Collins Odhiambo, BS, MSc, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Statistician
Research Services
Pediatrics
Pronouns: he/him/his
Contact
Building & Room:
A107H1
Address:
1 Illini Drive, Peoria, IL 61605
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Selected Publications
Ombajo, L.A., Penner, J., Nkuranga, J., Mecha, J., Mburu, M., Odhiambo, C., Ndinya, F., Aksam, R., Njenga, R., Wahome, S. and Muiruri, P., 2023. Second-Line Switch to Dolutegravir for Treatment of HIV Infection. New England Journal of Medicine, 388(25), pp.2349-2359. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2210005
Mecha, J.O., Kubo, E.N., Odhiambo, C.O., Kinoti, F.G., Njau, K., Yonga, G. and Ogola, E.N., 2020. Burden of prehypertension among adults in Kenya: a retrospective analysis of findings from the Healthy Heart Africa (HHA) Programme. BMC public health, 20, pp.1-6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8363-z
Awuor Okello, S., Otieno Omondi, E., & Odhiambo, C. O. (2023). Improving performance of hurdle models using rare-event weighted logistic regression: an application to maternal mortality data. Royal Society Open Science, 10(8), 221226. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221226
Ejoku, J., Odhiambo, C., & Chaba, L. (2020). Analysis of recurrent events with associated informative censoring: Application to HIV data. International Journal, 9, 21. Int. J. Stats. Med. Res. 2020; 9: 20-27. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2020.09.03
Malulu, J.M., Odhiambo, C., (2022). Application of Semi-Markov Process For Model Incremental Change in HIV Staging with Cost Effect. International Journal, 9, 21. Int. J. Stats. Med. Res. 2022. 11, Pages 97-104. Publisher: Lifescience Global. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2022.11.12 Jesang, J. C., & Odhiambo, C. O. (2020).
Education
The post-doctoral fellowship in Biostatistics. Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Johns Hopkins University and Medicine, Maryland, United States, 2021.
PhD in Applied Statistics. Strathmore Institute of Mathematical Sciences (SIMS), Strathmore University. Kenya, 2017.
Master of Science in Biometry. School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi. Kenya, 2011.
Bachelor of Science in Applied statistics. Department of Applied Statistics, Maseno University. Kenya, 2006.
Licensures and Certifications
Faculty: University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria (Peoria, IL)
Professional Memberships
International Biometric Society (IBS), American Statistical Association (ASA), International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB)
Selected Presentations
31st International Biometric Conference Riga, Latvia. 10 to 16 July, 2022. Contributed Oral Presentation: Using Semi-Markov Process to Model Incremental Change in HIV Staging with Cost Effect.
3rd United Nations, World Data Forum 2021 in Bern, Switzerland. 3rd to 6th October 2021. Contributed Oral Presentation for Data Story: Project on HIV/TB Coinfection in Kenya in 2020.
62nd ISI World Statistics Congress. 18-23 August 2019. Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia. Contributed Poster presentation: Evaluation and Comparison of Patterns of Maternal Complications Using Generalized Linear Models of Count Data Time Series.
Joint International Society for Clinical Biostatistics and Australian Statistical Conference 2018. Melbourne, Australia on 26 – 30 August 2018. Contributed Oral Presentation: Evaluating The Effects of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) on HIV/AIDS Disease Progression Using Non-Homogeneous Semi-Markov Process.
12th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS), American Statistical Association. Charleston, SC 29403. United States. January 10, 2018 through Friday, January 12, 2018. Contributed Poster Presentation: Assessing changing Health Policy on HIV Treatment for Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission in Kenya.
61st World Statistics Congress, Marrakesh, Morocco. 16-21 July 2017. Contributed Oral presentation: Validation of the Smooth Test of Goodness-of-Fit for Proportional Hazards in Cancer Survival Studies.
International Conference on Statistical Distributions and Applications, Oct. 14-16, 2016, at Crowne Plaza, Niagara Falls, Canada. Contributed Poster Presentation: Smooth Test of Goodness-of-fit for the Weibull Distribution: An Application to an HIV Retention Data.
2nd Penn State Conference on Data-Driven Development in Africa. Workshop contributed oral presentation, May 10th to 13th May at University Park, Pennsylvania, United States. Topic: Handling Missing Data in Public Heath: Case of Practical Contraceptive Data in Kenya.
The XXVIIIth International Biometric Conference, Victoria Convention Centre, Victoria, Canada. 10 - 15 July, 2016. Contributed Poster Presentation: A Smooth Test of Goodness-of-fit for the Weibull Distribution: An Application to an HIV Retention Data.
The XXVIIth International Biometric Conference, Florence, Italy. July 6-11, 2014. Contributed Poster presentation: Smooth Test of Goodness-of-Fit for Baseline Hazard in Recurrent events.
Research Currently in Progress
- Childhood Obesity Management: A quality improvement project focusing on phenotypic analysis of pediatric obesity.
- ROP Screening Tools Validation: Comparing various screening to improve screening protocols, using both machine learning and statistical approaches.
- Pediatric Reference HR measures using Meta-analysis for infants, children, and adolescents.
- Septic Shock and Antibiotic Timing Study: Evaluating the various antibiotic administration and outcomes in pediatric septic shock.
- Deep Learning in Disease and Entomology Studies: Exploring deep learning algorithms in disease diagnostics and entomological research.