi A, Nichols D, Ory MG, Hoelscher DM. "A contextual look at safe routes to school implementation in Texas.." Environ Behav. 2016 January ; 48 (1): 192-209.
• Salahuddin M, Nehme E, Ranjit N, Kim YJ, Oluyomi AO, Dowdy D, Lee C, Ory M, Hoelscher DM. "Does Parents' Social Cohesion Influence their Perception of Neighborhood Safety and their Children’s Active Commuting To and From School?." 2016 December ; 13 (12): 1301-1309.
• Nehme EK, Oluyomi AO, Calise TV, Kohl HW "Environmental Correlates of Recreational Walking in the Neighborhood." Am J Health Promot. 2016 January ; 30 (3): 139-148.
• Hoelscher DM, Butte NF, Vandewater EA, Sharma SV, Huang T, Finkelstein E, Pont S, Sacher P, Byrd-Williams C, Oluyomi AO, Durand C, Linlin L, Kelder SH. "Incorporating primary and secondary prevention approaches to address childhood obesity prevention and treatment in a low-income, ethnically diverse population... the Texas Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (TX CORD) study.." Child Obes. 2015 February ; 11 (1): 71-91. Pubmed PMID: 4696423