Dr Agnes Kiragga

Theme Lead -Sexually Transmitted Infections

Agnes Kiragga is a Research Scientist and Technical Lead Data Science at the African Population Health Research Council in Nairobi, Kenya. She previously worked as the Head of Statistics and data management at the Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. She has a PhD in applied statistics from Makerere University and a Post-Doctoral certificate from a fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University, USA. She is current chair for the Representative Council of the International Biometric Society and is dedicated to mentorship and expansion of analytical capacity in Africa. She has over 15 years’ experience handling large, complex, diverse heterogenous and non-conventional data including longitudinal population cohorts, social media data, cross-sectional datasets, survey datasets that are collated from Africa and through international collaborations. Her interest lies in the development of Common Data Models (CDMs) that support data sharing and application of artificial intelligence and data science techniques to improve global health and livelihood in Africa and beyond.

She has conducted several studies that leverage data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence in the area of population health in Africa. She is the Principal Investigator for projects investigating the role of climate on health using data science and also leverages advances to analyze unconventional datasets to solve several public health concerns in Africa. Dr. Kiragga leads activities in building the capacity of African data professionals. She recently completed a 12-week training of over 80 data personnel from all over Africa through a partnership with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Goals. She provides technical support to the HASH project team and sub-grantees.