Adenike McDonald,
Adenike McDonald

Adenike McDonald is currently pursuing her PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Georgia. Ms. McDonald is an Epidemiologist and Environmental Health specialist with expertise in study design, community project planning, implementation, and evaluation. Ms. McDonald has done extensive work with maternal populations in Jamaica, where she worked as a Level 1 Environmental Health Specialist with the Ministry of Health of Jamaica, North-East Regional Health Authority. Ms. McDonald continued her maternal work here in the US working as program coordinator at MSM CMHE and was responsible for overseeing the planning, implementation, and evaluation of multiple research projects, ensuring timely execution of activities, alignment with objectives, and providing strategic guidance and support to the team throughout all phases of the programs.

Research Interest

  • Maternal health
  • Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR)
  • Infectious diseases
  • Minority health