Dr. Boluwatife OLU Afolabi

Dr. Boluwatife OLU Afolabi is a dental surgeon and PhD candidate in Oral Biology at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. His research examines the molecular and epigenetic mechanisms that drive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, with particular emphasis on environmental carcinogens, inflammatory signaling, and transcriptional regulation during malignant transformation. His current work investigates the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) and S100A8/S100A9-mediated epithelial inflammatory responses using cellular and molecular models of oral cancer. His broader expertise spans cancer biology, oral pathology, environmental toxicology, molecular biology, and translational biomedical research. Dr. Afolabi can provide expert perspective on oral and head-and-neck cancer, cancer ...