Prof. Walter Jaoko

PROFILE

Walter Jaoko is a physician and professor of medical microbiology at University of Nairobi where he has been teaching for over 30 years. He is currently the Director of KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research at University of Nairobi, and an extraordinary professor of medicine at Stellenbosch University. He trained in medicine at University of Nairobi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Oxford University, and in ethics at Stellenbosch University and Anahuac University. In addition, he is a Fellow of the Africa Academy of Sciences. His interests are in infectious diseases and research ethics, and has published widely in these areas.

Walter Jaoko became a follower of Christ as a teenager, and is passionate about his faith in the Lord. He is married and has 2 adult daughters.