I am pleased to announce Tolu Oyesanya, PhD, RN, will join DUSON’s faculty effective Aug. 1, 2018, and will be a member of the Healthcare in Adult Populations Division.                               

Dr. Oyesanya currently is an Instructor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University and this summer will complete a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Brain Injury Research at Shepherd Center in Atlanta.  Her research focuses on care of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in acute and post-acute treatment settings, as well as support of family caregivers of patients with TBI. Her current research focuses on transitional care for patients with TBI discharged directly home from acute care without rehabilitation services, with an emphasis on improving post-discharge self-and family-management of care and patient independence and participation. 

She has already established opportunities for collaborative and interdisciplinary work here at Duke and is positioned to contribute across many of our educational programs.  

Dr. Oyesanya is an alumna of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she earned her PhD, MS and BS degrees in nursing. 

We look forward to welcoming Dr. Oyesanya to Durham and Duke this summer. Feel free to pass along your personal greetings to her at tolu_oyesanya@shepherd.org.