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ResearcherID: G-2138-2017
Scopus Author ID: 57211509067

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Spatiotemporal Modelling, Bayesian Inference, Mathematical Modeling, Data Science, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Agent Based Modeling

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Kenya

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Employment (12)

United States International University Africa: Nairobi, KE

2024-01-02 to present | Assistant Professor (School of Science and Technology | Department of Data Science and Analytics)
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Verrah Otiende

Collaboration for the Establishment of African Population Cohorts Consortium (CE-APCC): Nairobi, Nairobi, KE

2023-07-01 to 2024-07-31 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Data and Methodology Workstream)
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Verrah Otiende

Tom Mboya University (TMU): Homabay, Homabay, KE

2021-08-26 to 2023-12-31 | Lecturer (Faculty of Biological and Physical Sciences)
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Verrah Otiende

United States International University Africa: Nairobi, KE

2020-01-06 to 2023-12-31 | Adjunct Faculty (School of Science and Technology | Computing Department)
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Verrah Otiende

Certara (United States): St Louis, Missouri, US

2022-01-10 to 2022-12-31 | Post-doctoral Fellow (Applied Pharmacometrics)
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Verrah Otiende

African Research and Impact Network (ARIN): Nairobi, Nairobi, KE

2021-04-01 to 2021-09-30 | Research Fellow
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Verrah Otiende

Technical University of Kenya: Nairobi, KE

2018-09-03 to 2020-08-31 | Sessional Assistant Lecturer (Statistics and Actuarial Sciences)
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Verrah Otiende

Center for International Forestry Research: Nairobi, Nairobi, KE

2017-11-07 to 2018-06-30 | Consultant Qualitative Researcher - Water Towers Project
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Verrah Otiende

African Population and Health Research Center: Nairobi, KE

2017-02-06 to 2017-02-31 | Consultant Data Analyst (Health Challenges and Systems [HCS])
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Verrah Otiende

World Agroforestry Centre: Nairobi, KE

2015-09-02 to 2016-07-31 | Research Consultant (Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAf))
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Verrah Otiende

World Agroforestry Centre: Nairobi, KE

2013-03-01 to 2015-06-30 | Junior Research Scientist (Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAf))
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Verrah Otiende

World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF): Nairobi, KE

2010-03-03 to 2013-02-28 | Graduate fellow (East Africa region)
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Verrah Otiende

Education and qualifications (3)

Pan African University Institute of Basic Sciences Technology and Innovation: Nairobi, Nairobi, KE

2015-02-10 to 2020-01-28 | PhD Mathematical Statistics (Mathematics)
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Verrah Otiende

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology: Nairobi, KE

2011-02-14 to 2013-07-31 | MSc. Research Methodology
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Verrah Otiende

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology: Nairobi, KE

2005-08-11 to 2010-06-30 | BSc. Mathematics (Statistics Option) and Computer Science (Mathematics)
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Verrah Otiende

Funding (4)

3rd SIMC 2015

2015-08 to 2015-08 | Award
Kenya National Commission for UNESCO (Nairobi, KE)
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Verrah Otiende

PhD Mathematical Statistics

2015-02 to 2018-01 | Award
African Union Commission (Addis Ababa, Sub-saharan Africa, ET)
GRANT_NUMBER: PAU/ADM/PAUISTI/38
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Verrah Otiende

Dissemination Grants for MSc Research Study

2013-04 to 2013-09 | Award
RUFORUM FAPA (Kampala, Sub-saharan Africa, UG)
GRANT_NUMBER: RU/2013/FAPA/025
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Verrah Otiende

MSc. Research Methods

2011-02 to 2013-07 | Award
RUFORUM (Kampala, Sub-saharan Africa, UG)
GRANT_NUMBER: RM/GF/M/10
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Verrah Otiende

Works (17)

Masakhaner: Named entity recognition for african languages

Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1162/tacl_a_00416
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2-s2.0-85119703625

Part of ISSN: 2307387X
Contributors: Adelani, D.I.; Abbott, J.; Neubig, G.; D’souza, D.; Kreutzer, J.; Lignos, C.; Palen-Michel, C.; Buzaaba, H.; Rijhwani, S.; Ruder, S. et al.
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Verrah Otiende via Scopus - Elsevier

MasakhaNER: Named entity recognition for African languages

arXiv
2021 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85112688654

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Adelani, D.I.; Abbott, J.; Neubig, G.; D'souza, D.; Kreutzer, J.; Lignos, C.; PalenMichel, C.; Buzaaba, H.; Rijhwani, S.; Ruder, S. et al.
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Verrah Otiende via Scopus - Elsevier

Bayesian hierarchical modeling of joint spatiotemporal risk patterns for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Tuberculosis (TB) in Kenya

PLOS ONE
2020-07-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234456
Contributors: Verrah A. Otiende; Eric Forgoston; Thomas N. Achia; Henry G. Mwambi
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Bayesian hierarchical modeling of joint spatiotemporal risk patterns for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Tuberculosis (TB) in Kenya

2020-01-27 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2020.01.22.20018390
Contributors: Verrah A. Otiende; Thomas N. Achia; Henry G. Mwambi
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Bayesian modeling of spatiotemporal patterns of TB-HIV co-infection risk in Kenya

BMC Infectious Diseases
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4540-z
Contributors: Verrah Otiende; Thomas Achia; Henry Mwambi
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Bayesian Modeling of Spatiotemporal patterns of TB-HIV co-infection risk in Kenya

2019-10-22 | Preprint
DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.9411/v3
Contributors: Verrah A Otiende; Thomas N O Achia; Henry G Mwambi
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Bayesian Modeling of Spatiotemporal patterns of TB-HIV co-infection risk in Kenya

2019-09-24 | Preprint
DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.9411/v2
Contributors: Verrah A Otiende; Thomas N O Achia; Henry G Mwambi
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Bayesian Modeling of Spatiotemporal patterns of TB-HIV co-infection risk in Kenya

2019-05-02 | Preprint
DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.9411/v1
Contributors: Verrah A Otiende; Thomas N O Achia; Henry G Mwambi
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Bee diversity and floral resources along a disturbance gradient in Kaya Muhaka Forest and surrounding farmlands of coastal Kenya

Journal of Pollination Ecology
2017 | Journal article
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Verrah Otiende

Natural resource integrity: A resilient community on the degraded slopes of Mount Elgon takes on mending its broken landscape

International Livestock Research Institute and World Agroforestry Centre for the Humidtropics CGIAR Research Program
2016 | Other
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Verrah Otiende

Replication Data for: Can gender appreciation of trees enhance landscape multifunctionality? A case of smallholder farming systems on Mount Elgon

Harvard Dataverse
2016 | Dataset
DOI: 10.7910/DVN/SCKGMV
Contributors: Bourne, Mieke (World Agroforestry Centre); Kimaiyo, Joan (World Agroforestry Centre); Tanui, Joseph (World Agroforestry Centre); Catacutan, Delia (World Agroforestry Centre); Otiende, Verrah (World Agroforestry Centre)
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Can gender appreciation of trees enhance landscape multifunctionality? A case of smallholder farming systems on Mount Elgon

International Forestry Review
2015 | Journal article
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Verrah Otiende

Baseline information on Rural instirurions in East Africa Region

World Agroforestry Centre
2014 | Other
DOI: 10.7910/DVN/25338
Contributors: Joseph Tanui
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Fostering collective action at landscape level: Success factors of smallholder innovation platforms in the Eastern Highlands of Kenya and Uganda

World Agroforestry Centre
2014 | Other
DOI: 10.7910/DVN/27888
Contributors: Verrah Otiende
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Fostering collective action at landscape levels: Success factors of smallholder innovation platforms in the Eastern highlands of Kenya and Uganda

African Journal of Agricultural Economics and rural development
2014 | Journal article
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Verrah Otiende

Maturity Assessment Validation Survey Data

World Agroforestry Centre
2014 | Other
DOI: 10.7910/DVN/27592
Contributors: Joseph Tanui
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Return on Investment of RWH technologies in dryland areas of Eastern region of Kenya

Harvard Dataverse
2014 | Other
DOI: 10.7910/DVN/27800
Contributors: Mwetu, Kennedy (Kenyatta University); Gerard, Andrew (Global Knowledge Initiative); Malesu, Maimbo (World Agroforestry Centre); O'Neill, Mick (New Mexico State University); Muriuki, Jonathan (World Agroforestry Centre); Oduor, Alex (World Agroforestry Centre); Danga, Benjamin (Kenyatta University); Kariuki, Patrick (South Eastern University College); Otiende, Verrah (World Agroforestry Centre); Baraka, Paul (World Agroforestry Centre)
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Peer review (15 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for Infectious diseases of poverty. (6)
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