Patrick Okello

I am pursuing a PhD in Biological Anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC). Prior to UIUC, I received a Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine (BVetMed) from Makerere University in Uganda and a Masters of Science in International Animal Health (MSc-IAH) from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. My research focusses on deciphering the ecology of zoonotic diseases of humans and nonhuman primates through host microbial surveillance and metagenomics.