Onome was awarded a BSc in Cell & Molecular Biology from the University of St Andrews in 1999 and a PhD from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2007.

Onome’s doctoral research focused upon Malaria Immuno-epidemiology, with fieldwork conducted at the Medical Research Council Laboratories in The Gambia, West Africa. Onome completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in HIV1 and HSV2 immunology at the Population Council in New York in 2009.

Currently, Onome is an Infectious Disease tutor at LSHTM, she writes and researches on public health and infectious disease.