Alfred Ssekagiri
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.
9 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
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
r-package9
r8
genome-assembly7
bioinformatics6
graphic6
nextflow6
metagenomics5
portal4
medicine4
local-database4
science4
genomics3
webserver3
algorithms3
testing3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
AlfredUg/HIVseqDB
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Webserver for storage [and analysis] of NGS-based HIVDR testing data
Contributions:6 PRs, 119 pushes, 2 branches in 10 months
testingwebserverbioinformaticshivngs-analysis
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
rr-package
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