Mr Toyin Okanlawon
Email: t.okanlawon@curtin.edu.au
Olutoyin (Toyin) is one of twenty Americans to be granted a Fulbright Postgraduate Award in 2005. Toyin is a Biology graduate from Wake Forest University and conducted research at Curtin University of Technology in the Centre for International Health, with Dr Sandra Thompson, a public health physician and researcher at the Centre. Toyin investigated the tone, type and extent of media coverage dedicated to sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV in the indigenous community in order to develop effective strategies to improve the media reporting of sexual health issues related to Aborigines.
The outcomes of Toyin’s research will be applied to improve the way in which advocacy is approached for public health intervention and media coverage of sensitive issues. By increasing his understanding of how the media reports sensitive health issues concerning Aboriginal communities, Toyin hopes to develop and implement valuable media policies that recognise and respect differences in people.
In July 2006, Toyin returned to the United States to commence Medical School. |
