PhD student, University of Cambridge, UK
Segun attended medical school at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and went on to complete intern year of clinical practice. He developed keen interest in science and cancer research towards the end of medical school, as he experienced the grossly limited treatment options for cancer. He then received the Clarendon scholarship for an MSc in integrated immunology at the University of Oxford. He joined the de la Roche lab at the Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute in January 2022 for PhD studies in Cancer Immunology, with funding from the Gates Cambridge Trust. Alongside his scientific interests, Segun is very passionate about working with others to accelerate access to cancer therapeutics in Africa.