Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FACP
Walter L. Palmer Service Professor, Medicine and Human Genetics, University of Chicago
Highlights
- Walter L. Palmer Service professor in the department of medicine and human genetics at the University of Chicago
- Director of the center for clinical cancer genetics and global health in the department of medicine at the University of Chicago
Olufunmilayo (Funmi) I. Olopade is Walter L. Palmer Service professor in the department of medicine and human genetics at the University of Chicago.
As a hematologist/oncologist, Dr. Olopade specializes in cancer risk assessment, prevention, early detection, and treatment of aggressive breast cancer that disproportionately affects young women. As a member of many professional societies including the Association of American Physicians, Dr. Olopade has national and international recognition as a physician scientist.
She is director of the center for clinical cancer genetics and global health in the department of medicine at the University of Chicago.