Oluwakemi Rotimi

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Oluwakemi Rotimi is a faculty at Covenant University, Nigeria, with over eight years of experience in teaching and research. She received her PhD in Biochemistry with a focus on Toxicology in 2014. Her research is in the nexus of Toxicology, Environmental Health, Developmental origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) and epigenetics. Currently, her research focuses on genetic and epigenetic mechanisms associated with the health effects of environmental toxicants. She is an alumna of the University of Michigan African Presidential Scholar program and a recipient of the University of Michigan African
Studies Center Collaborative seed grant. In 2019, she was a visiting scientist at the Department of Translational Genomics, University of Southern California. At Covenant University, Dr Rotimi teaches and mentors undergraduate and masters students and serves on various departmental and college committees. She has published over twenty articles in her field of research. She is a 2021 and 2022 mentor for the Working to Advance STEM Education for African Women (WAAW) foundation. Dr Rotimi is a member
of several academic societies such as the Society of Toxicology, Biochemical Society, DOHaD Africa, Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) and Graduate Women in Science.

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Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, Environmental Health and Toxicology, Epigenetics, Mycotoxins, Cancer Research

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Emerging Global Leader Award (2022-2027)

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Google Scholar:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wlJhuKkAAAAJ&hl=en

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