Award and recognitions
Fellowships
203-2027
Precision identification of maternal health vulnerability in sub-Saharan African conurbations using advanced geospatial approaches.
o A 3 -year Senior postdoctoral fellowship to support development of an independent, international research career, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO- Belgium). Based at Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp.
2023- 2024
Putting ITM on the map – Consolidating and expanding geospatial capacity across departments at ITM.
2023 - 2024
Cities within cities: examining maternal health inequities in SSA cities. Newton International Fellowship Alumni programme, The Royal Society (Mobility funds with CHICAs -Lancaster University)
2021-2023
Geostatistical inference using spatially misaligned and aggregated data: a framework for disease mapping in low resource settings. Lancaster University, UK.
o A 2-year Newton International Fellowship provides support for outstanding early career researchers to make a first step towards developing an independent research career in The UK by The Royal Society (UK).
2020-2023
Estimating diagnostic services access in sub-Saharan Africa: Kenya Pilot. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) (1-yr). Co-PI
2022
Science of malaria eradication: A leadership development course at Harvard University, USA. Registration, airfare, and accommodation. Harvard University
2017-2021
PhD Studentship: Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders (IDeAL), KEMRI- Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
2015
PgDip studentship: Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders (IDeAL), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)- Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya