CURRICULUM VITAE NAME GEORGE AYODO PHD PERSONAL DATA DATE OF BIRTH NOVEMBER 12TH, 1972 PLACE OF BIRTH SIAYA NATIONALITY KENYAN PROFESSION ACADEMIC STAFF P. O Box 210, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES, JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BONDO, CONTACT ADDRESS KENYA E. MAIL: [email protected] /[email protected] CELL PHONE: +254 737 773 914 / +254 712 176 738 1. SUMMARY OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching experience over 10 years a) PhD students Completed and in progress). 1) Nyangahu Ondigo Bartholomew PG/PHD/0108/2010 Validation of a cytometric multiplex assay and antibody responses to plasmodium falciparum antigens in the highlands of western Kenya during a period of low transmission 2) Ng’ong’a Otieno Gabriel H162/4542/2014 HIV-1 Drug resistance associated mutations among injecting drug users 3) PAUL MATHEWS OTIENO (H162/4108/2018) The Effects Of Integrated Home And Hospital Based Management On The Risk And Occurrence Of Hypertension And Related Morbidities Among Patients In Resource Limited Settings 4) ERIC OMOI MAYAKA (H162/4189/2018) Service Utilization And Effective Delivery Of Screening And Treatment For Cervical Cancer In Resource Limited Settings 5) MILKA AWUOR OGAYO (H162/4190/2018) Strengthening Community Based Interventions For Malnutrition And Diarrhea Among Children Under-Five Years In Informal Settlements. 6) WILFRED OBWAYA OBWOCHA (H162/4242/2018) Strengthening Utilization Of Quality Health Information In Implementing Health Strategic Plans To Reduce Maternal Morbidity And Mortality b) Master students (Completed) 1. OGWELA CARREN ATIENO (H132/4293/2016) Factors Influencing Utilization Of Antenatal Health Care Services At Migosi Sub-County Hospital, Kisumu County 2. CHRISTIAN BERNARD OCHIENG (H151/4436/2013) Modeling Socio-Economic Determinants Of Early Childhood Developmental Delays In Ugunja Sub-Location, Western Kenya 3. EMMANUEL GRIFFINS OUMA (H152/4070/2014) DETERMINANTS OF MOTHER-TO- CHILD HIV TRANSMISSION AMONG HIV EXPOSED INFANTS IN SIAYA COUNTY, RURAL WESTERN KENYA 4. GWER JUSTUS OGUTU H151/4212/2012 Evaluation Of The Interventions For Prevention And Control Of Diarrheal Diseases In Secondary Schools In Nyando Sub-County, Kisumu County, Kenya 5. COLLINS KIPKOSGEI KIRUI (H153/4488/2014) Knowledge, Practice, And Perception Of Health Care Workers Towards Diagnosis Of Childhood Tuberculosis: A Case Study Of Bureti Sub County, Kericho, Kenya 6. WILLIAM OKELLO OLAKA (H153/4154/2015) Determinants Of Health Seeking Behavior For Children Under Five Years With Malarial Fever In Mumias West Sub-County, Kakamega County, Kenya 1 | P a g e 7. Milka Awuor Ogayo (H153/4231/2014) Quality of health care services in Surgical-Orthopedic wards of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu county Kenya 8. Richard Nyamai (H153/4151/2015) Effect of timely treatment and effective utilization of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) on hospitalization of children under five years 9. Erick Omoi Mayaka H152/4243/2014 Cervical cancer screening uptake among women at Koginga fish landing site in Homa Bay county, Kenya 10. Wilfred Obwaya Obwocha H152/4062/2013 Utilization of healthcare information among healthcare workers in Gucha sub-county, Kisii county, Kenya 11. Brian Kedode Mwangi H153/4376/2014 Factors associated with default from tuberculosis treatment in Busia county 12. Jeremiah Oloo Okatch (H152/4094/13) Evaluation of the impact of health sector services fund on the quality of maternity services at the health centres in Kisii south sub-county, Kisii county, Kenya. 13. Godner Bwari Peter Determinants of cervical cancer screening practice among women of reproductive age in Nyaribari Chache sub-county 14. Elizabeth Achieng Kagombe H152/4227/2012 Impact of undernutrition on response to malaria treatments among children under five years in Ahero Sub-county hospital and Homabay county Hospital 15. Webala Akinyi Brenda i56/24062/2013 Prevalence of fetal hemoglobin and antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in sickle cell disease patients in western Kenya 16. Michael Kisongochi Walukhu i56/10017/07antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein and schizont extract in idividuals living at Kipsamoite, Nandi County, Kenya. 17. Onyango Elizabeth Opiyo (PG/MPH/013/09) Adherence to Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy (ACT) for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Southeast Alego, Karemo Division,Siaya District, Kenya c) External Examiner a) Maseno University, School of Biological Sciences /Public Health (Masters and PhD) b) Kenyatta University School of Medicine / Public Health (Masters and PhD) 2. EDUCATION Year (from – to) Degree, Institution 2009 – 2013 Post Doc (University of Minnesota / KEMRI)- Applied Epidemiology 2004-2009 PhD (Kenyatta University - Kenya / Harvard Medical School - USA)- Population Genetics 1995-1997 MSc (Guru Nanak Development University, India) – Human Genetics 1992-1995 BSc (Mohanlal Sukhadia University, India) – Zoology, Chemistry and Botany 3. CURRENT EMPLOYMENT AND POSITIONS PREVIOUSLY HELD Years since Company / Institution 2015 -To Date Senior Lecturer, Depatrment of Public Health, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology 2015-Todate Coordinator of Postgraduate program at School of Health Sciences in JOOUST 2009-2015 Consultant KEMRI / IndIana University Research Projects 2002-2003 Program Director, Indiana University and KEMRI research projects 2 | P a g e Forensic Analyst at Government Chemist Department, Kenya 4. AWARDS Year (from – to) Position, Project / Programme, Company / Institution / Client Description of roles and responsibilities 2017-2018 African leadership fellow, Cape Town University 2014-2015 Research fellow, Northern Pacific Global Health Research Fellows training consortium 2005-2007 Graduate Student fellowship at Harvard Medical School 5. TEACHING/COURSE COMPETENCY School/Institute Class/Discipline 2007-2009 Cell Biology, Biochemistry and General Genetics, School of Medical Sciences, Kenyatta University 2010-2014 Basic biostatistics and biometric, and medical instrumentation (Undergraduate level). Microbial Genetics and Research Methods (Postgraduate level) 2015 – to-date Research Methods, Epidemiologic methods, Microbial Genetics, Bioethics, Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases (Postgraduate level) Research Methods, critical thinking and academic writing, Basic Bio-statistics, Demograhy and Health (Undergraduate level) 6. OUTREACH ACTIVITIES Year Position/Programme/Institution 2015 -to-date Chairman, Board of management of Rarieda Secondary School, Siaya County 2015 –2018 Vice Chairman, Board of management of Mahaya Secondary School, Siaya County 7. CURRENT RESEARCH AND COLLABORATIONS (Past and Present) Years/Duration Position /Title / Sponsor 2018-2022 An investigator: Malaria transmission and immunology (MTI): Identifying risk factor for continued low malaria transmission in the highlands of western Kenya 2019-2022 An investigator: Adaptation of NIH toolbox pediatric cognitive tests for use in a pilot study to assess cognitive outcomes in asymptomatic malaria infections in western Kenya 2017-2020 An investigator: Archaeological and Genetic Approaches to Ancient East African Population Structure sponsored by Harvard University. 2017-2019 Co-PI: Understanding experiences of menstruation, fertility awareness, and perceptions of preterm birth among women and men in Western Kenya sponsored by Bill Gates and University of California. 2015-2018 Co-PI; Determining the prevalence and density of asymptomatic plasmodium 3 | P a g e falciparum infections in low and high transmission settings in Western Kenya: a pilot study to select appropriate sites for a mosquito infectivity study sponsored by Indiana University 2014-2015 PI: Interaction of iron deficiency and clinical malaria and other infections sponsored by Fogarty Fellowship Grant 2011- 2013 Co-PI: How does transmission of malaria transmission affect immune responses to P. falciparum and anemia? Sponsored by University of Minnesota, USA 2013-2016 Co-PI: Fetal 4aemoglobin expression; Decephering its role in malaria protection and also exploring it to identify Bio-markers for sickle cell disease. Sponsored by University of Montreal, Canada 2012-2016 Co-PI: The effect of HIV infection on malaria specific T and B cell responses in Western Kenya, Sponsored by NIH, USA 2014 2016 Co-PI; Development of termite harvester, NACOSTI, Kenya. 8. CONSULTANCIES / REVIEWER Year Position, Project / Programme, Company / Institution / Client from – to Description of roles and responsibilities 2015-Todate Reviewer KEMRI ethics committee, CGHR-Kisumu 2015 - Todate Consultant, Development of curriculum for Autistic children for Center for global health and child Development Kenya. 2015- Todate Reviewer for WACCBIP-DELTAS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2015- Todate Reviewer for the NACOSTI / NATIONAL RESEARCH FUND grant applications 2014- Todate Reviewer for African Society for Lab Medicine (ASLM) 9. TRAININGS /WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED 2018/9 only Nobv 2019 ASTMH Conference, Washington USA Nov 2019 Workshop to prepare malaria strategic plan 2019-2023, Nairobi Kenya July, 2018 Pretem birth conference, Nairobi, Kenya 10. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY (English, Kiswahili and Dholuo) 11. PUBLICATIONS 1. Karen E.S. Hamre, James S. Hodges, George Ayodo, Chandy C. John.“Spatial malaria incidence and intervention coverage before and after a 13-month period of possible interruption of clinical malaria in highland Kenya”. Accepted for publication AJTMH, 2020