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Barrack Omondi
Barrack
Omondi
Software Engineer
Research Theme
Malaria
Medicine quality
Chagas
Schistosomiasis & STHs
Visceral leishmaniasis
COVID19
WWARN

Barrack's role with IDDO entails web application development and providing system support to the team.

He previously worked as Database Administrator at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust providing software development and data support for Clinical Trial Projects.

Barrack holds a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science.

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Tony Henry Oduor
Tony Henry
Oduor
Data Manager
Research Theme
Malaria
COVID19
Chagas
Schistosomiasis & STHs
Visceral leishmaniasis
Antimicrobial resistance
WWARN

Tony joined IDDO as a Data Manager in January 2023. He works to transform and curate data sets submitted to IDDO and to preserve the completeness and accuracy of the data stored within the IDDO repository.

Prior to joining IDDO he worked on studies of acute HIV infections, HIV-exposed sero-negatives, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) which were conducted at a satellite KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme-clinic in Mtwapa, and Community HIV Centre, in Kilifi Kenya. In his most recent role, he was managing data on COVID-19 related studies.

Tony holds a Bachelors in Applied Statistics with Computing from the University of Eldoret, Kenya.

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Rhys Peploe
Rhys
Peploe
Statistician
Research Theme
Visceral leishmaniasis
Malaria
WWARN

Rhys joined IDDO in January 2023. In the role of Statistician, he collaborates with IDDO Scientists to create analysis datasets and agile code, transforming data from the CDISC SDTM standard to formats easily usable for further research. In addition, he provides statistical support to projects across a variety of disease themes and contributes to the development of an efficient data pipeline.

Prior to working in Oxford, Rhys spent five years at Lancaster University completing a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics with Statistics (with Placement Year) and a Master’s in Data Science. During which he was President of the Lancaster Student Scout and Guide Organisation (SSAGO), spent his placement year with IBM as a Financial Analyst, played Rugby Union for the university and served as Student Trustee of the Student’s Union.

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Martial Battain
Martial
Battain
Software Engineer
Research Theme
Malaria
Schistosomiasis & STHs
COVID19
Medicine quality
Visceral leishmaniasis
Chagas
WWARN

Martial Battain joined the IDDO informatics teams as senior software engineer in 2022.

Martial has a Masters degree in Engineering and prior to joining IDDO he was a freelancer, building web applications.

As part of the Informatics team he's in charge of the design and implementation of web applications to support the scientific needs.

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Dr James Wilson
Dr
James
Wilson
PhD Student
IDDO
Research Theme
Visceral leishmaniasis

Dr James Wilson is an infectious diseases and internal medicine physician in the UK. In October 2022 he started a PhD with the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory and the Oxford Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health. Under the supervision of Professor Philippe Guerin, Dr Kasia Stepniewska and Dr Prabin Dahal, his PhD will explore clinical trial data in visceral leishmaniasis, specifically the application of individual-patient data (IPD) meta-analysis to better understand heterogeneity in patient outcomes.

James obtained his undergraduate degree in physics at Oxford University before completing a masters in medical statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and graduate entry medicine at Warwick University (MbChB). He has subsequently been working as a clinician in London and Manchester, during which time he has completed a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene (DTM&H) and spent time investigating novel TB diagnostics in Perú.

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Cathrin Hauk
Dr
Cathrin
Hauk
Research pharmacist
Research Theme
Medicine quality

Dr Cathrin Hauk joined IDDO’s Medicine Quality Research Group as a research pharmacist in 2022. She coordinates the FORESFA (Forensic epidemiology and impact of substandard and falsified antimicrobials on public health).

Cathrin studied pharmacy and obtained a MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies at the University of Tübingen, Germany. During her PhD, her research focused on the quality of medicines in low- and middle-income countries and on detection methods for substandard and falsified medicines. She also taught pharmacy students and was involved in organising the course "Pharmacy in Global Health" at the Pharmaceutical Institute of the University of Tübingen.

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Rutuja Chhajed
Rutuja
Chhajed
Scientific Coordinator (Delhi, India)
Research Theme
Visceral leishmaniasis
Trachoma

Rutuja is a Biomedical Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology and has recently finished her MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine at the University of Oxford.

Rutuja has worked at the intersection of engineering, data science and public health on projects ranging from developing health monitoring systems for neonates in rural settings to tools like fortification simulation dashboards for the Indian government.

She is currently working with the Infectious Disease Data Observatory (IDDO), University of Oxford, as a Scientific Coordinator based in New Delhi, on its research activities on visceral leishmaniasis (VL), lymphatic filariasis and malaria. She is also working with the science team supporting research activities in VL, in statistical analysis of the clinical trials data to address knowledge gaps in VL diagnosis and treatment.

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Dr
Hannah
Jauncey
Data Engineer
Research Theme
Chagas
Visceral leishmaniasis
Malaria
Ebola
Schistosomiasis & STHs
COVID19
WWARN

Hannah joined IDDO in September 2021. As a Data Manager, her role is centred around the management and curation of the diverse clinical and epidemiological data sets which are submitted to IDDO.

Prior to joining IDDO, Hannah has worked as a doctor for the NHS and completed a Master’s in Global Health Science and Epidemiology at the University of Oxford.

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Sean Hackett
Sean
Hackett
Data Manager
Research Theme
Ebola
Chagas
Visceral leishmaniasis
COVID19
Malaria
Schistosomiasis & STHs
Antimicrobial resistance
WWARN

Sean joined IDDO as a Data Manager in October 2021. He works to transform and curate data sets submitted to IDDO and to preserve the completeness and accuracy of the data stored within the IDDO repository. 

Prior to joining IDDO he worked at Oxford University’s Big Data Institute as a Data Analyst for the Global Resistance to Antimicrobials (GRAM) project.

Sean holds a DPhil in Zoology from Oxford University for which he created optimisation models for the management of insecticide resistance in crop feeding insects.

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Dr Cintia Cruz
Dr
Cintia
Cruz
Research Theme
Chagas

Cintia joined IDDO in 2021 to work with the Chagas Platform as a Scientific Advisor.

Cintia is a paediatrician and clinical pharmacology specialty doctor fully trained in Argentina. She is currently doing her Dphil in Clinical Medicine at the Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM) as a part of CHARM: Chagas Pharmacometric Platform looking for pharmacometric determinants of treatment efficacy.