Data for Health in Africa Meeting
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5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting
23 - 29 August 2025
CEDI Centre, University of Ghana, Accra

Prof Akin Ojagbemi - Participant

University of Ibadan College of Medicine (NIHR and Wellcome Trust Global Health Research International Intermediate Fellow/ Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry)

Dr. Akin Ojagbemi. NIHR and Wellcome Trust Global Health Research International Intermediate Fellow at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. BIOGRAPHY: Akin Ojagbemi is a clinical and academic psychiatrist for older people. He is trained in dementia care at the Institute of Psychiatry (IOPPN) King's College London and leads a multidisciplinary team with in-patient and out-patient responsibilities for mental health of older adults and dementia care in Nigeria. He is also a honorary visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Dementia Studies, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, United Kingdom. Akin's research background is from being part of participants assessment in the key international comparative study of dementia in Nigeria and Indianapolis USA. He now conducts research in Global mental health, epidemiology, mental health systems strengthening and intervention studies within a long-term commitment to develop culturally appropriate and resource-aligned interventions for priority mental health conditions in Nigeria and applicable contexts in West Africa. To date, he has published more than 100 peer reviewed journal articles, 6 book chapters, and 1 monogram, some of which have appeared in The Lancet, JAMA and World Psychiatry. In December 2023, Akin was awarded the Tomani Corah price for excellence which is held by the African Research Excellence Fund (AREF).