Olufunmilayo Olopade serves as director of the University of Chicago Hospital's Cancer Risk Clinic.
11 Facts About Olufunmilayo Olopade
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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 Ibadan for her secondary school education.
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Olufunmilayo Olopade graduated from University of Ibadan, Nigeria, with a 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, after which she moved to the US where she worked at Cook County Hospital, Chicago between 1983 and 1987.
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In 1991, Olufunmilayo Olopade joined the University of Chicago as assistant professor in hematology and oncology and presently serves as 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 out of the three African-Americans to receive the $500,000 award.
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Olufunmilayo Olopade married Christopher Sola Olopade, a physician at the University of Chicago, in 1983; they have two daughters, including journalist Dayo Olopade, and one son.
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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.