PROGRAMS FOR FELLOWS AND JUNIOR FACULTY

THE COMMONWEALTH FUND/HARVARD UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP IN MINORITY HEALTH POLICY

FELLOWS' BIOS: 2004-2005

JACQUELINE NWANDO OLAYIWOLA, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Medical Director, Community Health Center of Meriden, CT; Vice President ofMedical Staff, Community Health Center, Inc.; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Meriden, CT

Dr. Olayiwola is currently the Medical Director of Community Health Center of Meriden, CT, one of many sites of Community Health Center, Inc, the largest health center system in the State of Connecticut. Community Health Center is a leading provider of high quality healthcare services to uninsured, underinsured and publicly insured patients. In her role as medical director, she directly oversees five physicians and 2 advanced practice nurse practitioners, coordinating clinical care, quality improvement initiatives and incorporating public health initiatives into daily practice. She is also the Vice President of the Medical Staff of the entire agency, working closely with the Chief Medical Officer to ensure quality medical care, provider well-being and satisfaction, and appropriate provider-staff relations. In addition, she is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Connecticut, teaching medical students through Clerkships and Practicum experiences. Her interests and experiences include health policy, clinical care, quality improvement, public health, health disparities and minority health, adolescent and HIV/AIDS prevention in domestic and global initiatives.

Dr. Olayiwola was a Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellow in Minority Health Policy at Harvard Medical School in 2004-2005. During this fellowship and leadership training, she received her Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2005. She is the Founder and CEO of GIRLTALK, Inc, a non-profit organization in New York, NY that provides HIV/AIDS education and prevention to minority adolescent girls in high risk areas. She is an Advisory Committee member of the “Food Smart & Fit” Obesity prevention initiative for obesity prevention in minority adolescent girls. In June 2005, she was selected to be a member of the Minority Women’s Health Panel of Experts of the Office on Women’s Health (OWH) of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), a national committee dedicated to ensuring that minority women’s health issues are incorporated into OWH initiatives.

In 2007, Dr. Olayiwola was named as one of America’s Top Family Doctors of 2007 by the Consumers Research Council of America. In October 2007, she was honored as a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. She also received the Excellence in Medicine Leadership Award from the American Medical Association in March 2005.

Dr. Olayiwola obtained her undergraduate and medical degrees from the Ohio State University, completed her residency training in Family Medicine at Columbia University, where she was Chief Resident, and her Masters in Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health.

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