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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Nigerians are into academics and science, where are they? I have not heard of any Nigerians at TJ (I have seen 1 from Caribbean Island) and there virtually none (probably 1 or 2) in my son's math/science/engineering classes at his university. 80-90% are Asians/white.[/quote]

Some of them are using their science degrees to go into medicine; and literally working to find a cure for cancer (and brain trauma).  Here's a sampling:

Dr. Bennet Omalu is a Nigerian-American forensic pathologist who conducted the autopsy of Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster, [b]which led to his discovery of a new disease that he named chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. The movie concussion (starring Will Smith) is about his discovery of CTE’s link with football.[/b]  He is currently the chief medical examiner of San Joaquin County, Calif. and a professor in the UC Davis Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Olufunmilayo I. Olopade is a Nigerian-American hematology oncologist, Associate Dean for Global Health and Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor in Medicine and Human genetics at the University of Chicago.  She also serves as director of the University of Chicago Hospital's Cancer Risk Clinic. [b]She has performed extensive clinical work surrounding the role of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in the incidence of breast cancer in women of African descent.  Oh, she was also awarded the MacArthur Foundation MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Award in 2005.

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If you are talking about medicine/medical/bio-research, Indians/Asians certainly dominate not Nigerians.[/quote]

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