My roles include: Supporting project teams in matters data through identification and extraction of secondary data from sources such as Kenya Health Information (KHIS), Demographic and Health Surveys (KDHS) and other sources. Development of data collection tools, seeking ethical approval, fieldwork supervision and data quality assurance Development of Theories of Change (TOC) and results framework. Data analysis using R, Stata, Ms Excel and NVivo. Data visualization and development of dashboards in Power BI. Contributing to new business development and proposal writing. Contributing to visibility of research work through writing of abstracts, manuscripts, blogs and reports.

University of Nairobi | Jan 2022 - Present

Research Fellow

A Fellow in the TB HIV Training Program. I am currently conducting a study on TB/HIV coinfection among FSW in Nairobi City, Kenya. Roles include: Development of research protocol, seeking ethical approval from the relevant IRB and local authorities. HIV Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors Among Young Tertiary Student Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) In Nairobi, Kenya: A Respondent-Driven Sampling Survey. Recruitment, training and supervision of research team and coordination of all fieldwork logistics Sampling, data collection, quality assurance and enforcement of data protection and research ethics among research team. Coordination and communication with the TBHTP program PI on project progress. Data analysis, manuscript writing and dissemination of findings among the stakeholders and in conferences as well as publication in peer reviewed journals.

Forward Ever Group Limited | Oct 2017 - Jun 2020

Research Associate

Forward Ever Group Ltd is a Research, M&E and Training consultancy firm that focuses on research in Public Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS. My roles include: Development of tools, study protocols and seeking ethical approvals for studies. Writing Inception Reports and developing project work plans and fieldwork budgets; Coordinating projects and ensuring timely achievement of deliverables. Hands on supervision on data collection, entry, cleaning, management and quality control; Data Analysis and Writing of Reports Responding to potential clients' Request for Proposals (RFPs)

Save the Children US | Jul 2018 - Apr 2019

Short Term Consultant (Project evaluator)

Save the Children International - Kenya undertook a project to identify and address social norms among health facility staff as a root cause of bias in provision of reproductive health services to adolescents in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya. The study identified the social norms that influence health facility staff provision of contraceptive services to adolescents; and drew practical program recommendations for increasing access to adolescent-responsive contraceptive services through a social norms trans-formative approach. As an Associate Consultant, I was involved in: Development of study protocol and tools; Seeking ethical approval; Field coordination (recruitment and mobilization of participants, meetings with local authorities), Training of Research Assistants, Data management & analysis; and Report Writing

The Fred Hollows Foundation | Jul 2018 - Mar 2019

Short term consultant: Statistician/Data analyst

Assessment of the magnitude and capacity of county referral hospitals in Kenya to manage diabetic retinopathy (DR),is a study initiated by Ministry of Health Kenya (through the Ophthalmic Service Unit (OSU)) in collaboration with The Fred Hollows Foundation and carried out by Forward Ever Group Ltd. As a Co-Investigator, my roles and duties included: Developing a database in REDCap® and coding the questionnaires; Preparing budgets; Meeting up with and getting permission to conduct the study from the relevant county authorities; Supervising and coordinating data collection in five county referral hospitals (Thika, Busia, Kilifi, Migori and Baringo); Data quality control; Reporting to the client and the Principal Investigator on progress; Data management and analysis; Report writing.

Forward Ever Group Limited | Oct 2016 - Dec 2017

Business Development Associate

Forward Ever Group Ltd is a Research, M&E and Training consultancy firm that focuses on research in Public Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS. My roles included but not limited to: Establishing and maintaining ongoing client relationships; Tracking and reporting on the status of all proposals made; Formulating and preparing routine proposals for specific clients; Prospecting for assignments on behalf of the team; Planning on logistics in ongoing projects; Coordinating and leading field assignments and Conducting site visits; Managing Online presence; Data entry, quality control, analysis and archiving.

Liberty Life Kenya | Jun 2016 - Oct 2016

EDMS Clerk

Electronic Data Management System, Coding of documents types, and conducting Quality Assurance on scanned and indexed documents

Forward Ever Group Limited | Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

Research Assistant

Conducting Focused Group Discussions (FGD) and In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) for MSK End of Project evaluation; Recording the data, Summarizing and presenting the same; Helping out with field logistics; Cordinating the various teams in the project.

Liberty Life Kenya | May 2015 - Aug 2015

Internship

Collection of information on the various products the company offers such as life assurance, education policies, pension schemes and medical covers. I also updated the policy holders' records and did data entry.

My Education

Take a look at my formal education

Certificate: Introduction to Epidemiology for Global Health in EpidemiologyUniversity of Washington | 2022

MSc. Biometry in BiostatisticsUniversity of Nairobi | 2021

BSc. Statistics in StatisticsUniversity of Nairobi | 2016

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