Omolola Kolawole

About the Candidate

Omolola Kolawole

Ottawa, ON | 613-324-3420 | patomolola@gmail.com

 

PROFILE

§ Public Health/Clinical Nutritionist with 2 years of experience in research assistance/coordination.

§ Masters and Bachelor of Science, with focus on Nutrition, in Faculty of Public Health.

§ Background overseeing a team of 30 Research Assistants to ensure compliance with research protocol and optimized data collection.

§ Proven expertise with various data collection and entry methodologies, as well as in organizing research files and documentation.

§ Ability to conduct thorough health assessments and administer surveys to participants for research purposes.

§ Strong knowledge of medical terminology, with application and use in a number of research projects.

§ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills as demonstrated by engagement with research assistants as well as study participants.

§ Effective analytical and research skills, with strong ability to maintain organization and flow of project work.

§ Good leadership skills, with teamwork orientation and ability to independently initiate ideas.

§ Proficiency with various computer applications including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint,Teams) with experience using spreadsheets, developing reports and presentations, and completing data entry.

§ Moderate familiarity with statistical analysis software such as SPSS.

§ Currently enrolled with Biotalent Canada to get BioReady Certification.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Client/Patient Care Coordinator for Retirement Homes in Ottawa East          Feb 2022 – Present

CBI Home Health, Ottawa, Canada

§ Coordinate delivery of personal support services to patients in order to fulfill their care plan by liasing with Personal Support Workers using scheduling software.

§ Escalate issues with either patients or Personal Support Workers to the supervisor or manager as appropriate.

§ Proper documentation of issues with either Personal Support Workers or Patients in the dated note section of staff or patient file.

§ Ensure Personal Support Workers are paid accordingly for duration worked.

§ Attend to calls as well as calling out to staff or patients to make visit arrangements or sort any other issues that may arise.

§ Contact HCCSS/LHIN to discuss and review patient care plan as appropriate

 

Owner & Entrepreneur (Self Employed)                  Dec 2017 – Dec 2021

Patty’s Soapery

§ Developed formulation for all soap products, following research and experimentation with raw materials.

§ Managed production of soap products using formulas developed.

§ Sourced raw materials from trusted vendors after doing market survey to ascertain quality and affordability.

§ Advertised body and soap products on social media to increase patronage.

§ Engaged the services of a logistics company to assist in delivery of ordered products.

 

Graduate Assistant                                       Jan 2019 – June 2019

Department of Human Nutrition, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

§ Summarized departmental project work into manuscripts, according to standards for publishing in journals.

§ Reviewed undergraduate final year student projects.

§ Marked student and examination test scripts, and collated assignments and test scores to give Continuous Assessment Score for each course.

 

Research Administrator, Nestlè´s Ibadan Kids Nutrition & Health Survey Sept. 2018 – Sept. 2019

Department of Human Nutrition, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

§ Oversaw a research project funded by Nestlè under the direction of the Principal Investigator. Research focused on health and nutrition of children aged 4 – 13.9 years in five local regions in Ibadan, using the research protocol as a guide. Ethical approval to carry out the survey was gotten from the appropriate clinical research ethical committee.

§ Facilitated training session on ‘Informed Consent’ during general training workshop for prospective data collectors, following which screening was completed to select 30 individuals for the roles.

§ Participated in community entry as well as houselisting exercise and pilot study in various communities selected for the research work.

§ Took part in review of data collection tool (electronic questionnaire) before approval for field use as well as in the documentation and safe keeping of paperwork pertaining to the research.

§ Supervised daily deployment of enumerators to data collection sites by equipping them with tools and data collection materials, and monitored though regular calls and physical presence on site.

§ Recruited analysts for dietary and nutrient intake analysis by reaching out(through calls and text messages) to qualified enumerators and monitoring analysis to completion, following which merging, cleaning and sorting of data was finalized.

§ Conducted market surveys for incentives and food to be used during research, in order to quantify portions based on pricing.  Oversaw payment of enumerator expenses based on involvement from training through to end of data collection process.

 

Research Assistant, Glycemic Index Projects     Nov. 2017 – Dec. 2018

Department of Human Nutrition, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

§ Coordinated recruitment of subjects and administration of informed consent forms.

§ Conducted screening of subjects using routine health assessments including urine tests, fasting blood sugar, blood pressure, weight and height measurements making use appropriate instruments in order to select subjects who met the inclusion criteria for the study.

§ Measured experimental food samples to ensure appropriate level of carbohydrate for daily participant consumption.

§ Completed blood sugar monitoring using sterilized lancets to regularly collect blood from each subject for the glucometer, after eating experimental food.

§ Ensured used lancets and blood strips were properly disposed to avoid contamination.

§ Completed data entry for data obtained.

 

Corp Member (National Youth Service Corp)  May 2016 – Apr. 2017

Food and Nutrition Science Laboratory

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, (IITA) Moniya, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

§ Carried out nutritional (proximate and vitamin) and anti-nutritional analysis on food samples using modern equipment such as Soxtec, Fibretec and RVA machine, and computed data received through analysis.

§ Participated in food product development using variety of staple foods such as cassava, maize, rice and yam, and participated in sensory evaluations of products.

§ Oversaw electronic record keeping for samples coming into the laboratory for accountability.

 

EDUCATION

M.Sc. Human Nutrition (Public Health/Community)                          2019

University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Thesis Project:  Glycemic Indices of Selected Root and Tuber Staples Using Different Cooking Methods.

 

B.Sc. Human Nutrition and Dietetics                                                        2015

University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Thesis Project:  Knowledge and Management Measures of Hypoglycemia among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in the Outpatient Clinic at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.