About the workshop:

The workshop is a joint activity of the NAMBARI and the DSSD Programs and the >eR-BioStat ITP project. The workshop consists of two parts: a training course, Machine learning  for real world data (as a part of the NAMBARI and DSSD Programs) and a development workshop as a part of the >eR-BioStat ITP project.

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The VLIR-UOS International Training Program: the eR-BioStat ITP - Development of local E-learning platforms in (bio)statistics & data science:

Biostatistics and Statistics are the building stones which are essential for scientific research work. Without good and wide knowledge of Biostatistics and Statistics (from here onward we use (bio)statistics), the research output is typically of low quality and could be misleading.  Many capacity building projects are devoted to capacity building of (bio)statistics via the development of new education programs in the South. However, typically, after the end of the project and the project budget, it becomes difficult to maintain the project deliverables and to maintain the education program developed within the project in the same quality level. The eR-BioStat ITP project is developed to overcome this problem and to ensure a sustainable and robust education program for (bio)statistics in the south by providing an E-learning platform which offers (free) education materials, ready to be used in the class, in (bio)statistics. Further, within the eR-BioStat ITP project we train the participants from different countries to develop their local version of the >eR-BioStat platform and in this way we will increase ownership and sustainability of the project outcome in the South after the end of the project. The output of the eR-BioStat ITP project can be easily transferred to local universities that are not included in the current project.

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The NAMBARI and the DSSD Programs in Moi University: 

NAMBARI: the Moi-Brown Partnership for HIV Biostatistics Training, is a research training program which aims to build biostatistics capacity for HIV research at Moi University. It is a partnership between Moi University and Brown University, and is focused on both long- and short-term training for students, faculty and technical staff in Kenya. This program is supported by the Fogarty International Center at the US National Institutes of Health (D43TW010050).

DSSD: The overarching goal of the Data Science for Social Determinants (DSSD) pre- and post-doctoral training program is to develop future leaders in data science who are equipped to develop and analyze data to better leverage deep and rich survey as well as internet and other digitized data sources that can help us capture information on the social determinants of health. Such data can provide unique illumination into factors on where we live, work, and play which can be used to better understand and address health disparities across noncommunicable disease, infectious disease and injuries in the Kenyan context. This program is supported by the  US National Institutes of Health (1U2RTW012121-01).

Information about other eR-BioStat ITP workshops:

Link to our workshop schedule.