Dr Oluwaseyi Somefun

Dr Oluwaseyi Somefun was a Postdoctoral research fellow on the ParentApp for Teens in Tanzania programme. She is also a Postdoctoral Fellow at the the School of Public Health, University of Western Cape linked to the UKRI GCRF Accelerating Achievement for Africa’s Adolescents Hub. She is involved in research investigating the acceptability of interventions designed to improve the well being of adolescents in Africa. She has experience in both domestic and international settings. Her doctoral thesis applied a mixed method approach and engaged diverse young adults across different regions in Nigeria. Her central aim explored how young people overcome risks in the face of adversity and focused on issues like resilience and vulnerability.

She plays an ongoing active role in several interdisciplinary research projects. The majority of these have been published in high ranking international and national accredited journals. Her scholarly interests range widely from adolescent sexual and reproductive health, social networks and mixed research methodology. She is strongly interested in improving health behaviors of adolescents through health communication and policy dissemination.