Ms. Evalyne Nduvi Musyoka
Junior Research Fellow
evalyne.musyoka@zetech.ac.ke
- 2025 – Date: PhD in Applied Statistics (ongoing), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).
- 2022 – 2023: MSc in Applied Statistics, JKUAT.
- 2014 – 2018: BSc in Actuarial Science, University of Eldoret
- 2024 – Date: Research Assistant, Africa Centre for Data Analytics and Modelling (ACDAM), Zetech University – supporting research proposal development and funding management, research design and data collection, data analysis and reporting, stakeholder engagement, and capacity building and mentorship of students and staff.
- 2022 – 2024: Data Analyst and Research Assistant, Centre for Health Analytics and Modelling (CHAM), Strathmore University, in collaboration with NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
- 2023 – 2024: Consultancy, E-Bridge – supported technical proposal development and data analysis for predictive statistical models linking Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) signals with Indicator-Based Surveillance (IBS)-tracked diseases in Kenya.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- Statistical Society of Kenya
Journals
- Mwalili, S., Gathungu, D., Chemutai, J., Musyoka, E., Bridenbecker, D., Kirkman, C., Kaftan, D., Kim, H.-Y., Platais, I., & Bershteyn, A. (2025). Estimated contributions and future mitigation strategies for HIV risk around funeral practices in western Kenya: a mathematical modeling study. BMC Medicine, 23, 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-03907-4
- Musyoka, E., Mwalili, S., & Malenje, B. (2023). Bayesian spatio-temporal models for the incidence of malaria using time dependent covariates. International Journal of Data Science and Analysis, 9(3), 60–66.
GRANTS
- July 2026 - Co-applicant, LMS Mathematics in Africa grant for the conference ‘Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases’ (Ref: MA-2526-39)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Probability and statistics (theory and application);
- Bayesian and computational analysis of biomedical data;
- survival and epidemiological analysis.
conference papers
- June 2026: Research and Innovation Week, Zetech University.
- January 2026: Advancing Collaborative Research in HIV, STIs, and Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of Nairobi.
- September 2025: Summer School on Mathematical Modelling for Infectious Diseases, Zetech University.