I thought that if I committed myself to identifying risk factors and then to determining how to lower individual risk, then that would really be a li… - Olufunmilayo Olopade

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I thought that if I committed myself to identifying risk factors and then to determining how to lower individual risk, then that would really be a lifelong pursuit.

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About Olufunmilayo Olopade

Olufunmilayo Olopade (born 1957) is a Nigerian hematology oncologist, Associate Dean for Global Health and Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor in Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. She also serves as director of the University of Chicago Hospital's Cancer Risk Clinic.

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Alternative Names: Olufunmilayo I Olopade Olufunmilayo I. Olopade Funmi Olopade
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We’ve been very interested in familial breast cancer and the contribution of genes like BRCA1 and BRCA2 that predispose families to breast cancer. We’re very interested in looking at the genetic basis of breast cancer in young women. As a result of that investigation, we’re hoping to develop better tools and better methods to manage triple-negative breast cancer, because that’s what we see to be over-represented in young African American women and women with BRCA1 mutations.

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