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Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FACP

Walter L. Palmer Service Professor, Medicine and Human Genetics, University of Chicago

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  • 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
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Olufunmilayo (Funmi) I. Olopade is Walter L. Palmer Service professor in the department of medicine and human genetics at the University of Chicago.

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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.