Dr. Oluwole Jegede

Biography

Dr. Oluwole Jegede is an Assistant Professor at Yale School of Medicine, specializing in Psychiatry. His research primarily focuses on cultural adaptation and equitable implementation of evidence-based interventions for stimulant use disorders among racially and ethnically minoritized populations. He employs mixed-methods and hybrid effectiveness-implementation designs to explore contextual and structural factors that influence intervention uptake within real-world community safety-net settings. His work emphasizes community engagement and adheres to community-based participatory research principles, collaborating with community advisory boards and individuals with lived experience to ensure that adapted interventions are aligned with the values and realities of the populations served. Furthermore, Dr. Jegede integrates topics related to digital health, machine learning, and algorithmic fairness into his research, seeking to investigate social structural stressors' impact on predictive psychiatric models aimed at reducing bias. His scholarly agenda bridges implementation science, health equity research, and computational psychiatry, ultimately advancing an equity-centered addiction science framework that enhances care models for historically marginalized communities.

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