Member Spotlight: Dr. John Ademola

IBA Member Spotlight - Dr. John Ademola. Celebrating Black History Month.

By Neva Lindell, March 1, 2022 

The story of Dr. John Ademola starts in Abeokuta, Nigeria, extends to England, France, Italy, China, Japan, South Korea, Washington, DC, and California.

With an academic background and over 20 years of product innovation, ingredient research, and platform development for clinical testing, John Ademola, Ph.D., brings a wealth of expertise, curiosity, and business acumen to his current role as co-founder of the San Francisco Research Institute.
Focused on “connecting companies to the needs of multi-generational, multicultural, and global consumer markets,” the original Dermatology research program was founded 25 years ago by eminent UCSF scientists and professionals, including Dr. John Ademola and well-known pioneers in dermatology and biomedical, clinical research. The company expanded to other therapeutic areas within the last five years. SFRI was established in January 2020, before Covid became a household name. Since then, he and his team have stayed busy, incorporating solid clinical platform guidance with differentiators based on different ethnic groups.