Oyelola Adegboye

Oyelola Adegboye serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at James Cook University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He is a chartered biostatistician with extensive international experience, having previously taught at the American University of Nigeria, American University of Afghanistan, and Qatar University. His academic journey includes a PhD from the University of Western Cape, South Africa, and a Master's degree in Biostatistics from Hasselt University, Belgium.

His research focuses on spatial epidemiology, environmental statistics, and disease mapping with applications in public health. Adept at developing innovative statistical approaches, Dr. Adegboye examines spatial and spatio-temporal variations in infectious diseases and investigates climate-health relationships. His methodological expertise centers on correlation/covariance structures in public health data.

Dr. Adegboye serves as associate editor for several prestigious journals including BMC Public Health (Global Health), Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, PLOS ONE, Scientific African, and Scientific Reports. He is also an Early Career Researcher Initiative (ECRI) Advisory Panel member for Environmental Health Perspectives.

• Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants
• Top 20 most-read article in 2017/2018 in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C

As a research advisor, Dr. Adegboye currently supervises six graduate students working on diverse health-related projects spanning zoonotic pathogens, climate change impacts, antimicrobial resistance, and machine learning applications in public health. His previous role as a clinical research biostatistician at JCU's Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine provided valuable experience in infectious disease research.