BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Jude N. Okoyeh had his undergraduate degrees in both Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and in Clinical Laboratory Science (Medical Laboratory Science). He successfully completed a master's and Doctoral degrees in Pharmacology with specialization in Parasitology (Malaria). Subsequently, he was awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs for trainings in Mammalian Biology (Malaria) and Molecular Biology techniques at the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India and at Cedar Sinai Medical Center, California. He has vast experiences in teaching and research. For two years, he was the Authentication Research Scientist at the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), Manassas, Virginia. He has taught in various capacities in many Colleges across the United States. He has published extensively in the fields of malaria parasitology and microbiology. He is Board Certified by both the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and American Medical Technologists (AMT) as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist. He is a member of American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS). Since 2009 to date, he is also a Visiting Professor of Pharmacology and Biotechnology to one of the Federal Universities in Nigeria. Currently, he is a Professor of Biology and Clinical Laboratory Science in the United States.

RESEARCH INTEREST

His research interest on Parasitology and Pharmacology of antimalaria drugs, Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.