Olufunmilayo Olopade
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Olufunmilayo I. Olopade is an hematology oncologist, Associate Dean for Global Health and Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor in Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago
. She also serves as director of the University of Chicago Hospital's Cancer Risk Clinic.
She graduated from University of Ibadan
, Nigeria, with a MD, in 1980.
She has performed extensive clinical work surrounding the role of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in the incidence of breast cancer in women of African descent. She a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the American College of Physicians, and the Nigerian Medical Association and works closely with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
She is a member of the Institute of Medicine
.
She married Christopher Sola Olopade, also a physician at the University of Chicago, in 1983; they have two daughters, and one son.
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. She also serves as director of the University of Chicago Hospital's Cancer Risk Clinic.
She graduated from University of Ibadan
University of Ibadan
The University of Ibadan is the oldest Nigerian university, and is located five miles from the centre of the major city of Ibadan in Western Nigeria...
, Nigeria, with a MD, in 1980.
She has performed extensive clinical work surrounding the role of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in the incidence of breast cancer in women of African descent. She a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the American College of Physicians, and the Nigerian Medical Association and works closely with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
She is a member of the Institute of Medicine
Institute of Medicine
The Institute of Medicine is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded in 1970, under the congressional charter of the National Academy of Sciences...
.
She married Christopher Sola Olopade, also a physician at the University of Chicago, in 1983; they have two daughters, and one son.
External links
- "The SciCom Interview: Olufunmilayo Olopade"
- "Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade", Tavis Smiley, July 10, 2009
- " Is the Answer in Your Genes?", Port of Harlem, Feb - Apr 2008
- "Breast Cancer In Black Women May Be Connected To Neighborhood Conditions, Study Suggests", ScienceDaily, Mar. 20, 2008