I am a lecturer for the MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine at the Center for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford. I lead the module on Open Science and Reproducible Research in R

• 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

• Lead the development and implementation of the strategic direction of the collective
• Lead the analytics and software development services unit of the collective

• 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

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

• Provided technical guidance and capacity building to the Philippines country team in adapting the CoMo Consortium model to the Philippine context
• Developed analytical tools in R language for statistical computing to support the country team’s modelling efforts

• 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
• 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 and 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.

Supported the lead consultants and experts in the setup, monitoring and evaluation of community-based manageement of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programmes in various countries.

Responsible for technical advice and practical field level lead, and mentoring to the project teams; District level liaison on project-related matters with UNICEF and other stakeholders in districts of coverage; Supporting project teams in documentation of project experiences and timely reports; Directly handle cases of children in need of special protection in liaison with UNICEF; Participate in assessments for closing of cases; and Training of field level project teams on handling children associated with armed groups.

Direct emergency preparedness and response in the central south zone of Somalia; Manage emergency assessments in areas relevant to UNICEF’s core commitments to children specifically in the areas of child protection and HIV/AIDS; Ensure systems and actions are in place to meet UNICEF’s core commitments to children; Liaise with local UNICEF partners and provide technical support to their activities; Ensure regular communication between central south zone team and the rest of the section and the Emergency Management Team (EMT); Support monitoring and evaluation of activities; Provide regular updates and assessments on situation in the zone and its impact on activities.

Oversee the strengthening of IRC Uganda’s psychosocial program activities integrating them into other key activities such as economic development, HIV/AIDS, and community dialogue/peace building; Conduct trainings and other capacity building activities for IRC’s local partners; Developing innovative ways to access remote communities, with a view to supporting community structures for promoting the safe, healthy and sustainable reintegration of former abductees into their communities of origin; Ensure conduct of regular follow up on former abductees, monitoring their reintegration process; Ensure community and peer support networks are promoting the process of reintegration; Examine degree to which IRC’s psychosocial programs are implemented and monitored in a participatory and community-based manner and recommend/implement improvements.

Implementation of a psychosocial support program for children through training and debriefing of teacher and youth volunteers and facilitation and organization of community support and participation; Supervision of staff community trainers; Provision of emergency medical and psychiatric services; Project evaluation; Project management – administrative and financial oversight.