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D-SINE AFRICA | Data Science for Health in Africa

D-SINE Africa

Our long-term goal is to improve health equity.

As health disparities widen globally, achieving improvements in health equity between and within regions is an urgent priority.

Call +237 675 580 555

SEED GRANT FUNDING

This Seed Grant Funding opportunity aims to support investigators interested in data science applications to trauma, surgical and health equity.

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JOB OPPORTUNITY Field Supervisor

Call for applications for the job position of Trauma Registry and Research Projects Field Supervisor

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JOB OPPORTUNITY m-Health Research Assistant in Limbe

Call for applications for the job position of m-Health Research Assistant in Limbe

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D-SINE Africa Overview

The Data Science Center for the Study of Surgery, Injury, and Equity in Africa (D-SINE Africa) is a strategic partnership between the University of Buea (Buea), the University of California (Los Angeles (UCLA) and Berkeley), The Ministry of Public Health in Cameroon (MoPH), the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cameroon (AIMS Cameroon), and the University of Cape Town in South Africa (UCT). We have partners from the Congo-Basin Institute in Cameroon, researchers from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda, and the UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services.  This coalition is built upon a long-standing collaboration between Buea and UCLA focused on decreasing the burden of surgical diseases in Cameroon and other sub- Saharan African (SSA) countries.

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Harnessing Data Science to Promote Equity in Injury and Surgery for Africa: Data Science Center for the Study of Surgery, Injury, and Equity in Africa – D-SINE-Africa

Injuries and other surgically treated diseases comprise a significant burden of disease in Cameroon and other sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries with deep inequities that are particularly unmasked in acute care settings. D-SINE Africa Hub will focus on the intersection between injury and equity, leveraging data science to decrease the impact of trauma, surgical disease, and disparities on the population of Cameroon and SSA by promoting collaborative research, networking, and capacity building with an emphasis on equity.

D-SINE Africa Hub

Project 1 EQUITY SURVEILLANCE

MPIs
Dr. Nguefack Georges (UB, AIMS)
Dr. Alan Hubbard (UCB)

CO-INVESTIGATORS
Dr. Salome Maswime (UCT)
Dr. Catherine Juillard (UCLA)
Dr. Fanny Dissack-Delon (MOPH)

Project 2 TRAUMA OUTCOMES PREDICTION

MPIs
Dr. Catherine Juillard (UCLA)
Prof. Chichom Mefire Alain (UB)

CO-INVESTIGATORS
Assoc. Prof Tendongfor Nicholas (UB)
Dr. Sandy McCoy (UCB)
Dr. Alan Hubbard (UCB)
Dr. Sithombo Maqungo (UCT)
Dr. Fanny Dissack-Delon (MOPH)

3 FUTURE PROJECTS

1) SEED GRANT PROJECTS
2) CENTER PROJECTS
3) DS-I CONSORTIUM PROJECTS

SEED GRANT ADMINISTRATION
Program Officer : Prof. Lucy Ndip (UB)
Dr. Sandy McCoy (UCB)
Prof. Alain Chichom (UB)
Mr. Esoh Nnoko (UB)

Project 1: HEALTH EQUITY SURVEILLANCE

The overall objective is to apply A novel cluster-based algorithm to estimate socio-economic status for health equity surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa.

Our long-term goal is to improve health equity.

Currently, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), health equity surveillance is not regularly implemented, in large part due to the difficulty in measuring socioeconomic status (SES). The lack of a quick, reliable metric of SES severely hinders researchers’ ability to study and reduce health disparities.

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Project 2:
TRAUMA OUTCOMES PREDICTION

Using data-adaptive methods to optimize follow up of injured patients after hospital discharge in Cameroon.

Our long-term goal is to significantly improve health in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Approximately 9% of the world’s deaths, more than 5 million deaths annually, are due to injury.

The research and funding investment in the study of injury is not commensurate to the magnitude of the problem. The people of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are disproportionately affected by injury. To significantly improve the health in SSA, there is an urgent need for effective, innovative, and scalable approaches to reduce morbidity and mortality from injury.

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