Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa Funded Research

 

Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) Open Data Science Platform and Coordinating Center (U2C – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) RFA-RM-20-018
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, Germany, Mali, Mauritius, Sudan, Uganda, United States of America

 

Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research (U01 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) RFA-RM-20-017
PI Name Institution Name Title Country
MOODLEY, KEYMANTHRI (contact)
RENNIE, STUART
STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY TYGERBERG CAMPUS Research for Ethical Data Science in Southern Africa (REDSSA) South Africa, United States of America
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, United States of America
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, United States of America

 

Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) Research Training Program (U2R – Clinical Trial Optional) RFA-RM-20-016
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, United States of America, 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, Germany, 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, United States of America
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

 

Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) Research Hubs (U54 – Clinical Trial Optional) RFA-RM-20-015
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, United States of America, 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, United States of America
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, United States of America
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, United States of America
HAPPI, CHRISTIAN T (contact)
FOUTS, DERRICK E
OBARO, STEPHEN
REDEEMER'S UNIVERSITY Combatting AntiMicrobial Resistance in Africa Using Data Science (CAMRA) Nigeria, Rwanda, United States of America
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, United States of America

 

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