ER-BioStat

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

Day 4 of the workshop will start tomorrow at 09:00. In the PICs: an “Alumni and Friends” meeting in Moi University, 10/06, 2026 !!!!.

Lineup for tomorrow morning:
09:00-09:45 James Orwa (Aga Khan, Kenya) Leveraging Diverse Health Data Streams: Predictive Models, Causal Inference, and Mental Health Outcomes.
09:45-10:30 David Angwenyi (MMUST, Kenya) Statistical Models and their application to economics.

10:30-11:00 Tea break

11:00-11:30 James Wambua (Moi, Kenya)Modeling the impact of multimodal vaccine and non-vaccine interventions on antimicrobial resistance in Kenya.
11:30-12:00 Edson Mwebesa (Moi, Kenya) Effects of Malaria Message Exposure on Mosquito Bed Net Use among Women (15--49 years) and Children Under Five in Uganda
12:00-12:30: Ann Mwangi (Moi, Kenya): Unlocking Innovation with Synthetic Data: Application within a Data Science Training Program.

In the afternoon, 14:00-16:00, we will have a session about collaboration projects and future projects applications.

You can follow us online in zoom suing the link:
https://iu.zoom.us/j/86232065426
Meeting ID: 862 3206 5426

We hope to see you online

10/06/2026

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10/06/2026

We are getting ready for day 3. We will start at 09:00 and have a conference in Moi University about current trend in biostatistics and data science.

Lineup for today:

09:00-09:45 Amos Kipkorir Langat (JKUAT, Kenya): Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Mapping of Tuberculosis in Kenya: Detecting Hotspots, Trends, and Excess Risk.
09:45-10:30 Beryl Ang'iro Anyango (Karatina, Kenya): Modeling High dimensional Multivariate Survival data with Clustering using Frailty and Copula models.

10:30-11:00 Tea break

11:00-11:45 Carol OGIRA (UHasselt,Belgium) Advancing Causal Machine Learning Methods for Heterogeneous Treatment Effects Estimation.
11:45-12:30 Anita Ogero (Aga Kahn,Kenya) Developing a Screening Index to Stratify Risk of Low Cognitive Performance Among Children in Kilifi, Kenya: Evidence from Three Cross-Sectional Studies.

12:30-14:00: Lunch

14:00-14:45 Bernard OSANGIR (UHasselt,Belgium) Integrative Analysis of High-Dimensional Multiomics Data Using Unsupervised Learning: Factor Analysis and Clustering Approaches.
14:45-15:30 George Agogo (CDC- Kenya) Random Survival Forests Under Predictor Measurement Error: Insights From Real and Simulated Epidemiologic Data.

15:30-16:00 Tea break

16:00-16:30 Caroline Mugo (JKUAT, Kenya) Hierarchical Modeling of Longitudinal Infectious Disease Data with applications to HIV and Vector-Borne Diseases.

You can follow the conference online:

https://iu.zoom.us/j/86232065426

Meeting ID: 862 3206 5426

We hope to see you online.

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08/06/2026

Link for the Rmd files for the practical session of Day 2 (09/06/26 in the afternoon): https://erbiostat.wixsite.com/itpb0.

For day 2 of the workshop, we use the same link that was used for Day 1.

WE hope to see you online tomorrow

08/06/2026

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08/06/2026

We are almost there !!! We will start at around 9:00 (Kenyan time). If you wish to follow the workshop online use the flowing zoom link:

Join from computer or mobile:
https://lnkd.in/eDiPH2ib

Meeting ID: 862 3206 5426

The link will be the same for all workahop's sessions.

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08/06/2026

The slides for the first two days of the eR_Biostat workshop are available online at: https://erbiostat.wixsite.com/itpb0

To get the slides, scroll to the bottom of the page to the current workshop.

The schedule for the week: https://erbiostat.wixsite.com/itp3

Link for the online workshop will be sent later today.

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 IT...

04/06/2026

Please share this Good news !!!

It will be possible to follow the ITP VLIRUOS workshops in the next week in Moi University online. Links to the short course in machine learning (08/06-09/06) and conference (10/06 & 11/06) will be sent next week (full program: https://erbiostat.wixsite.com/itp3). Course materials will be available online next week.

In the last part of the conference, 11/06 in the afternoon, we will have a session devoted to collaboration and projects’ opportunities. If you are from Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa please join us and attend this session. We would like to meet you are see how we can collaborate on applications’ submission.

29/05/2026

We are getting ready to the next eR-BioStat workshop which will take place on 08/06/26-12/06/26 at Moi University, Kenya.

On 08/06/26 & 09/06/26 Prof. Inigo BERMEJO DELGADO (UHasselt Belgium) will give a short course about machine leaning.

On 11/06/26 in the afternoon, we will have a session to discuss colaboration and project applications with Ann Mwangi, Leyla Kodalci and Ziv Shkedy.

Full program in : https://erbiostat.wixsite.com/itp3 (scroll to the bottom of the page).

More details about the workshop will be communicated next week.

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 IT...