Dr. Javan Okendo,PhD 

Senior Bioinfomatician/ Board member

Javan Okendo completed his PhD at the University of Cape Town (UCT), where he used multi-omics data integration approaches to understand what constitutes protection and susceptibility to TB infections in humans. He also has an MSc degree in Bioinformatics from UCT, awarded with distinction in 2018. Javan has a passion for big data analysis and translation research which informs critical policies, specifically in health. Javan is currently working as a Bioinformatics consultant for the Distributed Platform for Omics (DIPLOMICs) in Cape Town. He has also worked as a Bioinformatician with Novartis Pharma in Basel, Switzerland.