Adebowale A. Adeyemo is a Nigerian physician-scientist and genetic epidemiologist specialized in genomics and cardiometabolic disorders.

[3][4] In 2003, Adeyemo joined the faculty at Howard University to work in genetic epidemiology at the National Human Genome Center.

[4] He is the deputy director and chief scientific officer of the NHGRI Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.

The project facilitates the collection of a clinical epidemiology dataset of congenital heart defects in an African population.

[4] Adeyemo is co-chair of the H3Africa Genome Analysis Working Group and serves on the H3ABioNet Scientific Advisory Board.