Alfred Ssekagiri
Bioinformatics Associate - Elwazi-ODSP
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
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Top SchoolAlfred Ssekagiri is a bioinformatics researcher and practitioner with nine years' experience applying computational methods to microbial and viral genomics, currently embedded with the Uganda Virus Research Institute as a Bioinformatics Associate on the Elwazi-ODSP team. He combines a strong academic foundation—a PhD candidate at Makerere University with prior MSc from the University of Glasgow and an exchange at Georgia Tech—with hands-on pathogen surveillance work focused on in silico discovery of viral pathogens and clinically significant variants. His background in mathematics and formal training across African and international institutions gives him a quantitative edge in building biological databases and ML-driven analyses. Alfred has contributed across H3ABioNet projects and national surveillance efforts, translating research pipelines into operational insights for public health. Colleagues describe him as a technically curious collaborator who bridges academic rigor with practical, field-oriented genomics.
8 years of coding experience
Master’s Degree, Bioinformatics, Master’s Degree, Bioinformatics at University of GlasgowExchange Visiting Scholar, Bioinformatics, Exchange Visiting Scholar, Bioinformatics at Georgia Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy, Bioinformatics at Makerere University
English, Bantu
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Github Skills (27)
r-package9
ecology9
environmental9
biodiversity9
taxonomy8
r7
bioinformatics7
genome-assembly6
metagenomics5
science5
grammar5
data-visualisation4
medicine4
local-database4
python3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
AlfredUg/QuasiFlow
Nov 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:39 pushes, 3 branches, 4 comments in 3 years 4 months
umerijaz/microbiomeSeq
Dec 2017 - Feb 2019
An R package for microbial community analysis in an environmental context
Contributions:26 commits, 2 PRs, 37 pushes in 1 year 2 months
r-packageenvironmentalbiodiversityrstatsmicrobial
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