Walter Jaoko

Walter Jaoko is a Kenyan professor of medical microbiology and tropical medicine. He is a past Director of KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research (KAVI-ICR), a former Adjunct Professor at University of Alabama and a former Extraordinary Professor at the Centre for Bioethics and Law in the Department of Medicine at Stellenbosch University.

Birth and education Jaoko was born in 1961. He obtained his Medical Degree (MB;ChB) from University of Nairobi in 1986. In 1993, he received his master's degree in Tropical Medicine (MTropMed) from the University of Liverpool. In 1996, he bagged a Diploma in Research Methodology from the University of Copenhagen. He obtained his PhD in medical microbiology in 2001 from the University of Nairobi, a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research Ethics (cum laude) from Stellenbosch University in 2014, and a Master of Bioethics degree (MGB) from Anahuac University in 2023 . He became a Fellow of the Africa Academy of Sciences in 2022.

Career

Academics Jaoko became an assistant lecturer at the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nairobi in 1989, a full lecturer in 1993, a senior lecturer in 1998, the chair of the Department of Medical Microbiology in 2005, an associate professor in 2007 and a professor in 2011. In 2008, he became an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama and in 2016 he became Extraordinary Professor in Medicine at Centre of Bioethics and Law in the Department of Internal Medicine Stellenbosch University, in Cape Town. Chepchirchir A, Nyagol J & Jaoko W (2019). Cytokine expression and hypertension comorbidity in HIV/AIDS patients at Kenyatta National Hospital HIV Care Centre, Nairobi, Kenya. International Journal of Cardiovasular Research 2018; 7:2 Perciani CT, Jaoko W, Farah B, Ostrowski MA, Anzala O, MacDonald KS; KAVI-ICR Team (2018). αEβ7, α4β7 and α4β1 integrin contributions to T cell distribution in blood, cervix and rectal tissues: Potential implications for HIV transmission. PLoS One 13(2): e0192482 Masiye, F, Jaoko, W, Rennie, S. Stakeholder views on informed consent models for future use of biological samples in Malawi and South Africa. BMC Med Ethics. 2023;24 (1):4. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00882-4. PubMed PMID 36658544 PubMed Central PMC9854061