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Lola Eniola-Adefeso
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Alma mater	University of Maryland, Baltimore County; University of Pennsylvania
	Scientific career
Institutions	University of Michigan; Baylor College of Medicine

Omolola (Lola) Eniola-Adefeso is a Professor of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Macromolecular Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Her research looks to design biocompatible functional particles for targeted drug delivery.

Education

Eniola-Adefso was going to attend medical school but became interested in chemical engineering. Eniola-Adefeso studied Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, graduating in 1999. She moved to University of Pennsylvania for her postgraduate studies, graduating in 2004.

Research

Eniola-Adefeso in NIGMS Findings Magazine, 2009.

After completing her graduate studies, Eniola-Adefso worked in the Baylor College of Medicine as a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow. Eniola-Adefso joined University of Michigan in 2006. In 2013 she was named a Miller Faculty Scholar at the University of Michigan. She is interested in the interactions between blood leukocytes and endothelial cells in vessel lumen lining, and how they change during inflammation response. After losing her father to heart disease, Eniola-Adefso began to research new treatments for it.

Her research group work on:

Understanding cell adhesion and migration
Designing polymer-based cells that can be used for targeted drug delivery
Designing smart biomaterials for drug delivery and understanding the response of the body

Eniola-Adefeso is a champion for women and underrepresented minority students within University of Michigan. She has established a mentoring scheme and served as graduate chair, recruiting the most diverse cohort of students in the department's history. She encouraged undergraduate students to develop experiments for K-12 teachers to use in their classrooms. Eniola-Adefso has been involved in the College of Engineering NextProf program, which brings women and minority students to campus to experience academic life.