Professor Oyinlola Oyebode, PhD FFPH

Profile

I am a Professor of Public Health and led the Centre for Public Health and Policy from September 2022-April 2026, supporting the Centre lead in an advisory role since April 2026. I do public health research in the UK and globally on the behavioural risk-factors for non-communicable disease (particularly diet); the health of marginalised (urban) populations; and knowledge mobilisation (that is efforts to bridge the gap between research and practice to improve population health).

I completed higher specialty training in public health, and I am a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health since 2014. I hold an honorary consultant contract with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and I lead on integrated academic training for public health registrars and foundation year doctors at QMUL.

I teach on Public Health Nutrition, Planetary Health and Advanced Research Methods modules of the MSc and iBSc in Global Public Health and Policy and contribute public health teaching to the MBBS.”

Research

Research Interests:

I am interested in doing policy-relevant public health research.

Recent/current funded projects include:

UKRI-funded SALIENT FOOD trials (2023-2026) and Transdisciplinary Health Research to Identify Viable Interventions for Net zero Goals (THRIVING Food Futures) (2025-2030) in which I am working with Thijs van Rens, Professor of Economics, within larger consortia, on interventions to promote healthy and/or environmentally sustainable diets.

MRC-funded Sierra Leone research and Action on Salt and Hypertension (SLASH) (2025-2027) in which I am collaborating with colleagues in Sierra Leone to conduct household surveys, biological sample collection, qualitative research, evidence reviews, and stakeholder workshops, to identify policy interventions that can contribute to reducing salt-intake and improving cardiovascular health in Sierra Leone.

Gates Foundation funded project on intravenous iron in pregnancy (INFER) (2025-2027), synthesising research evidence to inform implementation and policy decisions.

Publications

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Featured publications

1. Oyebode O, Mensah D. Exploring the dietary behaviour of students who limit their intake of animal-source foods: secondary analysis of a nationally representative undergraduate student survey. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.70246
2. Murphy M, Coffey A, Pallan M, Oyebode O. Changing the food environment in secondary school canteens to promote healthy dietary choices: a qualitative study with school catering staff. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19513-7
3. Fforde R, Parsons N, Oyebode O. Does socio-economic status modify how individuals perceive or describe their own health? An assessment of reporting heterogeneity in the Health Survey for England. BMJ Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000813
4. McGranahan M, Augarde E, Schoenaker D, Duncan H, Mann S, Bick D, Boardman F, Oyebode O. Preconception health among migrant women in England: a cross-sectional analysis of maternity services data 2018-2019. Journal of Migration and Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100250
5. Westbury S, Ghosh I, Jones H, Mensah D, Samuel F, Irache A, Azhar N, Al-khudairy L, Iqbal R, Oyebode O. The influence of the urban food environment on diet, nutrition, and health outcomes in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review. BMJ Global Health 6 (10), e006358. 2022. https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/10/e006358.full 

Supervision

Current students

Emily Hiro Naish. Migration, ethnicity, socio-economic status and inequalities in obesity (tentative title). Wellcome Trust studentship

Mina Maallah. Diet and obesity in adolescents from the Eastern Mediterranean region (tentative title). ESRC studentship.

Lucien White. Exploring sugar reformulation in response to national policy. NIHR studentship. (Second supervisor)

Majel McGranahan. Improving pre-conception health and access to preferred contraception among migrant women in the UK. MRC doctoral fellowship.

Completed students

• Alice Coffey.Health and acceptability of plant-based diets for children. Leverhulme TRANSFORM studentship.
• Iram Zahair.Ethnic inequalities in gastrointestinal disease. NIHR HPRU PhD studentship. (3^rd supervisor)
• Salim Abatcha.Examining Risk Factors and Prediction of Cardiovascular Events in Ethnic Minorities in the United Kingdom. Warwick Chancellor’s International Studentship. (2^nd supervisor)
• Elena Mylona.The relationship of time allocation and everyday activities with adolescent obesity. ESRC studentship.
• Ella Altair. Development of a mindfulness intervention for disordered eating. CARA Fellowship.
• Tahir Bockarie. Non-communicable diseases in Sierra Leone: understanding the prevalence and risk factors associated with urbanisation. Self-funded, part-time.
• Sophie Coronini-Cronberg. Pragmatic evaluation of public health interventions using existing data sources.Self-funded.
• Stephen Seun Anjorin. Progress towards university health coverage in low and middle income countries.Warwick Chancellor’s International Scholarship. (2^nd supervisor)
• Haleema Masud.Reducing the affordability of tobacco products in Pakistan: A political economy analysis. Shahbaz Sharif Merit Scholarships, Punjab Educational Endowment Fund.
• Daniel Mensah. Urbanisation and its impact on food cultures, health and the environmental sustainability of diets in sub-Saharan Africa. Warwick Chancellor’s International Scholarship.
• Christos Bagias.Role of maternal adverse (risk) outcomes and ethnicity on offspring body fat content. Jules Thorn Scholarship. (2^nd supervisor)
• Helen Jones.Understanding how best to support adolescents with overweight or obesity through a weight management programme. NIHR CLAHRC-WM PhD studentship