Dr. Olanrewaju Medu MBBS, FRCPC
Assistant Professor Division of Public Health and Preventive Medicine

My research interests include economic evaluation using modeling approaches to provide healthcare decision makers with valuable insights that aid them in making informed decisions about public health interventions. Other interests include use of data to drive public health decision-making.

Communicable Disease Management
Occupational and Environmental Health
Travel Medicine

• Medu, O, Lawal, A, Coyle, D, Pottie, K. Economic evaluation of HIV testing options for low-prevalence high-income countries: a systematic review. Health Econ Rev 11, 19 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-021-00318-y
• Medu, O., Anderson, M., Enns, A. et al. Predictors of pertussis outbreak in urban and rural municipalities of Saskatchewan, Canada. Can J Public Health (2018). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0074-1
• Medu O, Turner H, Cushon JA, Melis D, Rea L, Abdellatif T, Neudorf CO, Schwandt M. Restaurant inspection frequency: The Restofreq Study. Can J Public Health (2016); 107(6): e533-537
• Coyle D, Lee KM, Sabarre KA, Tingley K, Medu L, Loncar M. Atypical Antipsychotic Use for the Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in the Elderly - Final Report. Ontario Drug Policy Research Network. 2015
• Pottie K, Medu O, Welch V, Dahal GP, Tyndall M, Rader T, Wells G. Effect of rapid HIV testing on HIV incidence and services in populations at high risk for HIV exposure: an equity-focused systematic review. BMJ Open 2014;4:e006859
• Ford N, Mofenson L, Kranzer K, Medu L, Frigati L, Mills EJ, Calmy A. Safety of efavirenz in first-trimester of pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes from observational cohorts. AIDS 2010; 24(10): 1461-1470