Rate My Professor Bukola Salami

Dr. Bukola Salami is a Full Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, and holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Black and Racialized Peoples' Health. She is cross-appointed to the Faculty of Nursing and is affiliated with the O’Brien Institute for Public Health, the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, and the Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute. Prior to joining the University of Calgary in 2023, she was a Full Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta, where she served as Director of the Intersections of Gender Signature Area in the Office of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation) from 2021 to 2023 and co-led the creation of the Institute for Intersectionality Studies.

Dr. Salami holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Honors) from the University of Windsor (2004), a Master of Nursing in Nursing Administration from the University of Toronto (2008), and a PhD in Nursing from the University of Toronto (2014). She is a Registered Nurse. Her research program examines policies, systems, and practices shaping the health of Black communities and migrants, with emphasis on health equity, access to care, and structural determinants of health. She has led or contributed to over 100 funded studies totaling more than $250 million and has authored approximately 200 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Salami founded the African Child and Youth Migration Network and the Black Youth Mentorship and Leadership Program. She serves on numerous national boards and advisory committees, including as Associate Editor of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, and has received awards such as induction into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Nursing, Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and membership in the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.