Nationality America Research BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes Fields Hematology Specialism oncologist Education University of Ibadan | Role Oncologist Alma mater University of Ibadan Name Olufunmilayo Olopade Awards MacArthur Fellowship | |
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Notable prizes MacArthur Fellows Program | ||
Institutions University of Chicago | ||
Cancer Founder Mutations – An International View – Olufunmilayo Olopade
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade (born 1957 Nigeria) 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.
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- Cancer Founder Mutations An International View Olufunmilayo Olopade
- Olufunmilayo olopade eliminating global disparities in breast cancer
- Life
- Awards
- Family
- References
Olufunmilayo olopade eliminating global disparities in breast cancer
Life
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.
Awards
Four Freedoms Award, 2015
Family
She married Christopher Sola Olopade, also a physician at the University of Chicago, in 1983; they have two daughters, and one son.