About us:

This 4 days meeting is jointly organized by  IBS Uganda and UHasselt Data Science Institute and aims to bring together academic staff and researchers from academia, research institutes and government organizations from both South and North regions. Our aim is to provide a platform for a discussion about both scientific and development topics and to initiate South-South and North-South interactions  and engagement around these topics.​ The meeting in Kampala is organized a part of VLIR-UOS ICP connect project and VLIR-UOS ITP project eR-BioStat..  

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

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 three countries, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa (12 local universities in total) 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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IBS Uganda:

IBS Uganda is a national group of the 10 African regions that make the Sub-Sahara African Network) SUSAN who are members of the International Biometric Society.

The network promotes the advancement of life sciences through development, application and dissemination of effective mathematical and statistical methods to its members and collaborating partners. This includes applications in agriculture, medical and health research, infectious diseases, environment and ecology, climate, and other applied sciences such as the areas of statistical genetics and bioinformatics.

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IBS Uganda has 208 members that have ever registered with a leadership team of six members.

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The current President is Kelly Taremwa (cktaremwa@gmail.com).

The Secretary is Prof Nazarius Mbona.

The Treasurer is Taremwa Yehu.

 

The representative for Medical Fraternity is Dr Ekwaro Obuku. The Uganda Statistical Society representative is Edson Mwebesa. The representative from Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Uganda is Mbaka Paul.

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IBS Uganda partners with local societies like the Uganda Statistical Society and the Uganda Medical Association and so has representatives from both societies on the leadership team. It also has bi monthly meetings and bi monthly local Journal clubs.

 

ICP connect & South meeting:

The ICP Master of Statistics in UHasselt awards scholarships to a select group of outstanding individuals to study under the Master of Statistics and Data Science programme at Hasselt University. It also involves initiatives in South countries including Mozambique, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Philippines, and Indonesia, among others. Previous collaborations have led to the inception of a Center for Statistics in Mozambique and MSc programmes in (Bio)statistics and/or epidemiology in Cuba and Ethiopia. The main aim of the ICP programme is to continue our efforts in elevating our beneficiaries, including individual scholars and partner institutions, to international competitiveness.

 The ICP South Workshop is a yearly activity co-organized by the ICP Master of Statistics programme and a partner institution in the South. This is organized in a selected South country to facilitate knowledge exchange between different institutions among institutions/universities from the South and Hasselt University. 

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