Kehinde Obamiro
- kehinde.obamiro@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0265-1953- Centre Lead, Central Queensland Centre for Rural and Remote Health
- JCU Central QLD Centre for Rural & Remote Health
Projects
2
Publications
31
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Contact Details
Centre Lead, Central Queensland Centre for Rural and Remote Health
Biography
A/Professor Kehinde Obamiro is the Centre Lead of the James Cook University Central Queensland Centre for Rural and Remote Health (CQCRRH). He is an accomplished researcher, academic leader, registered pharmacist and public health expert, with extensive experience in rural and remote health, Indigenous health, healthcare access and workforce development.
He provides strategic leadership for rural health education, workforce development, research and community engagement initiatives across Central Queensland. His work focuses on strengthening the rural and remote health workforce through innovative education programs, collaborative research and sustainable partnerships with health services, government, industry and community stakeholders.
He has a strong track record of securing competitive research funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australian Government and Commonwealth funding programs, non-government organisations (NGOs), and other competitive funding schemes. His research leadership encompasses interdisciplinary collaboration, research translation and mentoring emerging researchers, with a particular focus on improving health outcomes and addressing health inequities in rural and remote communities.
Research
Projects
Nursing and Allied Health Graduate Outcomes Tacking (NAHGOT) Study
03 Nov 2025 - 31 Dec 2027
Output
The Impact of COVID-19 on Student Placements facilitated by University Departments of Rural Health
2021
Bourke, Lisa; Hellwege, Barbara; Jessup, Belinda; Heaney, Susan; Sheepway, Lyndal; Hoang, Ha; Podubinski, Tegan; Farthing, Annie; Rasiah, Rohan; Fitzroy, Rpbyn; Obamiro, Kehinde; Jatrana, Santosh; Argus, Geoff; Knight, Sabina (2021) The Impact of COVID-19 on Student Placements facilitated by University Departments of Rural Health. [Report]
Other Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Mudholkar, Asmita; Burke, Stephanie; Obamiro, Kehinde (2025) 'Student-Led Falls Prevention Program for Community-Dwelling Older Adults in a Rural Community: A Pilot Study'. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33 (1). [DOI]
Uwishema, Olivier; Shariff, Sanobar; Wojtara, Magda; Chakik, Judy Ahmad El; Ghosh, Shankhaneel; Obamiro, Kehinde; Enam, Syed Ather (2025) 'Stem cell therapies and glioma stem cells in glioblastoma: a systematic review of current challenges and research directions'. International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 18 (1). [DOI]
Uwishema, Olivier; Ghezzawi, Malak; Wojtara, Magda; Esene, Ignatius N.; Obamiro, Kehinde (2025) 'Stem cell therapy use in patients with dementia: a systematic review'. International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 18 (1). [DOI]
Gadd, Nicola; Lee, Simone; Sharman, Matthew J.; Hughes, Jessica; Hoang, Ha; Obamiro, Kehinde (2025) 'The Co-Design of an Evidence-Based Health Education Strategy to Improve Bowel Cancer Awareness and Screening in a Remote Tasmanian Community: Lessons Learned'. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36 (3). [DOI]
Pascoe, Taegen; Mudholkar, Asmita; Burke, Stephanie; Obamiro, Kehinde; Zuchowski, Ines (2025) 'Allied Health student led clinics: An opportunity for Workforce development'. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33 (2). [DOI]
Jessup, Belinda; Brand, Anthea; Kirschbaum, Melissa; Allen, Penny; Bourke, Lisa; Bailie, Jodie; Heaney, Susan; Sheepway, Lyndal; Podubinski, Tegan; Hoang, Ha; Obamiro, Kehinde; Jatrana, Santosh; Knight, Sabina; Fitzroy, Robyn; Rasiah, Rohan (2025) 'Rural nursing and allied health placements during the latter stage of the COVID-19 public health emergency: A national study'. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33 (1). [DOI]
GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators; [Emeto, T.I.]; [Peden, A.E.]; [Obamiro, K.O.] (2024) 'Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021'. Lancet, 403 :2204-2256. [DOI]
GBD 2021 Fertility and Forecasting Collaborators; [Ampomah, Irene]; [Peden, Amy]; [Obamiro, Kehinde] (2024) 'Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021'. Lancet, 403 (10440):2057-2099. [DOI]
Global Nutrition Target Collaborators; [Franklin, Richard]; [Obamiro, Kehinde] (2024) 'Global, regional, and national progress towards the 2030 global nutrition targets and forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021'. Lancet, 404 (10471):2543-2583. [DOI]
GBD 2021 Stroke Risk Factor Collaborators; [Emeto, Theophilus I.]; [Franklin, Richard Charles]; [Obamiro, Kehinde O.]; [Peden, Amy E.] (2024) 'Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021'. Lancet Neurology, 23 (10). [DOI]
GBD 2019 Injuries Collaborators; [Adegboye, Oyelola]; [Franklin, Richard]; [Peden, Amy]; [Obamiro, Kehinde]; [Seidu, Abdul-Aziz] (2024) 'Global, regional, and national burden of injuries, and burden attributable to injuries risk factors, 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2019'. Public Health, 237 :212-231. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
GBD 2021 Global Stillbirths Collaborators; [Emeto, Theophilus]; [Obamiro, Kehinde] (2024) 'Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021'. Lancet, 404 (10466):1955-1988. [DOI]
Gadd, Nicola; Lee, Simone; Sharman, Matthew J.; Obamiro, Kehinde (2024) 'Educational interventions to improve bowel cancer awareness and screening in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries: A scoping review'. Preventive Medicine Reports, 39 . [DOI]
Gadd, Nicola; Lee, Simone; Hughes, Jessica; Sharman, Matthew J.; Hoang, Ha; Obamiro, Kehinde (2024) 'Barriers and enablers to bowel cancer screening participation in remote Tasmania: A qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework'. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 32 (5):1041-1053. [DOI]
Terry, Daniel; Peck, Blake; Hills, Danny; Bishop, Jaclyn; Kirschbaum, Mark; Obamiro, Kehinde; Phan, Hoang; Baker, Ed; Schmitz, David (2023) 'Sustaining rural pharmacy workforce understanding key attributes for enhanced retention and recruitment'. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31 (2):218-229. [DOI]
Njoku, Chidiamara Maria; Hurst, John R.; Kinsman, Leigh; Balogun, Saliu; Obamiro, Kehinde (2023) 'COPD in Africa: risk factors, hospitalisation, readmission and associated outcomes-a systematic review and meta-analysis'. Thorax, 78 (6):596-605. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Mensah, George A.; Fuster, Valentin; Murray, Christopher J. L.; Roth, Gregory A.; Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks Collaborators; [Emeto, Theophilus I.]; [Franklin, Richard Charles]; [Obamiro, Kehinde O.]; [Peden, Amy E.]; [Seidu, Abdul-Aziz] (2023) 'Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks, 1990-2022'. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 82 (25):2350-2473. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
‘Growing your own’ a case study of a collaborative training program in medical radiation science
2023
Inyang, Imo; Barnett, Tony; Obamiro, Kehinde; Rogers, Merran; Kilgour, Andrew; Visentin, Denis (2023) '‘Growing your own’ a case study of a collaborative training program in medical radiation science'. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 70 (4):398-405. [DOI]
Podubinski, T.; Jessup, B.; Obamiro, K.; Hoang, H.; Bourke, L. (2023) 'An exploration of mental health, stress and well-being concerns among health students undertaking rural placements in Australia during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic'. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31 (5):914-920. [DOI]
Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth; Obamiro, Kehinde; Hussain, Zahid; Tesfaye, Wubshet (2023) 'Workplace violence against pharmacists: A systematic review and meta-analysis'. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 63 (1):23-31. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Rotimi, Kunle; Edeh, Favour K.; Aiden, Jimmy; Itiola, Ademola Joshua; Obamiro, Kehinde (2022) 'Factors that influence pharmacists' efforts in addressing substance use in Nigeria: An exploratory study'. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 8 . [DOI]
Terry, Daniel R.; Peck, Blake; Hills, Danny; Bishop, Jaclyn; Kirschbaum, Mark; Obamiro, Kehinde O.; Phan, Hoang; Baker, Ed; Schmitz, David (2022) 'The Pharmacy Community Apgar Questionnaire: a modified Delphi technique to develop a rural pharmacist recruitment and retention tool'. Rural and Remote Health, 22 (4). [DOI]
Obamiro, Kehinde; Barnett, Tony; Inyang, Imo (2022) 'The Australian pharmacist workforce: distribution and predictors of practising outside of metropolitan and regional areas in 2019'. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 30 (4):354-359. [DOI]
Obamiro, Kehinde; Jessup, Belinda; Allen, Penny; Baker-Smith, Victoria; Khanal, Santosh; Barnett, Tony (2022) 'Considerations for Training and Workforce Development to Enhance Rural and Remote Ophthalmology Practise in Australia: A Scoping Review'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (14). [DOI]
Lee, Simone M.; Versace, Vincent L.; Obamiro, Kehinde (2022) 'Public Awareness of Bowel Cancer Risk Factors, Symptoms and Screening in Tasmania, Australia: A Cross-Sectional Study'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (3). [DOI]
Mohammed, Mustapha; Sha’aban, Abubakar; Jatau, Abubakar Ibrahim; Yunusa, Ismaeel; Isa, Abubakar Musa; Wada, Abubakar Sadiq; Obamiro, Kehinde; Zainal, Hadzliana; Ibrahim, Baharudin (2022) 'Assessment of COVID-19 Information Overload Among the General Public'. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 9 :184-192. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Gadd, Nicola; Lee, Simone; Obamiro, Kehinde (2022) 'Perception of Bowel Cancer Information Overload: A Cross-Sectional Study'. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 26 (3):235-247. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
GBD 2020 Alcohol Collaborators; [Franklin, Richard Charles]; [Peden, Amy E.]; [Obamiro, Kehinde O.] (2022) 'Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020'. The Lancet, 400 (10347):185-235. [DOI]
Hoang, Ha; Jessup, Belinda; Obamiro, Kehinde; Bourke, Lisa; Hellwege, Barbara; Podubinski, Tegan; Heaney, Susan; Sheepway, Lyndal; Farthing, Annie; Rasiah, Rohan; Fitzroy, Robyn; Jatrana, Santosh; Argus, Geoff; Knight, Sabina (2022) 'Impact of COVID-19 on rural and remote student placements in Australia: a national study'. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 30 (2):197-207. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Jessup, Belinda; Hoang, Ha; Podubinski, Tegan; Obamiro, Kehinde; Bourke, Lisa; Hellwege, Barbara; Jatrana, Santosh; Heaney, Susan; Farthing, Annie; Sheepway, Lyndal; Rasiah, Rohan (2022) ''I can't go, I can't afford it': Financial concern amongst health students undertaking rural and remote placements during COVID-19'. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 30 (2):238-251. [DOI]