Oluwafunke Kolawole is a Doctor of Medicine candidate at the City University of New York School of Medicine (CUNY School of Medicine) in New York. As part of the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, she graduated from CUNY The City College of New York with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science and a minor in Economics. She is currently a research fellow at Dartmouth College CTBH as well as the TRACC-RU (Translational Research Training in Addictions for Racial/Ethnic Minorities at CCNY, Columbia University, and Rutgers University. Her research interests include immigrant health, addiction research, digital therapeutics, and racial/ethnic health disparities among minority populations. Her additional interest in digital health arises from a desire to explore ways of increasing access to healthcare and information gathering for the underserved, minority populations. With the mentorship of Dr. Nick Jacobson, Oluwafunke is working to study digital interventions to monitor and address mental health risk factors of anxiety and depression.

Additionally, Oluwafunke hopes to engage in research that reaches people that often fall within gaps in the healthcare system. She is grateful for the opportunity to learn research skills and the possibilities of digital health and therapeutics, with the expectation that these knowledge and skills will guide and inform her future practice as a physician-scientist. In her leisure time, Oluwafunke’s hobbies include reading, watching dramas, and playing soccer.

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