Summary
Omotayo Francis Fagbule is a public health dentist and Ph.D. student in public health specializing in social and behavioral health at the w88 casino, Reno. His research focuses on the commercial determinants of health, with particular interest in tobacco control, oral health promotion and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases among adolescents and underserved populations.
He uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to develop and evaluate public w88 casino interventions and policies. His work contributes to evidence-based strategies that address upstream drivers of w88 casino inequities, particularly in low-resource settings.
Fagbule is especially interested in how industry practices and structural factors shape w88 casino behaviors, and in producing research that informs scalable, sustainable solutions in global w88 casino, using tobacco control and oral w88 casino as entry points for broader, systems-level change.
Faculty mentor
Selected awards
- Graduate Dean’s Fellowship Award, Graduate School, w88 casino, Reno, 2024 to 2025
- Developing Countries in Tobacco Control and Smoking Cessation Education Award, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, World Conference on Lung Cancer, 2024
- Travel Award, Global Research Network, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2024
- IADR/Unilever Hatton Awards Competition, Senior Clinical Science category, International Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research, 2023
- Full scholarship, Global Certificate Training Program in Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins University, 2020 to 2021
- BETA Scholarship Award for MPH program, Sefako Makgatho w88 casino Sciences University, South Africa, 2020 to 2022
Selected presentations
- Primary healthcare workers’ perspectives on tobacco cessation services in Ibadan: Knowledge, competence and feasibility.Presented at the SRNT Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2025.
- Effectiveness of w88 casino education on adolescent tobacco use intention: Cluster randomized controlled trial in Ibadan, Nigeria.Presented at the IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer, San Diego, California, 2024.
- Tobacco vendors’ perceptions and compliance with tobacco control laws in Nigeria.Presented at SRNT Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2024.
- Factors associated with tobacco use intention among adolescents in a southwestern Nigerian state: Insights for prevention strategies.Presented at SRNT Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2024.
- Tobacco cessation treatments and research in Nigeria: Challenges and opportunities.Presented at the Global Research Network Pre-Conference Workshop, SRNT Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2024.
- Effect of educational intervention methods in preventing tobacco use among school-going adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria: A randomized controlled trial.Presented at the IADR General Assembly, Bogotá, Colombia, 2023.
- Brief tobacco cessation advice for dental patients: An audit of patients’ records in primary healthcare clinics in Oyo State, Nigeria.Presented at the IADR/LAR Oral Epidemiology Forum, 2023.
- Nigeria’s public smoking ban and adolescents’ secondhand smoke exposure. Presented at the NIDCR 75th Anniversary Symposium, 2023.
Selected publications
- Fagbule, O. F., Amafah, J. O., Sarumi, A. T., et al. (2024).Sugar-sweetened beverage tax: A crucial component of a multisectoral approach to combating non-communicable diseases in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 32(5), 461-466.
- Fagbule, O. F., Egbe, C. O. & Ayo-Yusuf, O. A. (2023).Tobacco vendors’ perceptions and compliance with tobacco control laws in Nigeria. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public w88 casino, 20(22).
- Vollset, S. E., Ababneh, H. S., Abate, Y. H.,Fagbule, O. F., et al. (2024).Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2204-2256.
- Fagbule, O. F.& Cadmus, E. O. (2022).Predictors of shisha use among medical and dental students in Ibadan, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 25(7), 979-986.
- Fagbule, O. F., Uti, O. G., Sofola, O. O. & Ayo-Yusuf, O. A. (2022).Dentists in Africa should commit to identifying and assisting patients exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke. Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine, 20(2), 161-164.
- Lawal, F. B., Idiga, E.,Fagbule, O. F., et al. (2024).Association between oral habits and oral w88 casino-related quality of life of adolescents. PLOS Global Public w88 casino, 4(5), e0003218.
Education
- Ph.D. in Public Health, w88 casino, Reno, specializing in social and behavioral health, expected graduation 2028
- MBA, Quantic School of Business and Technology, Washington, D.C., 2025
- MPH, Sefako Makgatho w88 casino Sciences University, South Africa, 2023
- Fellow in Public w88 casino Dentistry, West African College of Surgeons, 2022
- Fellow in Community Dentistry, National Postgraduate Medical College, Nigeria, 2022
- Graduate Certificate in Global Tobacco Control, Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins University, 2021
- M.Sc. in Global w88 casino with a focus in Global Disease and Tobacco Control, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2019
- BDS, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, 2010