Evans Muchiri
Expertise
Research and evaluation, statistical data analysis, strategic information, data management, project management, public health, international health, humanitarian responses, development, migrations, survey design, fieldwork coordination, data collection, policy communications, and capacity building.
Technical Competencies
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, communicable diseases, poverty alleviation, resilience, refugees and asylum seekers, adolescence health, access to vaccines and medicines, health demand forecasting, small-scale farming, and development programs for poverty eradication in lower-and-middle income countries.
Education
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Postdoctoral fellow in International Health: Concentration on Data Science & Machine Learning
University of the Witwatersrand, School of Social Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy: Demography & Population Studies
University of London, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Master of Science in Medical Statistics
University of Nairobi, School of Mathematics, Bachelor of Science in Statistics
Country Experience
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, South Sudan, Switzerland, Egypt, Nigeria, USA, Philippines, Ethiopia, Yemen
Languages
English, Kiswahili
Thinking About
Continuously learning data science, machine learning, and statistical analysis and their applications in public health, development, and humanitarian contexts.
Passion
Hiking over hills and taking nature walks.
Selected Publications
Frampton, G., Whaley, P., Bennett, M., Bilotta, G., Dorne, J. L. C. M., Eales, J., James, K., Kohl, C., Land, M., Livoreil, B., Makowski, D., Muchiri, E., Petrokofsky, G., Randall, N., & Schofield, K. (2022). Principles and framework for assessing the risk of bias for studies included in comparative quantitative environmental systematic reviews. Environmental Evidence, 11(1), 12.
Muchiri, E., Charalambous, S., Ginindza, S., Maraisane, M., Maringa, T., et al. (2021). Description of adverse events among adult men following voluntary medical male circumcision: Findings from a circumcision programme in two provinces of South Africa. PLOS ONE, 16(8), e0253960.
Muchiri, E., & Odimegwu, C. (2019). Trends and gender differences in age at sex debut among adolescents and young adults in urban Cape Area, South Africa. African Health Sciences, 19(4), 2964–2972.
Banda, P. C., Odimegwu, C. O., Ntoimo, L. F. C., & Muchiri, E. (2017). Women at risk: Gender inequality and maternal health. Women & Health, 57(4), 405–429.
Stewart, R., Langer, L., Da Silva, N. R., & Muchiri, E. (2016). Effects of training, innovation and new technology on African smallholder farmers’ economic outcomes and food security. Systematic Review Summary, 6, 10–15.
Fairlie, L., Muchiri, E., Beylis, C. N., Meyers, T., & Moultrie, H. (2014). Microbiological investigation for tuberculosis among HIV-infected children in Soweto, South Africa. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 18(6), 676–681.
