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Staff Profile

Sola Akinbolade

Research Associate

Background

I am a Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis and Horizon Scanning, and I work in a team to design and implement literature searches of electronic medical, health and social science bibliographic databases, and clinical trial and research registries to identify, quantify, monitor and produce reports on new and evolving health technologies which target unmet clinical needs. 

I have previous experience working as a pharmacist within the community and hospital settings, as well as the pharmaceutical industry. I also had a brief stint at a clinical research organisation assisting the clinical research team in all aspects of patient recruitment, clinical trial activity and administration.

I am passionate about improving and supporting patients' access to innovative (new or repurposed) medicines to prevent, diagnose and treat disease conditions and address areas of unmet medical need. As a health researcher, I identify emerging health technologies to inform and support national stakeholders (such as NICE, DHSC, OLS, NHS England, MHRA, AAC) towards decision-making about these technologies. I conduct trend analysis and identify research gaps to provide valuable insights and shape future research.

Research

Current projects/Interests

  • COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) combination therapies.
  • Drug repurposing for COVID-19 as an efficient approach to exploring new indications for several approved therapeutic agents towards the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. 
  • Medicines repurposing as a strategy to identify new uses for existing medicines outside their original licence.
  • Rare disease treatments: insights and intelligence on emerging therapies



Publications