Yusuf N. Henriques

Using Tech to Drive Health Equity

I am a father, veteran, scientist and genomics founder who has spent nearly 30 years learning how medicine works, and now I am using everything I have learned to change who medicine works for, starting with my daughters.

Get To Know The Man Behind The Brands

Yusuf Henriques is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IndyGeneUS BIO (pronounced indigenous). 

IndyGeneUS Bio delivers breakthrough health impact and strong investor returns, a double bottom line company. It holds exclusive access to the Missing 88%, the African, Indigenous and women’s genomic data every major biobank has left out. Combined with its CGIE™ engine and sovereign infrastructure, this generates novel disease targets for all humanity across Cancer, Vision Loss, Cardiometabolic, Sickle Cell, Rare Diseases, Neurodegenerative, Veterans Health, Infectious Diseases and BioDefense.

As CEO, he leads strategic direction and partnerships. Previously, Henriques founded TruGenomix Health Inc., an emerging precision genomics behavioral health company harnessing the power of genomics to improve risk prediction and diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). 

U.S Army Veteran

Enlisted at age 17

Combat Medic (91B)

Served four Deployments

Bio-Tech Executive

Serial Start-Up Visionary

Founded, TruGenomix (Polaris)

Founder, IndyGeneUS BIO

Start-Up Mentor

Designed MIT Hack-a-thon

Techstars Mentor-In-Residence

Start-Up Consultant

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