Fully funded PhD and postdoc positions in genomics surveillance, AI, and public health decision-making at ILRI Nairobi International Livestock Research Institute in Canada

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi is supporting two fully funded PhD positions and one postdoctoral position under a Gates Foundation-funded project led by Samuel Oyola.

The project, titled Deploying AI Innovation for Bioinformatics and Genomic Epidemiology, focuses on wastewater genomic surveillance, genomics, bioinformatics, epidemiology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and public health. It builds on ILRI’s ongoing wastewater sampling across 30 urban catchments in Kenya and aims to integrate environmental genomic data with clinical infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance records to detect outbreak signals earlier than conventional surveillance systems.

Successful candidates will be based at ILRI Nairobi and work closely with collaborators at the University of Oxford and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), including the Global Pathogen Analysis Platform (GPAP). The research will contribute to predictive models, integrated surveillance datasets, and practical tools for public health decision-making and outbreak preparedness.

This opportunity is especially relevant for candidates interested in genomic epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, infectious disease surveillance, environmental health, and AI-driven public health analytics. The post does not list a deadline or detailed eligibility criteria, but it clearly states that the positions are fully funded.

For application details, follow ILRI’s announcement and contact the project lead, Samuel O. Oyola, through the institute’s official channels.