Fourth Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
16 - 22 November 2024
The Ravenala Attitude Hotel, Mauritius
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Friday 15 November Pre-Meeting Activities/Office Hours/Data Bootcamp Meet & Greet |
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| Saturday 16 November | |||||||||
| Venue: Masterclass | |||||||||
| 08:30 - 17:00 |
Data Bootcamp Exploring Cancer Data Facilitators: Rolanda Julius & Sumir Panji |
Project Team meeting spaces available | Project Team meeting spaces available | ||||||
| Sunday 17 November | |||||||||
| Venue: Masterclass | |||||||||
| 09:00-13:00 |
Data Bootcamp Exploring Cancer Data Team presentations Facilitators: Rolanda Julius & Sumir Panji |
Project Team meeting spaces available | Project Team meeting spaces available | ||||||
| 14:00-17:00 |
LLM Workshop Facilitators: Zahra Mungloo-Dilmohamud |
Project Team meeting spaces available | Project Team meeting spaces available | ||||||
| Monday 18 November | |||||||||
| Venue: B-Leisure | Venue: Masterclass | ||||||||
| 08:30 - 10:30 |
Ethics & Generative AI Workshop Facilitators: Stuart Rennie & Keymanthri Moodley Rapporteurs: Christopher Kintu & Chisom Soremekun |
Partnerships & Outreach Working Group Facilitator: Francis Agamah Rapporteur: Wisdom Akurugu |
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| 10:30- 11:00 |
Refreshment Break & ECR Poster Presentations Venue: B-Leisure Balcony & Masterclass |
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1. Adewale Ayodele 2. Amanuel Belay 3. Christopher Kintu |
4. Daisy Chelangata 5. Peter Marsh |
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| 11:00 - 13:00 |
Ethics & Generative AI Workshop Facilitators: Stuart Rennie & Keymanthri Moodley Rapporteurs: Christopher Kintu & Chisom Soremekun |
Training Working Group Facilitators: Bill Hersh & Jasmit Shah Rapporteur: Nigel Kamotho |
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| 13:00 - 13:45 | Lunch at Mozaik Restaurant | ||||||||
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Welcome & Opening Facilitators: Laura Povlich & Michelle Skelton Venue: B-Leisure |
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| 13:45 - 15:30 | Welcome: Chair & Co-Chair of DS-I Africa Steering committee: Chenfeng Xiong & Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende | ||||||||
| Guest of Honour: Dr Kathleen Neuzil, Director of the Fogarty International Centre | |||||||||
| Amanda Jacobsen on behalf of Ambassador Henry V. Jardine, US Ambassador to Mauritius & Seychelles | |||||||||
| Professor Sanjeev K Sobhee, Vice Chancellor of the University of Mauritius | |||||||||
| Professor Heenaye-Mamode Khan, Dean of Faculty of Information Communication and Digital Technologies | |||||||||
| Professor Yasmina Jaufeerally Fakim, University of Mauritius | |||||||||
| Dr Heidi Sofia, Deputy Director of NCBI | |||||||||
| Nicola Mulder & Michelle Skelton, Cross Consortium highlights from the eLwazi Open Data Science Platform & Coordinating Centre | |||||||||
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Refreshment Break & ECR Poster Presentations Venue: B-Leisure Balcony & Masterclass |
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1. Fatoumata Gnine Fofana 2. Frunwi Mugri Ndeh 3. Gabriel Kallah-Dagadu |
4. Hannah Emefa Aziongo 5. Mariam Nakabuye |
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| 16:00 - 20:00 |
Network Exchange/Poster Viewing/AI/ML Technology/ Tools &
Resources demo Cocktail Dinner Facilitator: Francis Agamah Venue: Masterclass |
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| Tuesday 19 November | |||||||||
| 08:30 - 10:00 |
Plenary Session ECR's Theme: Nurturing the Next Generation
of Data Science Leaders for African Health Sector Facilitators: Oluwole Olajide & Mariam Nakabuye Rapporteur: Sophia Osawe Venue: B-Leisure |
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Benjamin Aribisala Houriiyah Tegally Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende Ndivhuwo Makondo Ronald Galiwango |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Refreshment Break & ECR Poster Presentations Venue: B-Leisure Balcony & Masterclass |
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1. Mohanad Mohammed 2. Ngoe Kelson Tchinda 3. Olumuyiwa Adegun |
4. Oluwole Olajide 5. Teddy Kwaga |
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
Early Career Researchers Flash Talk Presentations Facilitator: Rolanda Julius Venue: B-Leisure |
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1. Al-Mahroof Yusuf 2. Chisom Soremekun 3. Christianah Kehinde 4. Oluwafemi Akintayo 5. Sabastian Wirsiy Yunkavi |
6. Shahiid Kiyaga 7. Theophilous Mathema 8. Touku Arole Darwin 9. Valine Okeyo 10. Wisdom A Akurugu |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Open Session - Joint Discussion DS-I Africa Data Sharing
Guidelines Data Governance & Data Management WG Members Required to attend Facilitators: Michelle Skelton & Dorcas Gicuku Mwigereri Rapporteur: Shonna Smith Venue: B-Leisure |
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| 13:00 - 13:45 | Lunch at Mozaik Restaurant | ||||||||
| Venue: B-Leisure | Venue: Masterclass | ||||||||
| 13:45 - 15:45 |
Data Governance Working Group Facilitator: Dorcas Gicuku Mwigereri Rapporteur: Shonna Smith |
Data Management Working Group Facilitators: James Orwa & Natalia Blanco Rapporteur: Tino Muzambi |
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| 15:45 - 16:00 |
Refreshments Available Venue: B-Leisure Balcony |
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| 16:00 - 18:15 |
Plenary Session Theme 1: From Data to Impact - Showcase of
research findings and advancements in clinical medicine,
public health, and health systems Facilitators: Kim McAllister & Jean Gao Rapporteur: Jasmit Shah Venue: B-Leisure |
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Keynote Speaker: Judy Gichoya
Title: Shortcuts causing bias in medical AI |
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Project: Advancing discovery for developmental disorders
- expanded analysis of the DDD-Africa resource
(DDD-Africa)
Presenter: Nadja Louw Title: CNV detection from exome sequencing data: Outcomes from the DDD-Africa cohort |
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Project: Leveraging Data Science Applications to Improve
Children's Environmental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
(DICE)
Presenter: Kofi Amegah Title: Modelling spatial variability in the impact of ambient PM2.5 exposure on children's health in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Project: Advancing Public Health Research in Eastern
Africa through Data Science Training (APHREA-DST)
Presenter: Rahel Bekele Teklegiorgis Title: Impactful Research in Public Health Data Science - Lessons from the APHREA-DST Project |
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Project: Utilizing data science to evaluate the
applicability of blood cell traits polygenic risk scores
for disease prediction in Africa (BCX-Africa)
Presenter: Tinashe Chikowore Title: Machine learning integrated polygenic risk scores for predicting blood cell traits in Africa |
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Project: Harnessing Data Science to Promote Equity in
Injury and Surgery for Africa (D-SINE)
Presenter: Georges Nguefack-Tsague Title: Estimating socioeconomic status for health equity surveillance in Cameroon: Expert opinion survey versus mathematical modeling |
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| Panel Discussion/Q & A | |||||||||
| 18:15 - 18:45 |
Refreshment Break & Project Poster Presentations Venue: B-Leisure Balcony & Masterclass |
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Project: Multimorbidity in Africa: Digital innovation,
visualisation and application (MADIVA)
Presenter: Kayode Adetunji Title: Discovering Risk Factors of Future Diabetes Onset among African Adults using Automatic Stratification |
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Project: Data Science and Medical Image Analysis Training
for Improved Health Care Delivery in Nigeria
(DATICAN)
Presenter: Benjamin Aribisala Title: Development of a Breast Cancer Prediction Model Using Shape Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms |
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Project/Presentation Title: Computational Omics and
Biomedical Informatics Program (COBIP)
Presenter: Hocine Bendou |
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Project: UtiliZing health Information for Meaningful
impact in East Africa through Data Science
(UZIMA-DS)
Presenter: James Orwa Title: Leveraging Causal AI to infer causal relationships in health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSS) in LMICs |
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Project: Eneza Data Science: Enhancing Data Science
Capability and Tools for Health in East Africa
(ENEZA)
Presenter: Kennedy Senagi Title: A Spatial Machine Learning Model for Early Preparedness of Visceral Leishmaniasis Disease in Turkana County in Kenya |
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Project: Role of Data Streams In Informing Infection
Dynamics in Africa (INFORM Africa)
Presenter: Xin Wu Title: Macro-to-Micro Mobility Analysis During Nigeria's Flooding Season and Implications for Medical Response and Transmission of SARS COV-2 |
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| 19:00 |
Dinner Venue: Obeach Restaurant |
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| Wednesday 20 November | |||||||||
| 08:30 - 10:30 |
Plenary Session Theme 2: Innovative Tools and Solutions:
Addressing Challenges in DS-I Africa – sharing & repurposing
tools & resources Facilitators: Noffisat Oki & Inka Sastalla Rapporteur: Eileen Weinheimer-Haus Venue: B-Leisure |
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Keynote Speaker: Bubacarr Bah
Title: Towards a White Box Machine Learning Model for Diabetic Retinopathy |
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Project/Presentation Title: Leveraging artificial
intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML)-based technology
to overcome specialized training and technology barriers
for the diagnosis and prognostication of colorectal
cancer
Presenter: Mansoor Saleh |
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Project: eLwazi Open Data Science Platform (eLwazi
ODSP)
Presenter: Takudzwa Nyasha Musarurwa Title: Developing Federated Computing for Health Data Science in Africa |
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Project: Geo-enabled detect and respond system for
antimalarial resistance in Ghana (GDRS - Ghana)
Presenter: Christina Riley Title: Reveal: A geospatial platform to harness data and inform targeting, delivery, and monitoring of public health interventions — applied use cases |
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Project: Research for Ethical Data Science in Southern
Africa (REDSSA)
Presenter: Keymanthri Moodley Title: Evaluating the impact of an educational video on the knowledge of South African patients undergoing renal dialysis regarding the use of their health data |
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| Panel Discussion/Q & A | |||||||||
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Refreshment Break & Project Poster Presentations Venue: B-Leisure Balcony & Masterclass |
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Project: Multimorbidity in Africa: Digital innovation,
visualisation and application (MADIVA)
Presenter: Phelelani Mpangase Title: Sub-population Identification of Multimorbidity in sub-Saharan African Populations |
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Project: UtiliZing health Information for Meaningful
impact in East Africa through Data Science
(UZIMA-DS)
Presenter: Willie Wainaina Njoroge Title: A feasibility study to assess between physical activity, sleep quality, and depression symptoms among healthcare workers in Kenya using wearable health monitoring system |
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Project: Research Training in Data Science for Health in
Rwanda (DST-HIRWA)
Presenter: Emmy Mugisha Title: The Development and Deployment of a Machine Learning Model: A Tool to Predict Chronic Kidney Disease Among Diabetic Patients in Rwanda |
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Project: eLwazi Open Data Science Platform (eLwazi
ODSP)
Presenter: Tshinakaho Malesa Title: Developing a competency framework for biomedical data science |
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Project: Data Science and Medical Image Analysis Training
for Improved Health Care Delivery in Nigeria
(DATICAN)
Presenter: Benjamin Aribisala Title: Data Science and Medical Image Analysis Training in Nigeria - Our One-Year Experience |
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Project: Public Understanding of Big data in Genomics
Medicine in Africa (PUBGEM-Africa)
Presenter: Carmen de Kock Title: PUBGEM-Africa: Democratizing Genomics and Data Science for Health in Africa |
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| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Data Equity Discussion Facilitator: Laura Povlich Venue: Masterclass |
UZIMA-DS Project Team Meeting Venue: Out the Box |
Research Administrators Working Group Facilitator: Eileen Weinheimer-Haus Rapporteur: Kerry Glover Venue: B-Leisure |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Meeting with NIH Program Officers Venue: Masterclass |
Project Team Meeting Venue: Think Tank 2 |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch at Mozaik Restaurant | ||||||||
| 14:00 - 16:00 |
Plenary Session Theme 3: Bridging Research and Practice:
Translating Findings into Policy and Action for Improved
Healthcare Outcomes in Africa Facilitators: James (Jay Churchill) & Makeda Williams Rapporteur: Cheick Oumar Tangara Venue: B-Leisure |
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Keynote Speaker: Phillip Bourne
Title: Data Science Meets Biomedicine – Where and How Can Africa Lead |
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Project: Multimorbidity in Africa: Digital innovation,
visualisation and application (MADIVA)
Presenter: Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula Title: Stakeholder engagement in the creation of visualisation tools to support multimorbidity management at district and health facility level |
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Project: Role of Data Streams In Informing Infection
Dynamics in Africa (INFORM Africa)
Presenter: Kristen Stafford Title: Phylogenomic geographical and temporal description of Nigeria's COVID-19 pandemic |
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Project: Innovative Data Science to impact the TB
Epidemic (INSITE)
Presenter: Emma Kalk Title: Innovative Data Science to impact the TB Epidemic [INSITE] - Progress with Data Platforms |
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Project: Eneza Data Science: Enhancing Data Science
Capability and Tools for Health in East Africa
(ENEZA)
Presenter: Daniel Masiga Title: ENEZA Data Science: sharing knowledge, building capacity in East Africa |
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| Panel Discussion/Q & A | |||||||||
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Refreshment Break & Project Poster Presentations Venue: B-Leisure Balcony & Masterclass |
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Project: UtiliZing health Information for Meaningful
impact in East Africa through Data Science
(UZIMA-DS)
Presenter: Dorcas Gicuku Mwigereri Title: Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and its Associated Risk Factors Among Kenyan Women |
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Project: Developing data science solutions to mitigate
the health impacts of climate change in Africa: the HE2AT
Center (HE2AT)
Presenter: Chris Jack Title: Urban heat related health impacts are a critical concern globally |
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Project: CHaracterizing Effects of Air Quality In
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: The CHEAQI-MNCH
Research Project (CHEAQI-MNCH)
Presenter: Tatenda Makanga Title: Validation of pollution proxy indicators using personal exposure air quality data |
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Project: Combatting AntiMicrobial Resistance in Africa
Using Data Science (CAMRA)
Presenter: Bernard Ebruke Title: Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa using Data Science (CAMRA) Study: Case Summaries highlighting unusual clinical infections in young children in Africa |
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Project: Makerere University Data Science Research
Training to Strengthen Evidence-Based Health Innovation,
Intervention and Policy (MakDARTA)
Presenter: David Kateete Title: Progress on Strengthening Graduate Training in Health Data Science in Uganda |
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Project: Utilizing Data Science to Predict and Improve
Health Outcomes in Pediatric HIV (DSpace)
Presenter: Gaone Retshabile Title: Improving Paediatric HIV Outcomes in the Era of Life-long Treatment Through AI |
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| PI Meetings | |||||||||
| Venue: B-Leisure | Venue: Think Tank 2 | Venue: Think Tank 1 and 3 | |||||||
| 16:30 - 18:30 |
Research Hubs & Research Projects Facilitator: Brad Newsome Rapporteur: Lyndon Zass |
ELSI Projects Facilitator: Jay Churchill Rapporteur: Shonna Smith |
Training Hubs/Education Projects Facilitator: Laura Povlich Rapporteur: Tshinakaho Malesa |
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| Thursday 21 November | |||||||||
| Venue: B-Leisure | Venue: Masterclass | ||||||||
| 08:30 - 10:30 |
Communication Strategies for ECRs Facilitator: Andrey Kuzmichev Rapporteurs: Rolanda Julius & Sindi Lukhele |
Steering Committee Meeting Facilitators: Chenfeng Xiong & Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende Rapporteur: Shonna Smith |
Poster Viewing/Adhoc Activities | ||||||
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
Wellcome Trust Workshop: Data and Diversity in Human
Genomics: co-creating an approach tailored to African
priorities Facilitators: Ekin Bolukbasi & Grace Annan-Callcott Venue: B-Leisure |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Refreshment Break & Project Poster Presentations Venue: B-Leisure Balcony & Masterclass |
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Project: Multimorbidity in Africa: Digital innovation,
visualisation and application (MADIVA)
Presenter: Samuel Iddi Title: Data Resource Profile: Multimorbidity in Africa: Digital Innovation, Visualisation and Application (MADIVA) Research Hub Data |
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Project: Research Training on Harnessing Data Science for
Global Health Priorities in Africa (WASHA-Takwimu)
Presenter: Mohanad Mohammed Adam Mohammed Title: Building health data science capacity in Africa by Africans - An evaluation of WASHA Takwimu's health data science methods short courses in 2024 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal |
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Project/Presentation Title: CHaracterizing Effects of Air
Quality In Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: The
CHEAQI-MNCH Research Project (CHEAQI-MNCH)
Presenter: Tamara Govindasamy |
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Project: Advancing Public Health Research in Eastern
Africa through Data Science Training (APHREA-DST)
Presenter: Patrick Weke Title: Innovative Approaches to Public Health Data Science Training through a Collaborative Initiative - Insights from APHREA-DST |
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Project: INnovative data Science to Impact the TB
Epidemic (INSITE)
Presenter: Emma Kalk Title: An assessment of guideline implementation for TB screening and prevention in pregnancy using linked population data in the Western Cape, South Africa |
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Project: Tuberculosis in households with infectious cases
in Kampala city: Harnessing health data science for new
insights on TB transmission and treatment response
(DS-IAFRICA-TB)
Presenter: Florence Kivunike Title: Harnessing health data science for new insights on TB transmission and treatment response in Kampala City: Data Preparation update |
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| 12:00 - 12:45 | Lunch at Mozaik Restaurant | ||||||||
| 12:45 - 14:45 |
Plenary Session Theme 4: Collaboration for Change: Promoting
Knowledge Sharing and Training to Increase Health Impact Facilitators: Sudha Srinivasan & Tiffani Lash Rapporteur: Kerry Glover Venue: B-Leisure |
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Keynote Speaker: Agnes Kiragga
Title: Bridging Data Science and Health in Africa: Lessons from the APHRC |
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Project: CHaracterizing Effects of Air Quality In
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: The CHEAQI-MNCH
Research Project (CHEAQI-MNCH)
Presenter: Tatenda Makanga Title: Leveraging African data resources and novel data science approaches to address priority knowledge gaps on climate change and health: the HE2AT Center approach and initial findings |
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Project: eLwazi Open Data Science Platform (eLwazi
ODSP)
Presenter: Tony Burdett Title: Promoting Metadata & Data Interoperability in DS-I Africa through Engagement & Collaboration |
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Project: Research Training on Harnessing Data Science for
Global Health Priorities in Africa (WASHA-Takwimu)
Presenter: Saloshni Naidoo Title: Building Health Data Science Training Capacity in Africa by Africans: A Case Study from WASHA Takwimu |
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Project: Data Science for Child Health Now in Ghana
(DS-CHANGE)
Presenter: Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi Title: Diversified training is a useful approach for developing biomedical data science expertise |
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| Panel Discussion/Q & A | |||||||||
| 14:45 - 15:00 |
Refreshments Available Venue: B-Leisure Balcony |
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| 15:00 - 17:00 |
Closing Session Facilitators: Michelle Skelton & Francis Agamah Rapporteurs: Shonna Smith & Tino Muzambi Venue: B-Leisure |
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Working Group Report Back Session Partnerships & Outreach Working Group - Francis Agamah Training & Education Working Group - Bill Hersh Research Administrators Working Group - Eileen Weinheimer-Haus Data Governance Working Group - Dorcas Gicuku Mwigereri Data Management Working Group - Natalia Blanco |
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PI Group & ECR Report Back Session Research Projects ELSI Projects Training PIs ECRs |
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| ECR Best Presenter Prize Announcement | |||||||||
| Final remarks from Steering Committee Chairs | |||||||||
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Meeting with NIH Program Officers | Meeting with NIH Program Officers | Project Team Meeting spaces available | Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| Friday 22 November | |||||||||
| Closed Ad-Hoc Project Meetings (Pre-Arranged) | |||||||||
| Venue Think Tank 2 | Venue: Think Tank 1 and 3 | ||||||||
| 09:00 - 17:00 |
eLwazi ODSP Annual Meeting Facilitator: Nicola Mulder |
INFORM Africa Project Meeting Facilitator: Alash'le Abimiku |
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