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Olúwatóyìn Ajíbọ́lá Aṣojò, PhD (she/they), is a Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at the Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth Cancer Center's Associate Director for Inclusive Excellence. Aṣojò chairs DCC’s “triple helix” of Inclusive Excellence, CRTEC, and COE. She leads the plan to enhance diversity and ensures that our commitment to inclusive excellence is integrated across the entire spectrum of Dartmouth Cancer Center activity.  Dr. Aṣojò coordinates the DCC Emerging Leaders Program and collaborates with CRTEC to develop educational and training programs. Dr. Aṣojò also serves as faculty advisor for Dartmouth’s chapters of the National Society of Black Women in Medicine and the Minority Association of Pre-Health Students (MAPS).

Dr. Aṣojò’s previous positions include Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director of Undergraduate Pre-Health Programs at Hampton University; Associate Professor of Pediatrics Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Assistant Professor in the Pathology and Microbiology Department of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, Nebraska; and staff scientist at Tibotec in Rockville, Maryland.

Dr. Aṣojò’s education and training include a BSc in Chemistry and Economics from Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Houston, Houston, Texas; and a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland. Dr. Aṣojò has served as PI of programs from the American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society, NIH, NSF, Sloan, etc., to broaden the participation of diverse groups in STEM and biomedical careers. Dr. Aṣojò’s research interests include structure-based therapeutic discovery, the chemistry of life processes, and deploying evidence-based interventions to increase recruitment, retention, and persistence in biomedical careers.