Julia (Omotola) Omotade

Julia Omotade is a cellular and molecular neuroscientist whose expertise spans the academic, nonprofit, and policy sectors. Currently, Dr. Omotade is a Senior Science Policy Specialist at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), where she serves as a trusted voice in our nation's pressing biomedical research policy issues. Prior to joining AAMC, Julia was a Senior Healthcare and STEM Executive Search Consultant at Isaacson, Miller, where she drove organizational transformation by recruiting leaders to drive discovery, health, education, and patient care in our academic medicine and STEMM landscape. Dr. Omotade serves on the national board, and as Chair-Elect, of the Association for Women in Science; and has served as an adjunct professor of Genetics at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr. Omotade received her PhD from Emory University, where she used advanced microscopy to investigate mammalian brain development and synapse formation, contributing to our knowledge of neuronal growth, plasticity, and repair.