Faculty

Christopher O. Olopade, MD

  • Professor of Family Medicine
    Professor of Medicine
    Associate Dean for Academic Advancement, Academic Affairs (SOM)
  • Clinical Interests: Asthma, Bronchiectasis, Chronic Bronchitis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease COPD, Emphysema, Eosinophilic lung diseases, Medical Ethics, Pulmonary and critical care medicine
  • Websites: Research Network Profile
  • Contact: solopade@bsd.uchicago.edu

University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
- Clinical Ethics Fellowship
2011

University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
MPH - Health Policy and Administration
2005

Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
- Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Fellowship
1991

Cook County Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
- Internal Medicine Residency
1986

University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
MBBS - Medicine
1980

Community mobilisation for adoption of clean cookstoves and clean fuel to reduce household air pollution and blood pressure in Lagos, Nigeria: protocol for a cluster-randomised trial.
Community mobilisation for adoption of clean cookstoves and clean fuel to reduce household air pollution and blood pressure in Lagos, Nigeria: protocol for a cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Open. 2025 Sep 10; 15(9):e098483.
PMID: 40935430

Prediction and characterization of genetically regulated expression of asthma tissues from African-ancestry populations.
Prediction and characterization of genetically regulated expression of asthma tissues from African-ancestry populations. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2026 Jan; 157(1):253-261.
PMID: 40930298

Prediction and Characterization of Genetically Regulated Expression of Target Tissues in Asthma.
Prediction and Characterization of Genetically Regulated Expression of Target Tissues in Asthma. medRxiv. 2025 Feb 08.
PMID: 39974046

Differing associations of PM2.5 exposure with systolic and diastolic blood pressures across exposure durations in a predominantly non-Hispanic Black cohort.
Differing associations of PM2.5 exposure with systolic and diastolic blood pressures across exposure durations in a predominantly non-Hispanic Black cohort. Sci Rep. 2024 08 31; 14(1):20256.
PMID: 39217205

Contextual Deprivation, Race and Ethnicity, and Income in Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease.
Contextual Deprivation, Race and Ethnicity, and Income in Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 08 01; 7(8):e2429137.
PMID: 39158908

Multi-omics in nasal epithelium reveals three axes of dysregulation for asthma risk in the African Diaspora populations.
Multi-omics in nasal epithelium reveals three axes of dysregulation for asthma risk in the African Diaspora populations. Nat Commun. 2024 May 28; 15(1):4546.
PMID: 38806494

Household Air Pollution Interventions to Improve Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement.
Household Air Pollution Interventions to Improve Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 04 15; 209(8):909-927.
PMID: 38619436

Transitioning to gaseous and liquid fuels: a right step towards clean cooking in low-income and middle-income countries.
Transitioning to gaseous and liquid fuels: a right step towards clean cooking in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Respir Med. 2024 Apr; 12(4):257-258.
PMID: 38310917

Duration-sensitive association between air pollution exposure and changes in cardiometabolic biomarkers: Evidence from a predominantly African American cohort.
Duration-sensitive association between air pollution exposure and changes in cardiometabolic biomarkers: Evidence from a predominantly African American cohort. Environ Res. 2024 Jan 01; 240(Pt 2):117496.
PMID: 37884074

Evaluating the impact of sickle cell disease on COVID-19 susceptibility and severity: a retrospective cohort study based on electronic health record.
Evaluating the impact of sickle cell disease on COVID-19 susceptibility and severity: a retrospective cohort study based on electronic health record. Front Epidemiol. 2023; 3:1241645.
PMID: 38455889

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James Bowman lectureship
University of Chicago
2013

Fellow, Institute of Medicine, Chicago
2012

David Dines Lectureship
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2011

Fellow, American College of Physicians
1992

Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
1991