Position

PhD Candidate & Co-Graduate Student Representative

Areas of interest

Neuro-cardiovascular mechanisms underlying diet- and chronic stress-induced hypertension 

Narrative bio

Awards:

• Graduate Student Achievement Award for the 2025-26 Academic Year, Wayne State University, Department of Physiology
• American Physiological Society, Central Nervous System Research Recognition Award, 2026 {Abstract title: Paradoxical effect of NKCC1 inhibition on GABAergic signaling in the paraventricular nucleus of rats subjected to chronic mild unpredictable stress. Afoluso Olayonwa, Dragana Komnenov, and Noreen Rossi.

Publications

1. Siddiqui SH, Komnenov D, Olayonwa A, Li H, Wang J, Chung CS, Daugherty AM, Rossi NF. Impact of Total or Afferent Renal-Nerve Denervation on Cardiovascular and Renal Function in Sprague Dawley Rats Fed High-Fructose and High-Sodium Diet. Nutrients 2026, 18, 3067. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18183067
2. Oladele, R.I., Adesina, M., Olayonwa, A., Olufadewa, I. et al. Content analysis of HIV self testing education on TikTok. Discov Public Health 22, 555 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-025-00901-2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-025-00901-2.
3. Kolade, O., & Olayonwa, A. (2026). Digital Literacy as a Social Determinant of Health Among African Adolescents. Betta Health Equity , 3(1), e2-e5. https://doi.org/10.63558/betta.00011
4. Siddiqui SH, Komnenov D, Olayonwa A, Rossi NF. Acute V1b vasopressin receptor antagonism ameliorates cardiovascular parameters in ovariectomized female rats subjected to chronic mild unpredictable stress. J Neuroendocrinol. 2025 Nov 6:e70105. doi: 10.1111/jne.70105. PMID: 41195507

 

Education

 2015 MB:BS University of Ibadan

Advisor

Dr. Noreen Rossi

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