Folakemi T. Odedina Explained

Folakemi Titilayo Odedina (born January 21, 1965) is a Nigerian-born scientist and professor of pharmacy and medicine at the University of Florida.[1] She is the principal investigator for the Prostate Cancer Transatlantic Consortium (CaPTC),[2] a clinical research group using genomic science and environmental etiology to exploring disproportionate burden of prostate cancer among Black men funded by the NCI. She is a member of American Cancer Society's National Prostate Cancer Disparities Advisory Team.[3]

Early years

Odedina was born on January 21, 1965, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria to Ezekiel Shotayo Badejogbin and Grace Modupe Badejogbin. She spent her early childhood in Lagos and schooled at the Apostolic Church Primary School and Methodist Girls High School, Lagos.[4]

Education

Odedina obtained her Bachelor of Science in pharmacy at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife (formerly known as University of Ife) in 1986. She started a doctoral program in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Florida in 1990 and earned her PhD in 1994.[5] Her thesis was titled "Implementation of Pharmaceutical Care in Community Practice: Development of a Theoretical Framework for Implementation".[6] [7]

Career

After earning her PhD, Odenina joined West Virginia University as an assistant professor. She then served as professor of Medicine and Pharmacy at the Department of Radiation Oncology and the Department of Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research of the University of Florida before accepting a position as the Enterprise Deputy Director, Community Outreach and Engagement at the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center.[8]

She is also the Program Director of Florida-California Cancer Research, Education and Engagement (CaRE2) Health Equity Center- a National Cancer Institute funded U54 award.[9] Her scientific works focused on genetic, environmental determinants of prostate cancer disparity.[10] She also research on understanding the predictor of health disparities among Black men and exploration of behavioural interventions to improve the issues. She has led over 30 research projects prostate cancer disparities.[11] In 2006, she received the Fulbright Specialists Program to assess cancer data reporting system in Nigeria. She conducted the first national cancer research project on cancer data reporting system in Nigeria and was one of the leading authors of the Nigeria's first National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP).[12] Odedina has mentored over 300 African scientists. She is the Chair of the Research Committee for the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC).[13] In 2017, she was awarded Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship to work on prostate cancer risk and the development of oncology clinical trial virtual platforms at the University of Cape Town.[14] [15]

In an interview with SciDev in 2020, Odedina said that she experienced gender discrimination, when a female professor told her that she would not be able to finish her graduate programme because of marriage and pregnancy during her graduate school.[16]

She is the principal investigator of Prostate Cancer Transatlantic Consortium (CaPTC), a United States National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute funded consortium that has over 50 institution members and research sites in Africa, Europe, North America and the Caribbean.[17]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Folakemi Odedina . University of Florida . University of Florida Health Sciences Centre . 2 February 2021 . en . 25 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210125135345/https://pharmacy.ufl.edu/profile/odedina-folakemi/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Institute . National Cancer . Prostate Cancer Transatlantic Consortium (CaPTC) EGRP/DCCPS/NCI/NIH . epi.grants.cancer.gov . National Cancer Institute . 2 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Dr. Folakemi Odedina appointed to American Cancer Society and Nigerian University System research groups » College of Pharmacy » University of Florida . University of Florida Health Science Center . 2 February 2021 . en.
  4. News: Sokoya . Kemi . 'Actionable research is key to defeating prostate cancer' . 2 February 2021 . The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News . 8 July 2017.
  5. Web site: Aboderin . Ola . Folakemi Odedina: Pharmacist-Oncologist Saving Men's Lives . Pharmanews . 2023-06-18 . 2024-08-06.
  6. Web site: Ph.D. Alumni. Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy -- College of Pharmacy -- University of Florida . 2020-01-01 . 2024-08-06.
  7. Web site: Folakemi T. Odedina, Ph.D. . Mayo Clinic . 2021-10-13 . 2024-08-06.
  8. Web site: Folakemi T. Odedina, Ph.D. . Mayo Clinic . 2021-10-13 . 2024-08-06.
  9. Web site: Health Equity Center . CaRE2 . CaRE2 Health Equity Center @ UF » UF Health Cancer Center » University of Florida . care2.cancer.ufl.edu . University of Florida Health Sciences . 2 February 2021 . 22 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122184753/https://care2.cancer.ufl.edu/ . dead .
  10. Washam . Cynthia . Cancer Disparities Not Simply Black and White . Oncology Times . 25 December 2010 . 32 . 24 . 29–30 . 10.1097/01.COT.0000392903.18151.97 . free .
  11. Web site: NCI . National Cancer Institute . Transatlantic Roots of Prostate Cancer Disparities in Black Men: The CaPTC Program . Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program . U.S. Department of Health and Human Services . 2 February 2021 . en . 18 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210318225639/https://cpfp.cancer.gov/colloquia/lectures/folakemi-odedina-phd . dead .
  12. News: IYBSSD . International Year Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development . Folakemi Odedina: "How I turned brain drain to brain gain" . 2 February 2021 . International Year of Basic Sciences for Development . SciDev.Net . 16 October 2021.
  13. Web site: AORTIC . African Organisation on Research and Training in Cancer . Research Committee . AORTIC AFRICA . African Organisation on Research and Training in Cancer . 2 February 2021.
  14. Web site: AACR . American Association for Cancer Research . Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD MICR Council AACR . American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) . 2 February 2021 . en.
  15. Web site: Post . The ASCO . Folakemi Odedina Fellowship for Oncology Clinical Trials in Africa - The ASCO Post . ascopost.com . American Society of Clinical Oncology . 2 February 2021.
  16. News: Royal . Uche . Q&A: How I turned brain drain to brain gain . 2 February 2021 . Sub-Saharan Africa . SciDev . 24 September 2020.
  17. News: Sokoya . Kemi . 'Actionable research is key to defeating prostate cancer' . 2 February 2021 . The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News . 8 July 2017.
  18. Web site: Folakemi T. Odedina, Ph.D. . Mayo Clinic . 2024-08-07.
  19. Web site: Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD, Recognized with 2023 AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities . American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) . 2024-02-08 . 2024-08-07.
  20. Web site: Celebrating International Women's Month: Dr. Folakemi Odedina. www.crdfglobal.org . CRDF Global . 2 February 2021.

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