Babatunde is a medical graduate of University of Ibadan, Nigeria and a qualified Family Physician with special interest in Lung Health. He holds a Master of Research -Advanced quantitative skills and Translational Medicine from Lancaster University, United Kingdom. He also has a Master of International Development Administration (Organizational Leadership) from Andrews University, United States. Starting out with research interests as broad as his clinical training, Babatunde has now focused on issues in exposure assessment, non-communicable respiratory diseases, cardiorespiratory medicine, tropical infectious diseases and medical informatics. His core area in the last three years has been air pollution-lung health intersection. To his credit, he has 47 peer-reviewed articles in local, regional and international scientific journals. He is currently a PhD student under the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine/Lancaster University Medical Research Council Doctoral Training Program/Aldama Foundation Scholarship Scheme. His PhD is looking at ‘Non-communicable respiratory diseases and Air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa’. This involves a one-year longitudinal ambient PM 2.5 measurement in 15 sites spread across nine sub-Saharan African countries. Alongside this, he works as a Consultant Clinician with the Medical Research Council at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Unit in The Gambia, West Africa.