Bio
Dr. Asebamowo is a PI for the NIH funded Training Program in Non-Communicable Diseases Research in Nigeria (Traping-NCD) that has trained 12 advanced degrees and post-doctoral trainees to date. Dr. Asebamowo directs the Fogarty funded West African Bioethics Training program which has provided medium term training leading to Certificates in Research Ethics for 842 biomedical researchers, Masters’ degree in Bioethics to 34 individuals and Online WAB-CITI Training program to 6115 participants in West Africa.He is also a member of the Population Sciences Program of the Cancer Center and a cancer epidemiologist, and conduct research on the epidemiology of cancer.
Dr. Asebamowo is presently working with colleagues at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center and University of Maryland College Park to develop a research program on cancer disparities among Africans in Africa, recent African immigrants to the United States and African Americans in order to better understand the role of genetics, environment cultural and socio-economic factors in cancer prevention, treatment seeking behavior and outcomes.