Lecture postgraduate students on topics related to famines, development and humanitarian interventions for health, and evaluation methods for development and health

Lead the organisation and teaching of module on Open Science and Reproducible Research in R

Support the creation of a database of active infectious disease research activities and research scientists in Africa

Conduct training in how to use the database and background in priority zoonoses

Provide Africa Centres for Disease Control and member states with direct technical support and subject matter expertise in One Health and zoonotic disease

Programmatically develop pipeline to acquire, standardise, and aggregate suitable data sources for the prediction of accidental introduction of zoonotic disease and organise the data in a version-controlled, structured database usable for analysis and modelling

Fit model to predict the frequency/risk of accidental zoonotic disease introduction in a country, based on a network representation of linkages between source and destination countries

Support model testing, performance assessment, and iterative model refinements to improve model suitability

Develop, maintain, update, and refine models of COVID-19 infection, spread and associated processes

Develop, maintain, update, and refine reports, visualisations, and dashboards of disease data and model results

Write and edit reports and summaries of results for various health, policy, public, and scientific audiences

Provide analyses and visualisations in response to inquiries from project partners and policy makers

Maintain, refactor, and document computer code for sharing, reuse, and publication

Support organizational data management, infrastructure, and modelling practices

Leads the development and implementation of the strategic direction of the collective

Leads the analytics and software development services unit of the collective

Lectured postgraduate students on topics related to famines, development and humanitarian interventions for health, and evaluation methods for development and health

Led design, development and implementation of innovative approaches, techniques and products for surveys and assessments focusing on health and nutrition for purposes of programme monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment, programme coverage and access or any other metric/indicator estimation

Led the design and development of bespoke analytical techniques and the accompanying programming scripts and workflows for estimating various metrics/indicators, specifically leveraging Bayesian statistics, resampling approaches and Monte Carlo methods

Trained and supervised a team of 5 survey technicians and data analysts

Led Valid International’s Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) coverage assessment team and has conducted coverage surveys in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia, Nigeria, Niger, India and Ghana.

Pioneered the design and development of specially designed methods to assess CMAM coverage such as Semi-Quantitative Evaluation of Access and Coverage (SQUEAC) and Simplified Lot Quality Assurance Sampling Evaluation of Access and Coverage (SLEAC).

Co-developed a spatial sampling technique called Simple Spatial Sampling Method (S3M) for use in large-scale multi-indicator surveys that reports and maps indicator results at high spatial resolution at a national or regional level.

Co-developed a low-cost, rapid assessment method for assessing nutritional status of children, women and elderly.

Provided technical support and evaluation of nutrition programmes for the treatment of severe and moderate acute malnutrition. Worked on all areas related to the design and implementation of CMAM programmes, including: identification of barriers to health services; establishment of outpatient clinics in local health centres; case-finding; advice on logistics of community outreach programmes; advice on integration of systems with local, regional and national ministry of health programmes; training programmes for partner NGOs and local ministry of health medical and logistics staff; support and evaluation of programme systems including community outreach, case-finding, programme admission, triage and referral, discharge, case follow up and patient recording systems; establishment of stabilisation centres within hospitals; and evaluation of nutrition programmes at all stages.