Meet The Nigerian Tackling The Genetic Basis Of Cancer:
"Our biggest challenge was finding sustainable funding but I now have the biggest opportunity to partner with biotech startup 54gene to perform the work in Africa," she says.Professor Olopade, who was born and raised in Nigeria, says her"Eureka" moment came when she was performing parallax experiments in high school physics exams.
"I remember being put on an oncology rotation and having one of the most amazing medical oncologists as my senior resident who was an international graduate from Portugal," Professor Olopade says,"She was so smart and was going to do oncology at MD Anderson and she inspired me."
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