Dr. Temitope Kayode, MBBS, DrPH, MPH

Dr. Temitope Kayode is a physician and public health expert with over 15 years of experience in malaria control, infectious disease prevention, maternal and child health, and health systems strengthening. Her career spans program design, policy development, operational planning, capacity building, monitoring and evaluation, and multisectoral coordination across state and local governments and donor funded programs.

She has provided high level technical assistance for malaria programming across multiple states, supporting national and subnational governments and partners including USAID and PMI, UKAID and FCDO, the Global Fund, Christian Aid, and IHVN. Her work has included developing and reviewing costed annual operational plans, strengthening coordination, and improving budgeting and intervention rollout.

As a consultant on Community Directed Interventions for malaria under the World Bank Booster Project she supported the development of policy documents, technical materials, and pilot designs, and trained state and local government managers. Under the Federal Government's SURE-P Maternal and Child Health program she contributed to recruitment, deployment, and capacity building of midwives and community health workers and supported monitoring and evaluation systems.

She has presented her work at national and international conferences, including the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, and is a recipient of the Steven P. Wallace Emerging Advocate Award and the Public Health Spotlight Award. Her growing portfolio in aging and Alzheimer's disease research examines cognitive decline, health disparities in aging populations, and behavioral and social determinants of dementia risk.