He is Director of the Emotion and Anxiety Research Laboratory and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Vanderbilt University Graduate School.
Olatunji moved to the University of Arkansas for his graduate studies, where he earned a master's degree in clinical psychology in 2002.
[2] After completing his thesis Olatunji moved to Harvard Medical School where he worked as a psychology fellow.
he showed that general health anxiety, fears of contamination and disgust sensitivity were associated with influenza A virus subtype H1N1.
[11] In 2019 Olatunji was made Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Vanderbilt University Graduate School.