Folakemi T. Odedina

**Folakemi Titilayo Odedina** (an haife ta a ranar 21 ga Janairu, 1965) ƙwararriyar masaniyar kimiyya ce 'yar Najeriya kuma farfesa a fannin harhada magunguna da magunguna a Jami'ar Florida .  Ita ce babbar mai bincike a ƙungiyar Transatlantic Cancer Consortium (CaPTC),  ƙungiyar bincike ta asibiti da ke amfani da kimiyyar kwayoyin halitta da kuma tushen muhalli don bincika nauyin da ya wuce kima na cutar kansar mafitsara tsakanin mazan Baƙar fata waɗanda NCI ke ba da kuɗi. Ita memba ce ta Ƙungiyar Ba da Shawara kan Bambancin Ciwon Daji ta Amurka . 

## Shekarun farko
An haifi Odedina a ranar 21 ga Janairu, 1965, a Abeokuta, Jihar Ogun, Najeriya ga Ezekiel Shotoyo Badejogbin da Grace Modupe Badejogbin. Ta yi ƙuruciyarta a Legas kuma ta yi karatu a Makarantar Firamare ta Cocin Apostolic da Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan Mata ta Methodist, Legas. 

## Ilimi
Odedina ta sami digirinta na farko a fannin harhada magunguna a Jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo (OAU), Ile-Ife (wanda a da aka fi sani da Jami'ar Ife) a shekarar 1986. Ta fara karatun digiri na uku a fannin kimiyyar harhada magunguna a Jami'ar Florida a shekarar 1990 kuma ta sami digirin digirgir a shekarar 1994.  Takardar shaidar digirinta mai taken "Aiwatar da Kula da Magunguna a Ayyukan Al'umma: Ci gaban Tsarin Ka'ida don Aiwatarwa".  

## Sana'a
Bayan ta sami digirin digirgir (PhD), Odenina ta koma Jami'ar West Virginia a matsayin mataimakiyar farfesa.  Daga nan ta yi aiki a matsayin farfesa a fannin likitanci da magunguna a Sashen Magungunan Radiation Oncology da kuma Sashen Magungunan Magunguna da Binciken Fassara na Jami'ar Florida kafin ta karɓi muƙamin Mataimakin Darakta na Kasuwanci, Wayar da kan Al'umma da Haɗa Kai a Cibiyar Ciwon Daji ta Mayo Clinic Comprehensive. 

Ita ce kuma Daraktan Shirin Cibiyar Bincike Kan Ciwon daji ta Florida-California, Ilimi da Haɗaka (CaRE2) - wata cibiyar kula da cutar kansa ta ƙasa da aka ba da kuɗinta ga U54.  Ayyukanta na kimiyya sun mayar da hankali kan abubuwan da ke haifar da bambancin cutar kansar prostate a cikin kwayoyin halitta da muhalli.  Ta kuma yi bincike kan fahimtar abubuwan da ke haifar da bambancin lafiya tsakanin mazan Baƙar fata da kuma binciken hanyoyin magance matsalolin. Ta jagoranci ayyukan bincike sama da 30 na bambance-bambancen cutar kansar prostate.  A shekarar 2006, ta sami Shirin Ƙwararrun Fulbright don tantance tsarin bayar da rahoton bayanai kan cutar kansa a Najeriya. Ta gudanar da aikin bincike na farko na ƙasa kan tsarin bayar da rahoton bayanai kan cutar kansa a Najeriya kuma tana ɗaya daga cikin manyan marubutan Shirin Kula da Ciwon daji na Ƙasa na farko na Najeriya (NCCP). 

Odedina ta ba da jagoranci ga masana kimiyya na Afirka sama da 300. Ita ce Shugabar Kwamitin Bincike na Ƙungiyar Bincike da Horarwa ta Afirka kan Ciwon daji (AORTIC).  A shekarar 2017, an ba ta lambar yabo ta Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship don yin aiki kan haɗarin cutar kansar mafitsara da kuma haɓaka dandamalin gwaji na asibiti na kanjamau a Jami'ar Cape Town .  

A wata hira da ta yi da SciDev a shekarar 2020, Odedina ta ce ta fuskanci wariya tsakanin jinsi, lokacin da wata farfesa mace ta gaya mata cewa ba za ta iya kammala karatun digirinta ba saboda aure da juna biyu a lokacin karatunta na digiri. 

Ita ce babbar mai bincike a ƙungiyar Transatlantic Cancer Consortium ta Prostate Cancer (CaPTC), wata ƙungiya da Cibiyar Lafiya ta Ƙasa ta Amurka/Cibiyar Ciwon Daji ta Ƙasa ke ɗaukar nauyinta, wadda ke da membobi sama da 50 a cibiyoyi da wuraren bincike a Afirka, Turai, Arewacin Amurka da Caribbean. [1]

## Manazarta