Seun Aluko

Seun Aluko is Associate Director of Research and Implementation at the Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL), where he provides leadership to PHIL’s MERLIN team. In this role, he contributes to strategic planning, guides team development, and supports applied research design and implementation for local health departments and state partners.

Previously at PHI, Seun served as Lead Research Scientist II and Research Scientist II, directing multidisciplinary projects on vaccine safety, outbreak response, and program evaluation. As an Epidemiologist with PHI, he supported California’s COVID-19 response through data pipeline development and wastewater surveillance integration.

In addition to his PHI roles, Seun has served as worked with the California Department of Public Health, where he spearheaded various surveillance efforts including COVID-19, MPOX, hepatitis C, and Congenital Syphilis. He has led projects to strengthen syndromic surveillance.

Before joining PHI, he worked internationally leading health outcomes research across 27 countries to evaluate child health, nutrition, and development programs. He began his career in applied epidemiology at the University of Illinois and in laboratory-based research at Michigan State University.

Seun is recognized for combining rigorous epidemiologic methods with implementation science and stakeholder-driven approaches to generate evidence that informs policy and practice across public health systems.