Meet our Team
Principal Investigator
Dr. Tolulope Sajobi
Dr. Tolulope Sajobi is a Professor in the Departments of Community Health Sciences and Clinical Neurosciences and Academic Director (EDI Data Research and Strategy) in the Office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Calgary
Dr. Sajobi is the Director of the Person-Centered Methods & Analytics Research Group through which he leads a methodological research program focused on 1) measurement and analysis of behavioral and patient-reported outcomes; 2) design and analysis of randomized clinical trials, and 2) classification and prediction methodologies for designing clinical decision support systems. His research program has been supported by research grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Alberta Innovates, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and and the University of Calgary. He has co-authored more than 250 scientific publications, delivered more than100 presentations, and helped secure $40 million in research funding to support innovation in science and healthcare delivery.
As a statistician and research scientist, Dr Sajobi provides statistical leadership, analytic support, data advisory, and consulting services to various research groups in academia and industry organizations.
Graduate Students
Joel Adekanye
Joel is a third-year PhD Candidate in Community Health Sciences (Epidemiology Specialization). He is a medical graduate from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, with a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, USA.
His research interests are at the intersection of shared decision-making, patient-reported outcomes measures, and clinical trials in cardiovascular care.
Gabriel Afriyie
Gabriel is a second-year doctoral student in the Community Health Sciences program with a specialization in Biostatistics. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. He has an MSc. in financial mathematics and statistics from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern in Germany. He also received his MSc. in statistics from the University of Windsor. Gabriel’s research interests include the use of modern machine learning algorithms to predict group memberships in multivariate high-dimensional longitudinal data.
Olayinka Imisioluwa Arimoro
Olayinka is a first-year PhD student in the Biostatistics program. His research combines unsupervised machine learning models with item-response theory models to evaluate response shift effects in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).
Olayinka loves to teach and help others become better. He is a Guided Project Instructor for the Coursera Guided Project Network with over 40 courses and 100,000+ learners.
Outside of his research and school work, he leads a not-for-profit organization, Predicare Steun Foundation, which he founded in 2018. The foundation aims to bridge the gap in the education space, particularly access to quality education, for children between the ages of 9 and 16 years old in low-income communities in Nigeria.
Ayo Okikiolu
Ayo completed a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology degree at the University of Alberta,
Edmonton. He is currently in his first year of a Master of Science degree with a specialization in Neuroscience at the University of Calgary and is currently under the supervision of Dr. Bijoy Menon and Dr. Tolulope Sajobi. Ayo’s graduate work will explore outcomes assessment in acute ischemic stroke patients.
Before starting his program, he worked as a Research Assistant in the lab and assisted in patient-reported outcome measures, coronary artery disease, and stroke research.
Mili Roy
Mili is a fourth-year PhD student in Biostatistics in the department of Mathematics and Statistics. Her thesis focuses on investigating methodologies using Gaussian copula on correlated mixed outcomes. She has been working as a graduate teaching assistant in the department of Mathematics and Statistics since 2018. Prior to this, she completed her master’s in Statistics. Her M.Sc. thesis concerned ‘conditional dependence in joint modeling of Longitudinal non-Gaussian outcomes’. She also completed a B.Sc and an M.Sc in Applied Statistics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mili Roy worked as a data analyst at the department of psychology and as a clinical research coordinator with Alberta Health Services in 2021. Her research interest includes joint modeling, Gaussian copula, multivariate analysis, longitudinal data, and Applied Statistics.
Research Staffs
Tim Biziaev
Tim is a full-time statistical analyst with our lab. Prior to joining us, Tim graduated with a master's degree in Biostatistics from the University of Calgary in 2023, with his thesis pertaining to the configuration of Bayesian variable selection regression models.
He obtained his BSc in Mathematics from MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, in 2018. He worked as a research assistant for Alberta Health Services in 2021/22, where he aided in the development and performed validation of late-stage cancer risk prediction models.
Nirav Bhagat
Nirav works with our research group to assist with administering and coordinating the lab's projects, including the StrokePRO and OPCM-CAD projects. He obtained a Bachelor of Medical Sciences from Western University in 2020 before completing the Master of Biomedical Technology program with the University of Calgary in 2022.
In addition, he is a research administrator and study coordinator for Dr Stephen Wilton of the Department of Cardiac Sciences, where he works on clinical trials and studies related to heart rhythm disorders and cardiac implantable devices.
nirav.bhagat1@ucalgary.ca; Nirav's LinkedIn
Maria Dalton, MSc
Raised in quiet Prince Edward Island, Maria brings her unique rural insight to all the work she does. Currently, a Clinical Research Coordinator with the Libin Cardiovascular Institute's APPROACH Research Group (Dr Wilton, Dr James) and Person-Centered Methods lab (Dr Sajobi), the work she is involved in investigates the role of patient-reported outcomes and experience measures in cardiac care, seeking to improve clinical care.
She is passionate about community/patient engagement, teaching, and mentorship, and her research interests include healthcare system improvement, complex chronic illness, geospatial analysis, scientific misinformation and public health.
Outside of the research sphere, Maria works as a freelance sports photographer with significant experience covering both national and international speed skating, skiing, and university sporting events. When she's not working or researching, Maria loves spending time outside being active - be it on her skis or on her bike
maria.dalton1@ucalgary.ca; Maria's LinkedIn
Todd Wilson, PhD
Dr. Todd Wilson is a statistician with a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Calgary.
His current research focuses on statistical risk prediction tools for adverse chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular outcomes, in addition to research methods for understanding patient preferences and values towards invasive versus conservative management of heart disease and providing statistical support to various research teams.
His research involves collaborations with several multidisciplinary teams including the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcomes Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease (APPROACH), the Can-SOLVE CKD Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Chronic Disease Network, the Alberta Kidney Disease Network, and the Clinical Nephrology Research Group.