Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa)
Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa)
Funded Research
| PI NAME | INSTITUTION NAME | TITLE | COUNTRIES |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARIBISALA, BENJAMIN SEGUN (contact) ADENIJI-SOFOLUWE, ADENIKE TEMITAYO HAPPI, CHRISTIAN T. PEARSON, ALEXANDER THOMAS | LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL | Data Science and Medical Image Analysis Training for Improved Health Care Delivery in Nigeria - DATICAN | Nigeria |
| DOUMBIA, SEYDOU (contact) SHAFFER, JEFFREY G | UNIV OF SCIENCES, TECH & TECH OF BAMAKO | West Africa Center of Excellence for Data Science Research Education | Mali |
| MASIGA, DANIEL KANANI (contact) ALI, AMINA ABUBAKAR NGUGI, ANTHONY KARANJA | INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOG | Eneza Data Science: Enhancing Data Science Capability and Tools for Health in East Africa | Kenya |
| OWOLABI, MAYOWA OJO (contact) FATUMO, SEGUN OVBIAGELE, BRUCE | COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN | Growing Data-science Research in Africa to Stimulate Progress (GRASP) | Nigeria |
| SAMPANE-DONKOR, ERIC | COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA | Application of Data Science to Build Research Capacity in Zoonoses and Food-Borne Infections in West Africa | Ghana |
| TUMUSIIME, DAVID (contact) DAVILA-ROMAN, VICTOR G FORAKER, RANDI E | NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA | SYNthetic Healthcare DAta Platform for Data SciEnce Training ("SYNAPSE") | Rwanda |
| PI Name | Institution Name | Title | Collaborating Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULDER, NICOLA (contact) SKELTON, MICHELLE | UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | eLwazi Open Data Science Platform and Coordinating Center | South Africa, Mali, Mauritius, Sudan, Uganda |
| PI Name | Institution Name | Title | Collaborating Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOODLEY, KEYMANTHRI (contact) RENNIE, STUART | STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY TYGERBERG CAMPUS | Research for Ethical Data Science in Southern Africa (REDSSA) | South Africa |
| OGUNDIRAN, TEMIDAYO OLUSADE (contact) ADEBAMOWO, CLEMENT ADEBAYO | CENTER FOR BIOETHICS AND RESEARCH, NIGERIA | Bridging Gaps in the ELSI of Data Science Health Research in Nigeria (BridgELSI) | Nigeria |
| THALDAR, DONRICH WILLEM | UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL | DS-I Africa - LAW | South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda |
| WONKAM, AMBROISE | UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | Public Understanding of Big data in Genomics Medicine in Africa (PUBGEM-Africa) | South Africa, Cameroon, Ghana |
| PI Name | Institution Name | Title | Collaborating Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERHANE, KIROS T (contact) BEKELE, RAHEL WEKE, PATRICK OLOO | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES | Advancing Public Health Research in Eastern Africa through Data Science Training (APHREA-DST) | United States of America, Ethiopia, Kenya |
| CHIMUSA, RUGAMIKA EMILE | UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | Computational Omics and Biomedical Informatics Program (COBIP) | South Africa, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe |
| CHUNARA, RUMI (contact) HOGAN, JOSEPH W MWANGI, ANN VEDANTHAN, RAJESH | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | NYU-Moi Data Science for Social Determinants Training Program | United States of America, Kenya |
| DAVILA-ROMAN, VICTOR G (contact) NDIFON, WILFRED PAYNE, PHILIP R O TUMUSIIME, DAVID TWIZERE, CELESTIN | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | Research Training in Data Science for Health in Rwanda | United States of America, Rwanda |
| FAWZI, WAFAIE W (contact) BARNIGHAUSEN, TILL MOSHABELA, MOSA MWAMBI, HENRY GODWELL | HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | Research Training on Harnessing Data Science for Global Health Priorities in Africa | United States of America, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda |
| KATEETE, DAVID PATRICK (contact) JOLOBA, MOSES LUTAAKOME | MAKERERE UNIVERSITY | Makerere University Data Science Research Training to Strengthen Evidence-Based Health Innovation, Intervention and Policy (MakDARTA) | Uganda |
| MCKINNEY, CHRISTY MICHELLE (contact) AMOAKO-YIRENKYI, PETER DONKOR, PETER | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Data Science for Child Health Now in Ghana (DS-CHANGE) | United States of America, Ghana |
| PI Name | Institution Name | Title | Collaborating Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABIMIKU, ALASH'LE G (contact) CHARURAT, MANHATTAN E DE OLIVEIRA, TULIO DE PAIVA NAZARETH ANDRADE NARANBHAI, VIVEK XIONG, CHENFENG | INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY | Role of Data Streams In Informing Infection Dynamics in Africa- INFORM Africa | Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia |
| ALI, AMINA ABUBAKAR (contact) WALJEE, AKBAR K | AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY (KENYA) | UZIMA-DS: UtiliZing health Information for Meaningful impact in East Africa through Data Science | Kenya |
| CHERSICH, MATTHEW (contact) LUCHTERS, STANLEY | WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD | Developing data science solutions to mitigate the health impacts of climate change in Africa: the HE2AT Center | South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya |
| CHICHOM, ALAIN MEFIRE (contact) HUBBARD, ALAN E JUILLARD, CATHERINE NGUEFACK, TSAGUE | UNIVERSITY OF BUEA | Harnessing Data Science to Promote Equity in Injury and Surgery for Africa | Cameroon, South Africa, Uganda |
| HAPPI, CHRISTIAN T (contact) FOUTS, DERRICK E OBARO, STEPHEN | REDEEMER'S UNIVERSITY | Combatting AntiMicrobial Resistance in Africa Using Data Science (CAMRA) | Nigeria, Rwanda |
| HAZELHURST, SCOTT (contact) KYOBUTUNGI, CATHERINE RAMSAY, MICHELE MICHELE TOLLMAN, STEPHEN | WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD | MADIVA (Multimorbidity in Africa: Digital innovation, visualisation and application) | South Africa, Kenya |
| OBUA, CELESTINO (contact) CELI, LEO ANTHONY G HABERER, JESSICA ELIZABETH | MBARARA UNIVERSITY/SCIENCE/ TECHNOLOGY | MUST Data Science Research Hub (MUDSReH) | Uganda, Ghana, Kenya |
