In 2003, Adeyemo joined the faculty at Howard University to work in genetic epidemiology at the National Human Genome Center.[3] He joined the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in 2008 as a staff scientist. He became an associate investigator at NHGRI in 2016.[4] He is the deputy director and chief scientific officer of the NHGRI Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.[4][5][2]
Adeyemo works on the genomics of complex disease, focusing on cardiometabolic disorders and complex disorders of childhood.[6] He has published in genetics and genetic epidemiology. He was the first author of the papers describing the first genome scan for obesity in an African population, the first genome-wide linkage analysis for serum lipids in an African population, the first study of genetic structure in West Africans using genome-wide markers and the first genome-wide association study (GWAS) for hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans.[4]
His research also includes genetics of orofacial clefts. In collaborative studies, his research led to findings of novel IRF6 mutations in families with Van Der Woude syndrome and popliteal pterygium syndrome in Africa[7] and helped identify rare functional variants in non-syndromic cleft lip/palate.[8][4] His research has grown to include genetics of congenital heart defects (CHD). This collaborative study is currently enrolling children with CHD and their parents in Nigeria for genomic studies, including chromosomal arrays and whole exome sequencing. 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. He is a co-creator of the NHGRI electronic atlas of birth defects for diverse populations.[4]
^ abcdeAdeyemo, Adebowale A. (April 2019). "Curriculum Vitae"(PDF). National Institutes of Health. Retrieved February 19, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.