Management
Maruf Adewole, PhD
Executive Director
Biography
Maruf Adewole, PhD, is a Medical Physicist and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. He doubles as the Executive Director of the Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab) based in Lagos, Nigeria. His work focuses on advancing AI-driven medical imaging solutions for cancer diagnosis in resource-constrained settings. Through initiatives like BraTS-Africa, ABreast, and SPARK Academy, he promotes global health equity by curating inclusive datasets, developing ML models, and building local AI capacity. His research bridges radiomics, oncology, and open science, aiming to improve cancer care accessibility and outcomes across Africa.