Olufunmilayo I. Olopade (an haife tane a shekarar 1957 a Najeriya ) ta kasan ce taba da ilimin Hematology oncologist, Mataimakin Dean for Global Health da Walter L. Palmer bambanta Service Farfesa a Medicine da kuma Human Genetics a Jami'ar Chicago Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin darekta na Asibitin Jami'ar Chicago Asibitin Hadarin Ciwon Kansa. An haifi Olufunmilayo Olopade a Najeriya a cikin shekara1957 kuma ita ce ta biyar cikin yara shida da wani mawaƙin Anglican ya haifa. Olopade ya fara nuna sha'awar zama likita tun yana karami saboda kauyukan Najeriya sun yi karanci ga likitoci da kayan aikin likitanci, wadanda dukkansu suna matukar bukatar hakan. Ta kammala karatun ta ne a Jami’ar Ibadan, Nijeriya, da MBBS, a 1980. Tana aiki kafada da kafada da Cibiyar Nazarin Ciwon Kanji kuma ta yi aikin asibiti mai yawa game da tasirin kwayar halittar BRCA1 da BRCA2 a cikin cutar sankarar mama a cikin matan asalin Afirka. Ita memba ce a Cibiyar Nazarin Ciwon Kankara ta Amurka, Kwalejin Likitocin Amurka, da Kungiyar Likitocin Najeriya, da Cibiyar Magunguna .