Dr. Olopade is a Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics and founding Director of the Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health at the University of Chicago Medicine.
Dr. Olopade’s research is focused on gaining a better understanding of the root causes and genomic basis of cancer in diverse populations. She has published extensively on genetic and non-genetic risk factors for breast cancer and is internationally renowned for her work in inherited cancer syndromes and clinical expertise in early detection and prevention of breast cancer in high risk women.