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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