Adewale Adebajo  I  EMRI Co-Chair

Prof Adewale Adebajo MBE is the EDI Co-Lead for the National Institute for Health and Care (NIHR) Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and the PPI Strategic Lead for the NIHR Devices for Dignity Health Technology Research Centre (HRC). He sits on the NLHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Doncaster Advisory Group.

He is a clinician and researcher in South Yorkshire and an Honorary Professor at Keele University.

Prof Adebajo has extensive experience in promoting inclusivity in health research and was awarded an MBE in 2020 for services to Inclusive Research. Nationally, he is a member of the Board of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Centre for Engagement and Dissemination (NIHR CED), having previously been a long serving member of NIHR INVOLVE and a coauthor of the United Kingdom Standards for Public Involvement in Research (HRC).

In addition, he is the Board strategic Patient and Public Involvement Lead for the Multiple Long term Conditions Cross NIHR Collaboration (NIHR MLTC CNC) and an EDI Adviser for the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR).

Professor Adebajo is the Editor In Chief of the international journal “Clinical Rheumatology”, and a founding member of the Editorial Board of the first international journal co-produced by health care professionals and lay persons, solely for the purpose of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement related research (Research in Involvement and Engagement).

Professor Adebajo is a member of the Medical Research Council ethnicity advisory group – Black in Biomedical Research Advisory Group (MRC BBRAG), He is also a member of the Sheffield Health Equity Group.

In his public life, he is the Board member with responsibility for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for Barnsley Football Club Charitable Trust. He is also an active member of several stroke and musculoskeletal charities.