Sayo Adunola, D.D.S., M.P.H.

Sayo Adunola, D.D.S., M.P.H.

Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Public Health Service

Public Health Analyst, Mid-West Branch, Division of Community HIV/AIDS Programs, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Sayo Adunola, D.D.S., M.P.H., earned her B.S. in Public Health at the University of Maryland, College Park, her D.D.S. at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and her M.P.H. at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine. Dr. Adunola completed her Dental Public Health residency at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and she is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health. She was commissioned to the U.S. Public Health Service in 2016 as a Public Health Analyst at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health. She currently serves as a Public Health Analyst at the Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau, Division of Community HIV/AIDS Programs.

Dr. Adunola’s primary research interests are to understand the role of nonfinancial factors, such as health literacy and perceived need, on health care utilization. She is also interested in primary care and oral health care integration models.