Dr. Olusanya is a Nigerian/UK trained developmental paediatrician with a PhD in Child Health/Audio-Vestibular Medicine from University College London. She is the Executive Director of the Centre for Healthy Start Initiative in Lagos, Nigeria, and the Medical Director of First Years Medical Centre and Phonics Hearing Centre. She has authored over 250 peer-reviewed articles in various medical fields. Her work is inspired by her personal experience with congenital hearing loss and focuses on community-oriented management of developmental disabilities, including early detection and intervention programs. She is a Fellow/Member of numerous professional associations, including the Pediatric Association of Nigeria, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and the American Psychological Association. An active collaborator with the Global Burden of Disease Study, she co founded the Global Research on Developmental Disabilities Collaborators. She received the 2018 Aram Glorig Award for her contributions to global hearing healthcare and is Co-Chair of The Lancet Commission on Hearing Loss. Listed among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists, Dr. Olusanya is a leading researcher in paediatrics in Nigeria and among the top 5 in Africa with an H-Index of 75 and over 110,000 citations on Google Scholar.
