Adetunji T. Toriola, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery
William H. Danforth Washington University Physician Scholar
Division of Public Health Sciences

Specialties

Molecular epidemiology
Breast oncology research
Cancer survival research
Translational science

Meet Dr. Toriola

Dr. Adetunji Toriola is an epidemiologist specializing in the study of the underlying determinants of breast cancer in premenopausal women.

He is a co-director of the PROUD-MED initiative at the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences and principal investigator of the Toriola Lab. Dr. Toriola’s research focuses on characterizing the molecular basis and determinants of mammographic breast density and breast cancer in order to identify those that can be targeted in breast cancer prevention, especially in premenopausal women.

Dr. Toriola earned his medical degree from Obafemi Awolowo University. He earned his doctorate in epidemiology from University of Tampere and completed a postdoctoral cancer research fellowship at German Cancer Research Center.

Breast cancer prevention does not have to wait until your 40s. There’s a need for us to start educating people more about what can we do early in life to start thinking of breast cancer and to start mitigating the risk.
Dr. Toriola

Degrees

Doctorate in Epidemiology
University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
2011

Medical Degree
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
1998

Master of Science in Public Health
University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
2007

Fellowship

Cancer Research Fellowship
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
2012

Research interests

Dr. Toriola’s research focuses on characterizing the molecular basis and determinants of mammographic breast density and breast cancer in order to identify those that can be targeted in breast cancer prevention, especially in premenopausal women.

In addition, he performs molecular epidemiologic studies on colorectal and pancreatic cancers, evaluating the utility of biomarkers to investigate the associations of energetics and inflammation with risk/mortality.

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Toriola Lab

600 S. Taylor Ave
St. Louis, MO 63110
ColoCare: [email protected]
Trident (RANKL): [email protected]
Metabolomics: [email protected]
DUET : [email protected]
Appointments: 314-286-2668