Kevin Esoh
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Esoh is a postdoctoral research fellow and bioinformatician with eight years of experience applying human genetics, biochemistry, and large-scale genomics to complex disease and population evolution questions. Based at Johns Hopkins’ McKusick‑Nathans Institute, he focuses on the genomics of sickle cell disease and malaria, combining population genetics with scalable bioinformatics workflows. Kevin earned a PhD in Human Genetics from the University of Cape Town after MS degrees in Bioinformatics and Biochemistry, and he has a track record of supervising analyses, guiding study design, and turning large datasets into publishable insights. He brings on-the-ground African population expertise—rare among U.S.-based postdocs—which strengthens his work on adaptive evolution and disease associations across diverse cohorts.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Genetics at University of Cape TownGCE Advanced Level, Sciences, GCE Advanced Level, Sciences at GBHS KumboMaster of Science - MS, Bioinformatics, Master of Science - MS, Bioinformatics at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyGCE Ordinary Level, Sciences, GCE Ordinary Level, Sciences at GSS BwiyukuMaster of Science - MS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Master of Science - MS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Buea
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Github Skills (48)
phasing10
population-structure10
admixture10
plink10
genetic10
gwas-pipeline10
gwas10
imputation9
vcftools9
bioinformatics9
fine-mapping9
meta-analysis8
mining8
open-science7
orange7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
esohkevin/scripts
Apr 2018 - Oct 2020
Contributions:177 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
esohkevin/gwas-tips
Oct 2018 - Aug 2020
GWAS
Contributions:109 commits, 1 PR, 101 pushes in 1 year 10 months
admixturechromopainterfinestructuregenotype-datagwas
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