Fourth Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
16 - 22 November 2024
The Ravenala Attitude Hotel, Mauritius

Mr Michael Tartakovsky - Participant

National Institutes of Health (Funder)

Michael Tartakovsky, MSc, is a recognized expert and pioneer in bioinformatics, information technologies, renowned for developing innovative strategies at the intersection of life sciences and technology. 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. Mr. Tartakovsky is a recipient of the 2021 Distinguished Executive and 2015 Meritorious Executive Presidential Rank Awards, and author of numerous prestigious keynote addresses, influential presentations, and instrumental scientific publications on the application of cutting-edge technologies to advance biomedical science.