Sofiat Akinola

Sofiat Akinola, MPH, MSc

Director, Health Policy & External Affairs at Roche Diagnostics

Sofiat Akinola is Director of Health Policy and External Affairs at Roche Diagnostics, where she leads global policy efforts to expand access to diagnostics for cervical cancer, women’s health, and the role of diagnostics in strengthening health systems. She previously served as Global Health Lead at the World Economic Forum and has worked on global public health strategy, health systems transformation and impact evaluation across NGOs and government sectors. Sofiat holds degrees from the University of Oxford, Tulane University, and McGill University.