Margaret Okomo Adhiambo

Margaret Okomo Adhiambo is a Kenyan veterinarian and molecular biologist. She is a research scientist specialising in influenza virus bioinformatics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia. She is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS).

Early life and education Margaret graduated from the University of Nairobi with a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) in 1992, and also earned an MSc in Animal Genetics from the same university. She later obtained a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno as well as a MPH in Epidemiology from Emory University.

Career She taught animal genetics courses at the University of Nairobi, while researching the disease resistance genetics of indigenous African livestock. She also worked at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) before proceeding for her doctoral studies in 2001. She joined the CDC after her doctoral and post doctoral studies, where her research focuses on infectious disease surveillance.

Awards and recognition Over her career, she has authored scientific articles, chapters and technical reports. In 2018, she was elected as a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.

Selected publications