Uh-huh. I’m one of those people who believe that my role in academia is to nurture that belief students have. Who am I to say that the student standi… - Oluwatoyin A. Asojo

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Uh-huh. I’m one of those people who believe that my role in academia is to nurture that belief students have. Who am I to say that the student standing in front of me is not the one that is going to cure cancer? My purpose is to be a catalyst for them to achieve that vision.

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About Oluwatoyin A. Asojo

Oluwatoyin Asojo is the Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives at the Dartmouth Cancer Center. She previously served as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Hampton University, and as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics – Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. She is a pioneering crystallographer and her interdisciplinary research bridges chemistry, biology, mathematics, and computational science. Dr. Asojo specializes in the structural study of proteins linked to neglected tropical diseases, contributing to global health and drug discovery efforts.

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Oh, it’s everything. I think the ability to see connections where people don’t normally see connections is so important. When you’re able to think about problems from a bird’s-eye view rather than being stuck on the small, incremental aspects of it, you come up with solutions that people may think are crazy, but they end up being the best approaches. Of course you also fail a lot more, because you pursue crazy ideas. But in the process of failing, you find new directions that enhance your research.

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