1. Olufunmilayo I Olopade born in the year 1957, is a Nigerian hematology oncologist, Associate Dean for Global Health and Walter L Palmer, Distinguished Service Professor in Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago.
13 Facts About Olufunmilayo Olopade
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Olufunmilayo Olopade serves as director of the University of Chicago Hospital's Cancer Risk Clinic.
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Olufunmilayo Olopade was born in Nigeria in 1957 and was the fifth of six children born to an Anglican musician.
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Olufunmilayo Olopade attended St Anne's School in Ibadan for her secondary school education.
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Olufunmilayo Olopade graduated from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria with an MBBS in 1980.
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Olufunmilayo Olopade is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the American College of Physicians, the Nigerian Medical Association, the American Philosophical Society, and the Institute of Medicine.
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Olufunmilayo Olopade started her career in 1980 as a medical officer in the Nigerian Navy Hospital.
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Olufunmilayo Olopade moved to the US in 1983 and worked at Cook County Hospital in Chicago until 1987.
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In 1991, Olufunmilayo Olopade joined the University of Chicago as an assistant professor in hematology and oncology, Dean of Global Health, and Director of the Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics at the University of Chicago.
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Olufunmilayo Olopade was one of the three African-Americans to receive the $500,000 award.
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In 1983, she married Christopher Sola Olufunmilayo Olopade who is a physician at the University of Chicago.
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In 1992, Olufunmilayo Olopade helped found the University of Chicago's Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics.
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Olufunmilayo Olopade found that this was due to a different pattern of gene expression between the African women and the Caucasian women.