Tanimola is a post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter Medical School who has been part of the DISCO group (Diagnosis of Symptomatic Cancer Optimally) since 2011. He has a background in Medical Rehabilitation (combining physiotherapy and Occupational therapy) and Public Health/International Health. His workstream aims to identify and explain ethnic inequalities in the pathways to diagnosis of symptomatic cancer. Presently, Tanimola is working in collaboration with researchers from Cambridge University to examine health care use in men with symptoms suggestive of prostate cancer.

Qualifications

PhD in Primary care diagnosis of cancer and ethnic inequality, 2014 - Peninsular College of Medicine and Dentistry University of Exeter

Master of Public Health, 2010 - Nottingham University

Medical Rehabilitation, 2005 - Obafemi Awolowo University

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