IPEN Research
Teams
Nigeria
IPEN Adolescent Research Team
Primary Investigator
Adewale Oyeyemi
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-3737-2911
Adewale Oyeyemi is an Associate Professor of Population Health at the College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA. He holds a visiting professorial position in the Department of Physiotherapy of Redeemer’s University, Ede, Nigeria. He is a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Physical Activity and Health. Furthemore, he is on the scientific committees of international organizations like the International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, and African Physical Activity Network.
With background in physical therapy and social health science, the goal of Dr. Oyeyemi’s public health research is to conduct studies on health behaviors. Specifically, physical activity and sedentary behavior designed to lead to evidence-based interventions directed at populations. Through interdisciplinary collaborations with investigators in all regions of the world, Adewale has been studying environmental and psychosocial determinants of physical activity for over 15 years.
He has authored over 90 scientific papers and three book chapters on these topics. Adewale joined the IPEN in 2008. He is one of the investigators of both the IPEN Adult and IPEN Adolescent studies. Specifically, he is the principal investigator of the Nigerian arm of the IPEN Adolescent study. He is also aco-chair of the Africa working group on the IPEN supported Council on Environment and Physical Activity (CEPA) of ISPAH.
Through the IPEN studies, Adewale has led the work on the adaptation and validation of the Neighbourhood Environment Walkability Scale for Africa (NEWS-Africa). NEWS-Africa is the IPEN tool for assessing perceptions of the neighbourhood environment in Africa. It has been used to inform the development of similar measures in India, Malaysia and Oman. Adewale’s IPEN supported pioneering work on built environment and physical activity in Africa is a unique contribution to the evidence base of built environmental determinants of physical activity in low- and middle-income countries.