Okechinyere Achilonu received the M.Sc. degree in statistics and actuarial science and the Ph.D. degree in biostatistics from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a Biostatistics Lecturer with the University of the Witwatersrand. She has several years of experience in clinical analysis, statistical support, and teaching. She is passionate about developing statistical and machine learning models from structured and unstructured clinical and epidemiological research data. Her research focuses on developing and assessing analytical frameworks for knowledge discovery toward improving predictive and personalized medicine, focusing on non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, chronic kidney failure, and diabetes.