Mobolaji Ibitoye, DrPH, MPH (she/her/hers)
Biography
Mobolaji Ibitoye, Dr.PH., M.P.H. is an instructor in the Department of Urban-Global Public Health at the Rutgers School of Public Health. She is a social and behavioral public health researcher whose work addresses sexual and reproductive health internationally and domestically. She earned her Dr.PH. in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. She also has an M.P.H. with dual concentrations in Behavioral Science and Health Education and Epidemiology from Saint Louis University, and a B.A. in Biology from the University of Rochester. Prior to coming to Rutgers, she was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Ohio State University's Institute for Population Research.
Research Interests
Dr. Ibitoye’s research explores how various structural, social, behavioral, and biological factors interact to affect the sexual and reproductive health of populations internationally and domestically. She employs both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to gather valuable insights into the sexual and reproductive health needs of underserved and most-at-risk populations in various settings in sub-Saharan Africa and in the US. Her current research is focused on understanding the fertility desires and the interpersonal processes that translate the desire to avoid or delay pregnancy into decisions on modern contraception among men and women in sub-Saharan Africa as well as among African immigrants in the U.S.