Chrispin Chaguza
Principal Research Scientist (Bioinformatics) & Director Of Microbial Bioinformatics
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolChrispin Chaguza is a computational scientist and microbial bioinformatics leader with over a decade of hands-on experience in genomic epidemiology and infectious disease research. He directs the Microbial Bioinformatics Laboratory at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and has held research and faculty appointments at Yale, UCL, Liverpool, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute. His work spans bacterial and viral pathogens—ranging from Streptococcus species and pneumococcus population genomics to SARS-CoV-2, Monkeypox, and Dengue—combining large-scale comparative genomics with applied epidemiology. A Commonwealth-funded PhD and MS-trained bioinformatician with a background in computer science and statistics, he brings rigorous computational skills to translational public health problems. Chrispin also contributes to the scientific community as an editorial board member for PLOS Global Public Health and BMC Genomics, signaling both scholarly impact and stewardship. Colleagues value his ability to build multidisciplinary teams that turn complex genomic datasets into actionable insights for disease control.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Infection and Immunity (Bioinformatics), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Infection and Immunity (Bioinformatics) at University of LiverpoolMaster of Science - MS, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Master of Science - MS, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology at The University of ManchesterBachelor of Science, Computer Science and Statistics (Double Major), Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Statistics (Double Major) at University of Malawi
English, chichewa
Github Skills (2)
genomes10
r-package9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ChrispinChaguza/RCandy
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
RCandy: an R package for visualisation of homologous recombination events in bacterial genomes
Contributions:1 review, 32 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 2 months
r-packageeventsbacterial-genomesgenomesvisualisation
cc19/featurePresenceAbsence
Jun 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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