Dr. Collins Ojwang’

Dr. Collins Ojwang’

Lecturer, Statistics

Dr Collins Odhiambo is a senior lecturer at the Strathmore Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He is currently doing postdoctoral studies (biostatistics) in the area of HIV prevention and treatment models in global health at Johns Hopkins University and Medicine at the Center for AIDS Research (JHU CFAR).

He holds a PhD in Applied Statistics at Strathmore University: Thesis title-Smooth Goodness-of-Fit for hazard function-Application to HIV Retention Data. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Biometry from University of Nairobi and a First Class Honours, Bachelor of Science in Applied Statistics from Maseno University, Kenya.

Dr. Ojwang’ has 10 years teaching experience as a lecturer at Strathmore University and 12 years practical monitoring and evaluation/strategic information experience, having worked with a number of reputable international organizations including UoN CRISSP+, Pathfinder International, LVCT Health, and PACT CoE, a collaborative program between the University of Maryland, Institute of Human Virology and University of Nairobi, School of Medicine both as a senior data analyst and a technical advisor for monitoring and evaluation at technical, policy and managerial level.

Dr. Collins has supervised more than eight (8) masters’ projects to completion and is currently supervising two (2) PhD projects.

Dr. Collins is an author and co-author of a number of articles in peer review journals as well as technical working papers. Dr. Ojwang’ has also provided technical support to MOH structures, both national and sub-national in strategic information, monitoring and evaluation of Population, Health and Environment programs (PHE), linked to sustainable development, while attached to both the University of Maryland, Institute of Human Virology and University of Nairobi, School of Medicine and LVCT Health. This entailed setting up M&E plans, designing logical frameworks and aligning project indicators to national and international guidelines. In addition, Dr. Collins has coordinated the implementation of evaluative studies (baseline, mid-term and end of project evaluation surveys, LQAS and other data-based evaluations within the Implementation Science continuum.

His major areas of interest include: Survival Analysis, Design of Clinical Trials, Epidemiological Methods, Statistical Modeling, Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Programmes, Research, Qualitative Methods, Training and Data analysis mentorship.

Collins is passionate about biomedical research and public health and has consistently used his networks and collaboration to enhance public health research

1. Collins Odhiambo, John Odhiambo and Bernard Omolo. A Smooth Test of Goodness-of-Fit for the Weibull Distribution: An Application to an HIV Retention Data. International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research. 2017; 6(1): 68-78. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2017.06.02.2

2. Collins Odhiambo, John Odhiambo and Bernard Omolo. Validation of the Smooth Test of Goodness-of-Fit for Proportional Hazards in Cancer Survival Studies. International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research. 2017; 6(2): 49-67. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2017.06.02.1

3. Collins Odhiambo, John Odhiambo and Bernard Omolo. A Smooth Test of Goodness-of-Fit Baseline Hazard for Time-To-First Occurrence in Recurrent Events: An Application to HIV Retention Data. International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2017.06.03.2

4. Pauline Nyathira Kamau, Lucy Muthoni & Collins Odhiambo. Modelling Factors Affecting Probability of Loan Default: A Quantitative Analysis of the Kenyan Students’ Loan. International Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications. Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2018, Pages: 29-37.

5. Odhiambo, C., & Kinoti, F. (2019). Evaluation and Comparison of Patterns of Maternal Complications Using Generalized Linear Models of Count Data Time Series. International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research, 8, 32-39. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2019.08.05

6. Sammy Mungasi, Collins Odhiambo. Comparison of Survival Analysis Approaches to Modelling Credit Risks, American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics. Vol. 8, No. 2, 2019, pp. 39-46. https://doi: 10.11648/j.ajtas.20190802.11

7. Collins Ojwang Odhiambo. Smooth Test of Goodness-of-Fit for Negative Binomial Distribution with Application to Unscheduled HIV Care Visits in a Tertiary Hospital. International Journal of Statistics in Medical and Biological Research. 2(1) Pages 1-7.

8. Collins Odhiambo,Mukami Joy Kareko. An Evaluation of Frequentist and Bayesian Approach to Geo-spatial Analysis of HIV Viral Load Suppression Data. International Journal of Statistics and Applications. 2019; 9(6): 171-179. https://doi:10.5923/j.statistics.20190906.01

9. Stephen O. Weunda, Collins Odhiambo and Idah Orowe. Data-Driven Longitudinal Model with Application to HIV Differentiated Care. International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research, 2019, 8(12), 89-97. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2019.08.12

10. Ejoku, Jonathan, Collins Odhiambo, and Linda Chaba. “Analysis of Recurrent Events with Associated Informative Censoring: Application to HIV Data.” International Journal 9 (2020): 21. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2020.09.03

11. Mecha, Jared O., Elizabeth N. Kubo, Collins O. Odhiambo, Freda G. Kinoti, Kennedy Njau, Gerald Yonga, and Elijah N. Ogola. “Burden of prehypertension among adults in Kenya: a retrospective analysis of findings from the Healthy Heart Africa (HHA) Programme.” BMC Public Health 20, no. 1 (2020): 1-6.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8363-z

12. Kibika, Stella, Collins Odhiambo, and Elphas Okango. “The Zero Inflated Negative Binomial-Shanker Distribution and Its Application to HIV Exposed Infant Data.” International Journal of Probability and Statistics.9(1): 7-13 (2020). https://10.5923/j.ijps.20200901.02

13. Jesang, Jean C., and Collins O. Odhiambo. “Assessing Efficient Risk Ratios: An Application to Surgical Stage Prediction in Cervical Cancer.” Open Journal of Statistics 10.2 (2020): 274-302.

Email Address: codhiambo@strathmore.edu
Telephone Number: + 254 703 034 104