Olu Onyimadu

Olu Onyimadu is a Senior Researcher in Health Economics at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. His research focuses on the economic evaluation of health care interventions and the long-term health care costs of disease, with particular interests in obesity, child health and maternal health.

His doctoral research generated the first nationally representative estimates of childhood BMI transitions in the UK and the first England-specific estimates of NHS costs by childhood weight status. The latter attracted national media coverage, including BBC News. His research combines trial-based economic evaluation, cohort cost analysis, systematic review, cost-effectiveness modelling and econometric analysis of electronic health records to generate evidence that informs health policy and resource allocation.

He is Trial Health Economist on two NIHR-funded randomised controlled trials in maternal and child health, and his work has been cited by research groups internationally.

Olu holds an MSc in Health Economics and Decision Modelling from the University of Sheffield and a DPhil in Primary Health Care from the University of Oxford. Before joining Oxford, he worked in health technology assessment at the University of Southampton, supporting the development of evidence for NICE technology appraisals. Earlier in his career, he worked as a pharmacist in both clinical and industry settings.