KidneyGenAfrica

Bio

Segun Fatumo is Professor and Chair of Genomic Diversity at Queen Mary University of London and the Head of NCD Genomics at the MRC Uganda. He specialises in the genomics of African populations, applying approaches such as GWAS, Polygenic Risk Scores, and Mendelian Randomisation. He co-led Africa's first major GWAS of cardiometabolic traits in Africa and led the first GWAS of Kidney functions in continental African populations.

Segun Fatumo co-directs the KidneyGenAfrica Research Partnership Programme - A Partnership to Deliver Research and Training Excellence in Genomics of Kidney Disease in Africa. He is strongly committed to increasing diversity in genomic studies and was recently awarded the prestigious MRC Impact prize for advocating for the inclusion of Africa in genomic research and championing genetic risk prediction of complex diseases in Africa populations.