Diran Onifade covers health and the environment for the Nigerian Television Authority. NTA is the country's only national network. Onifade has reported extensively on the HIV/AIDS crisis. In 1997 he received the Nigerian Media Merit Award for best television reporter of the year. At MIT Onifade plans to study the history of science and public health, genetics, biotechnology and epidemiology. He holds a degree in mass communication from The Polytechnic and an M.B.A. in human resources management from Lagos State University. His outside interests include badminton and reading.