- Location
- Online (by Zoom)
- Series/Type
- Community Outreach Event
- Dates
- March 5, 2021 from 12:00pm to 1:00am
Links
Learn about “What African Genomes Tell Us About the Origins of Breast Cancer” at the STAGE International Speaker Seminar Series (ISSS).
Join us online on March 5 to hear from Dr. Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, who is Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago Medicine
Dr. Olopade is also Director of the Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics & Global Health.
You will be able to ask questions live!
The session will be moderated by Dr. Steven Narod, Director, Familial Breast Cancer Research Unit, Women’s College Research Institute and Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
Dr. Olopade is internationally renowned for her expertise in breast cancer, and her research has advanced early detection, treatment and prevention of breast cancer in high risk women. A distinguished scholar and mentor, Olopade has received numerous honors and awards including honorary degrees from six universities and a 2005 MacArthur Fellowship (“Genius grant”) for “translating findings on the molecular genetics of breast cancer in African and African-American women into innovative clinical practices in the United States and abroad.” She serves as a director on several Civic and Corporate Boards.