Olumide O. Opeyemi Ph.D. formerly Olumide O. Awelewa – The Last Head Boy

Olumide was born in Ondo Town, Ondo State, Nigeria. He has lived in numerous places across 4 continents. He emigrated with his family to the UK at age 15 and attended The Princess Margaret Royal Free School in Windsor, Berkshire, where he was voted Head Boy of the school by students, faculty, and staff.

In his undergraduate years, he studied Aerospace Engineering at the prestigious Queen Mary College at University of London and Sports Science at Kingston University with a study abroad scholarship at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. Afterwards, he moved to the mountains in Boone, North Carolina for graduate school.

At Appalachian State University, he earned a Master of Science in Exercise Science (research concentration), completing his research thesis in the autumn of 2014. He also specialised and published in two more concentrations (Clinical and Strength & Conditioning). Post-graduation, he was offered an adjunct professor position for 2 semesters. He returned to London afterward to start/grow a family healthcare HR business. His work experience spans Charity/Non-profit startup, IT, Sales, University Administration, Pedagogy, and Medical Writing/Editing

His Ph.D. project involves the use of non-invasive in-vivo MRI scans and computational fluid dynamics to diagnose occult cardiovascular disorders.

Please get back to me. It’ll be a pleasure meeting you when next I visit home. I currently reside in Australia. 2022