SASunday A. Adetunji

Appointments and training

Education, theses, appointments, and associated contributions.

This page presents training and appointments as a coherent scholarly trajectory in reproductive/perinatal epidemiology, biostatistics, maternal safety, and clinical AI evaluation.

2024–present

PhD Candidate, Epidemiology — Reproductive & Perinatal Health

Oregon State University, College of Health

Thesis / scholarly focus: Ending Preventable Maternal Death: Causal Analysis of Failure to Rescue in Acute Obstetric and Medical Emergencies

Contribution: Built an independent maternal safety and perinatal epidemiology portfolio across national hospital, survey, EHR, and global policy datasets; outputs include accepted papers in AMIA, IEEE EMBC, JSM, APHA, ASRM, CityMatCH, SDSS, and UOG/ISUOG-associated venues.

2025

Master of Public Health, Biostatistics

Oregon State University, College of Health

Thesis / scholarly focus: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and 42-Day Cardiovascular Readmission After Delivery: Determinants and an Equitable Parsimonious Discharge Risk Model

Contribution: Developed biostatistical training in causal inference, longitudinal models, survival analysis, GLMs, survey analysis, and prediction modelling for maternal and reproductive health.

Completed 2024

MIT Professional Certification — Data Science & Machine Learning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, IDSS

Thesis / scholarly focus: Cross-Cohort Domain Adaptation and Federated Transfer Learning to Mitigate Algorithmic Performance Drop of Pre-Eclampsia Prediction Models in Underrepresented Populations

Contribution: Integrated machine learning, domain adaptation, and responsible AI methods into maternal-fetal risk prediction and clinical AI validation.

2022–2024

Postgraduate Residency, Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Lagos University Teaching Hospital

Thesis / scholarly focus: Ten case studies and one long case on high-risk pregnancy, intrapartum emergencies, maternal morbidity, and obstetric critical care

Contribution: Strengthened clinical grounding in high-risk obstetrics, intrapartum decision-making, surgical emergencies, and maternal morbidity prevention.

2005–2013

MBChB, Medicine & Surgery

Obafemi Awolowo University

Thesis / scholarly focus: Socioeconomic gradients and systemic barriers in the dual uptake of breast and cervical cancer screening among women: a pooled multi-country equity analysis

Contribution: Established early foundation in clinical medicine, public health, women’s health, and equity-oriented research.

2017–2025

Founder, CEO and Consulting Physician

Alifort Hospital Ltd., Lagos

Thesis / scholarly focus: Clinical leadership appointment

Contribution: Led maternity and surgical service delivery, clinical governance, patient-safety workflows, community outreach, and implementation-focused maternal health practice.

2024–present

Graduate Researcher and Teaching/Lab Instructor

Oregon State University

Thesis / scholarly focus: Academic appointment

Contribution: Delivered applied epidemiology, public health, and biostatistics teaching while developing reproducible analytic workflows and research training materials.