Seun Aluko, MPH

Get to know Seun:
Seun leads community-driven initiatives that strengthen how health systems, local health departments, and community partners work together to eliminate health disparities. Since joining PHIL in April 2022, he has grown a portfolio spanning maternal and infant behavioral health, cardiovascular health equity, CalAIM implementation, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) prevention and response, rural health, and Tribal health. He leads multi-site technical assistance and evaluation initiatives, including PHIL’s work under California’s 0-5 and Maternal Behavioral Health Initiative and the Merck Collaborative for Equity in Cardiac Care work in Lake County, CA. He also led the Local Health Department Outbreak Response and Prevention in Healthcare Settings project, developing resources used by local health departments nationwide. Seun brings applied epidemiology, implementation science, and network science to work where communities are in the lead and PHIL serves as the backbone. Outside of work, he enjoys reading, playing pickup soccer or basketball, and exploring the use of artificial intelligence in advancing public health practice.

Experience:
Seun received his B.S. in Cognitive Neuroscience in 2016 and his MPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology in 2019. Before joining PHIL, he designed and led infectious disease surveillance at the California Department of Public Health, covering bacterial sexually transmitted infections, hepatitis B and C, HIV, mpox, and COVID-19, with a focus on reducing disparate outcomes among populations at elevated risk. At PHIL, he has built a portfolio centered on implementation science and evaluation embedded within community-driven initiatives, including behavioral health systems of care, maternal and infant health, ACEs and toxic stress, and health data infrastructure and data sharing with Tribal and rural communities.

Expertise:
Implementation Science; Program Evaluation and Applied Research Methods; Community-Driven Systems Change; Health Data Infrastructure and Surveillance

Languages:
Fluent in English and Yoruba