Emmanuel Josephat Saukiwa, BSc, MSc, is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania. He holds an MSc in Precision Cancer Medicine from the University of Oxford and a BSc in Biotechnology and Laboratory Sciences from Sokoine University of Agriculture.

His work focuses on molecular diagnostics, cancer genomics, haematological malignancies, haemoglobinopathies, pharmacogenomics, liquid biopsy, and precision medicine in resource-limited settings. He has contributed to major East African research programmes using next-generation sequencing and long-read whole-genome sequencing to improve diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment monitoring.

He is Principal Investigator of a SIDA Seed Grant on hydroxyurea pharmacogenomics in Tanzania and Co-Investigator on an International Myeloma Society Translational Research Award on multiple myeloma genomics in sub-Saharan Africa.