Fola Afolabi

Fola Afolabi (she/her) is passionate about promoting health equity for communities racialised as minorities and young people, through fostering innovative and equitable patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE). She is the Founder of the Youth Involvement and Engagement Lab and currently works as the EDI in Science Business Manager at the Wellcome Trust. She holds various public partner roles at Imperial College London, UCLPartners, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and an NHS Trust. Her prior roles include leading the Preventative Health strand at Impact on Urban Health and co-producing PPIE initiatives within Imperial College's Patient Experience Research Centre.