Data for Health in Africa Meeting
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5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting
23 - 29 August 2025
CEDI Centre, University of Ghana, Accra

Mr Michael Tartakovsky - Participant

NIH: National Institutes of Health (N/A)

Michael Tartakovsky, MSc, is a recognized expert and pioneer in bioinformatics, cyber and information technologies, renowned for developing innovative strategies at the intersection of life sciences and technology with a distinctive combination of executive and technical expertise. Since 2003, he has served as a Chief Information Officer and Director of the Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology (OCICB) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (USA). Mr. Tartakovsky leads his organization in delivering state-of-the-art scientific IT infrastructure, custom software, bioinformatics, and business intelligence solutions to the NIAID and NIH staff and their collaborators worldwide. His primary focus is on fostering scientific cooperation by applying modern informatics to facilitate discovery process. Under Mr. Tartakovsky's guidance, his teams created numerous unique solutions to enhance research capabilities collaborating with computer and life scientists across the globe. His Office supports multiple domestic and international sites to promote universal scientific participation by providing key technology infrastructures to enable on-site clinical research and scientific data analysis.