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Gloria Salome Gabriel Shirima is a young scientist and researcher with a focus on data science and Mathematical modeling. Currently pursuing her PhD in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science at The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) Arusha-Tanzania with placement at Swiss Tropical and Public Health. She also holds an MSc in Mathematical Sciences from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Rwanda. Gloria's professional journey includes significant contributions as a Research Scientist at Ifakara Health Institute, participating in different projects such as modeling the impact of larviciding as a supplementary vector control intervention on the road to malaria control in Tanzania, and giving support in data analysis and visualization in the ongoing projects at the institute. Her current project is on modeling the deployment strategy on the application of larviciding and next-generation rate in Tanzania at the strata level.
Leveraging innovation technologies and Mathematical Modelling to respond to malaria in Africa: a systematized literature review of emerging technologies
Dr. Wasswa William is a Biomedical Engineer, Researcher, AI enthusiast and mathematical modeller. He is a senior lecturer and Head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering at Mbarara University of Science and Technology. He leads the Advanced Medical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence Lab and he is a member of the African Union High-Level Panel on Emerging Technologies (APET). He is the leader of the AMMNet UGNexus; a local AMMNet chapter based in Uganda. He is very interested in digital health innovations that provide universal health coverage, especially reaching the underserved areas. He is an AI leader and Innovations Ecosystems builder who has greatly contributed to the AI and innovation ecosystem in Africa.
Insecticide resistance management (IRM) for disease vectors: insights from mathematical modelling.
Dr. Neil Hobbs is a post-doctoral researcher at the Swiss Tropical and Public and Health Institute (Swiss TPH) in the Mathematical Epidemiology group, where he works on developing models which combine mosquito population dynamics with mosquito population genetics to understand how the evolution of insecticide resistance impacts mosquito control. Prior to joining Swiss TPH he completed his PhD at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), where he developed mathematical models for evaluating insecticide resistance management strategies in a public health context.
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