Third Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
3 November - 9 November 2023

Dr Jasmit Shah - Participant

NYU-Moi Data Science for Social Determinants Training Program (I am in Both UZIMA and NYU-MOI Social Work group in technical support)

Dr. Jasmit Shah holds a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics from University of Louisville (2017), Masters of Science (MSc.) in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics from University of Louisville (2011), and a Bachelors of Science (BSc.) in Mathematics, Statistics and Chemistry from University of South Alabama (2009) (Summa Cum Laude). He has ten plus years' experience in supervising research and data management, data analysis and statistics. His responsibilities have included conducting research and analyzing data for health solutions; use of statistical methods in observational epidemiological studies, clinical trials and computing applications. He also has experience conducting population level studies in low- and middle-income (LMIC) settings such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia, Mozambique and Pakistan. He is one of the lead trainers for EQUIST 2.0, a tool designed by UNICEF to enable the global health community to address the issue of equity in maternal, newborn and child health, and minimize health disparities among populations and has led the use and evaluation of EQUIST 2.0 in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Zambia and Pakistan. He also has experience with LiST Tool as EQUIST uses LiST for impact projection and certain aspects of costing.