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Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics and director Center for Innovation in Global Health, Olopade’s research is focused on gaining a better understanding of the root causes and Omics features of breast cancer in diverse populations. She is internationally renowned for her research in inherited cancer syndromes and clinical expertise in early detection and prevention of BRCA1 associated basal-like breast cancer. Olopade maps genes frequently altered in cancer cells and has characterized the molecular pathways defining aggressive forms of breast cancer in young women of African ancestry across the diaspora.