Josly Pierre-Louis Odoom is currently serving as a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellow at The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine since September 2020 and is a PhD Graduate Student at Virginia Commonwealth University, focusing on Cancer and Molecular Medicine in the Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research since July 2018. Additionally, Josly has held the position of Director of Music Ministry at Mount Olive International Ministries since July 2010 and was an NIH PREP Scholar. Educational background includes an Associate's degree in Chemistry from John Tyler Community College (2013-2014) and further studies at Virginia Commonwealth University (2015-2018).