Olatoyosi Sobulo Odinike, MD

Dr. Olatoyosi Sobulo Odenike is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Chicago. She received her medical degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, her residency training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and hematology/oncology fellowship training from the University of Chicago. Her research is focused on the clinical and translational investigation of novel therapeutic agents for patients with myeloid neoplasia, including acute myeloid leukemia, myeloproliferative neoplasms and myelodysplastic syndromes myelodysplastic syndromes: (my-eh-lo-diss-PLASS-tik SIN-dromez) A group of disorders where the bone marrow does not work well, and the bone marrow cells fail to make enough healthy blood cells. Myelo refers to the bone marrow. Dysplastic means abnormal growth or development. People with MDS have low blood cell count for at… . She has authored several early phase trials focused on this patient population. She is actively involved in, and has served on committees of several national and international organizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology and the Alliance, a NCI-sponsored clinical trials clinical trials: Clinical research is at the heart of all medical advances, identifying new ways to prevent, detect or treat disease. If you have a bone marrow failure disease, you may want to consider taking part in a clinical trial, also called a research study. Understanding Clinical Trials Clinical… cooperative group. She has been an invited speaker at numerous national conferences, has served on the editorial board and as a peer reviewer for several medical journals. She is a member of the Aplastic Anemia Aplastic Anemia: (ay-PLASS-tik uh-NEE_mee-uh) A rare and serious condition in which the bone marrow fails to make enough blood cells - red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. The term aplastic is a Greek word meaning not to form. Anemia is a condition that happens when red blood cell count is low. Most… and MDS International Foundation Medical Advisory Board and also serves as a member of an NIH study section.