Established in 2004, the Aga Khan University Medical College in East Africa seeks to provide high quality education for health professional leaders who will then go on to become reputable specialists generating a positive and lasting impact in the lives of their patients and in the communities they serve. Our goal is to produce health professional leaders through our unique training programmes, building strong research programmes, supporting the best practice in the delivery of health services, and contributing to the broader community through strategic partnerships regionally and globally. We aspire to build for the youth of East Africa, a medical college of international quality, providing them with the opportunity to get the best health professional education that is relevant and has impact across East Africa, and indeed, in the world.

• Establish and grow the NGS Molecular Genomics Laboratory as a leading academic research facility.

• Develop and implement the lab’s scientific and operational roadmap.

• Foster interdisciplinary collaborations across AKU and with external partners.

• Build a business model to achieve financial sustainability within three years of operations.

• Lead efforts toward achieving Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) certification within three years.

• In collaboration with Lab Manager, Department of Pathology oversee the day-to-day operations, including inventory management, staffing, equipment management, budgets    sequencing workflows, quality assurance, and data analysis.

• Lead NGS development and validation to support diverse research needs.

• Design and lead independent and collaborative molecular genomics research projects.

• Develop and secure competitive grant funding from national and international agencies.

• Contribute to graduate-level teaching in genomics, bioinformatics, and molecular biology.

• Oversee development of bioinformatics pipelines for data analysis and interpretation.

• Develop and execute a marketing strategy to increase awareness and utilization of the lab’s services among hospitals, oncology networks, academic institutions, and private partners.

• Cultivate relationships with clinicians, researchers, donors, and biotech companies to expand the client and collaborator base.

• Engage with ministries of health, NGOs, and funders to position the lab as a regional referral and training hub.