Bukola Salami

Bukola Salami is a Professor in the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, where she holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Black and Racialized Peoples' Health. She is also Vice President at the Canadian Nurses Association. Previously, she was the Director of Intersections of Gender, Office of Vice President Research, University of Alberta.

Her research program focuses on policies and practices shaping migrant health as well as Black people’s health. She has been involved in over 90 funded studies totalling over $230 million. She founded and leads the African Child and Youth Migration Network, a network of 42 scholars from four continents. She co-founded the Institute for Intersectional Research and Learning at the University of Alberta. In 2020, she founded the Black Youth Mentorship and Leadership Program. Her work on Black youth mental health informed the creation of the first mental health clinic for Black Canadians in Western Canada. She has presented her work to policy makers (including twice to the Prime Minister of Canada and once to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health). Her work has contributed to policy change, including that related to Black people’s well-being. She is an Editor for the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research and Associate Editor of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). She is an advisory board member of the CIHR Institute for Human Development, Child and Youth Health and the Government of Canada Scientific Advisory Committee on Global Health.