Kwame Okrah
Director Of Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning at Sanavia Oncology Inc.
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolKwame Okrah is a Director of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in New York with 13 years of experience applying statistical and ML methods to drug discovery and cancer immunotherapy. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Maryland and has moved from academic bioinformatics to translational and clinical data science roles at Genentech and the Parker Institute. At Sanavia Oncology he leads computational approaches that accelerate therapeutic development, drawing on prior experience running a biotech AI/ML consultancy. His background blends rigorous statistical modeling, hands-on bioinformatics, and practical ML deployments in regulated clinical contexts. Known for bridging research and product teams, he routinely translates complex biological questions into deployable analytic solutions. Colleagues rely on him for both deep quantitative expertise and pragmatic delivery in high-stakes drug development programs.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Maryland, College Park
Github Skills (6)
seq6
rna-seq5
pipeline3
biology1
python1
umd1
Github contributions (5)
kokrah/HTShape
Dec 2014 - Feb 2016
Contributions:30 commits, 21 pushes in 1 year 2 months
kokrah/cbiomPlots
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 20 days
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