Focus on faculty research: Adekunle Odunsi, MD, PhD

On March 1, 2021, Adekunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG, succeeded Michelle Le Beau, PhD, as director of the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center. Odunsi is also the AbbVie Foundation Director and the Biological Sciences Division’s Dean for Oncology. Prior to joining the University of Chicago, he held many prestigious leadership positions, including his previous role as Deputy Director of the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Executive Director of the Center for Immunotherapy at Roswell Park in Buffalo, New York. Despite his many hats, he has remained active in basic, translational, and clinical cancer research.