Staff Profiles

Dr. Annette W. Okoth

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Department of Mathematics

School of Natural Sciences

P.O. Box 190-50100

Kakamega, KENYA

Office no. SPD Block A Room 303

Kakamega-Webuye Road

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 ResearcherID : AAU-9437-2021

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7222-5239

Dr. Annette W. Okoth is a Lecturer, Researcher, Expert in Data Analytics & Statistical Modeling, STEM Champion, Mentor & Science Leadership Coach. She teaches Statistics at the Department of Mathematics, Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology.
She holds a PhD in Statistics from Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology, her research area being Statistical modeling.
Given the multidisciplinary nature of Statistics, her research focuses on a number of thematic areas, including health, education, gender, food security and Climate Change. She is establishing herself in Health related Research, as most of her current projects are in this area. Annette is a Career, Leadership and Personal Growth Coach at both individual and Organizational levels. She has facilitated various career and leadership workshops for Students, Educators, Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and corporates. She facilitates with Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) and Inclusive Innovation.
Being passionate about sound leadership, Annette is involved in mentorship, especially for the youth, with the view to empowering them with leadership skills. As a Scientist and knowing the challenges that youth, especially girls face in charting their career paths in Science, she is always there to help them make informed choices on matters of careers and life.
She is the Chapter Secretary, African Women in Science & Engineering (AWSE), Western – MMUST Chapter.
She organizes and executes outreach activities to schools where she mentors, does academic coaching and speaks passionately to students on the need to excel in STEM Subjects.
She has a number of publications in refereed journals in her area of expertise.
Her current projects include:
i. Using System Dynamics to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Community Health Promoters in kenya.
ii. Mathematical Modeling for Mental Health: Women DErive MAthematical ModeLs For MenTal HealtH (WEALTH)
iii. Gender Equality for Employability Through Entrepreneurship in STEM (GEEES)
iv. System Dynamics Modeling for Effective Management of Sexual and Reproductive Health Behaviour Among Adolescent Girls in Kenya.
v. Empowering Future Educators: Enhancing 21st Century Skills through STEM Education in Kenya and Somalia.

A. AWARDS/GRANTS
1. 2025 – MMUST Workshop Grant, for training Early Career Researchers on Science Leadership.
2. 2024 – WHO Grant, Using System Dynamics to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Community Health Promoters in kenya.
3. 2024 – Africa Science Leadership Programme Workshop Grant, for training Early Career Researchers on Science Leadership.
4. 2023 – Africa Science Leadership Programme Training Award, Training for Facilitators (ToF)
5. 2023 – Africa Research Excellence Fund Training Award – Essential Grant Writing Skills Programme: September to November, 2023.
6. 2021 – Africa Science Leadership Programme Training Award, 2021/2022
7. 2017 – Joint ISI – IBS Young Statisticians’ Award for 2017 World Statistics Congress
8. 2017 – National Research Fund (NRF)– PhD Award (2017) for the project titled “Construction and analysis of a Multi-stage Adaptive Pool testing model for estimating Prevalence of a Trait in the presence of Test Errors.”
9. 2011 – National Council of Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) Research Fund – MSc. Award (2011) for the project titled “A generalised Two-Stage Adaptive Pool Screening Procedure with Imperfect Tests.”

 

School and Department
School of Natural Sciences, Department of Mathematics

Expertise and Research Interests
 Statistical Modeling
 Development of data collection tools
 Quantitative & Qualitative Data Analysis & Report writing (Stata, SPSS, Excel, R)
 Mathematical/Statistical Programming (Latex, Matlab, Marple, Mathematica)

Academic and Professional Qualifications
 2018 Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics – Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
 2012 Master of Science in Statistics – Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
 1998 Bachelor of Education (Science – Mathematics & chemistry) – Egerton University

Membership to Professional and other Associations
• Steering Committee Member, The African STACK Community Leadership Committee
• Member – Kenya National Statistical Society
• Member – International Biometrics Society [IBS] ID NO: 1293208
• Member – International Statistical Institute [ISI] ID NO: 18751
• Member – Young Statisticians - ISI

Some of her publications:

  1. Job Lusweti, Annette Okoth. Canonical Correlation in Modeling Short Term Expenditure versus Poverty Levels in Informal Settlements. Publishe on 3ist Augast 2023 in MEJ (Mathematics Education Journal). DOI: https://doi.org/10.22219/mej.v7i2.28091
  2. Patrick Odhiambo, Harrison Okello, Annette Wakaanya, Clabe Wekesa and Patrick Okoth. Mutational signatures for breast cancer diagnosis using artificial intelligence.Published on May 2023 in Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43046-023-00173-4
  3. Lucy Mandillah, Annette Okoth, Pamela Buhere, Lydia Anyonje, Christine Wanjala, James Bill Ouda, Judith Achoka. Gender inclusion in research among academic members of staff: Lessons from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya. Published on 13th April 2023 in Nairobi Journal of Humanities and social sciences.DOI: https://doi.org/10.58256/njhs.v7i2.1094
  4. Ratip A. O., Okoth A. W., Wanyonyi Ronald. W. A GENERALISED REGRESSION NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR MAIZE PRODUCTION IN TRANS-NZOIA COUNTY.
    [International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology (IJMTT)] Volume 65 Issue 10 – October 2019. DOI:https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V65I10P508
  5. Oduori Victor, Okoth Annette. W., Wanyonyi R. W. THREE STAGE ADAPTIVE BATCH TESTING MODEL FOR ESTIMATING PREVALENCE OF A TRAIT WITHOUT TRUNCATION.
    [International Organization of Scientific Research-Journal of Mathematics]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.9790/5728-1505041927
    e-ISSN: 2278-5728, p-ISSN: 2319-765X. Volume 15, Issue 5 Ser. IV (Sept – Oct 2019), PP 19-27
  6.  Okoth A. W. TWO-STAGE ADAPTIVE POOL TESTING WITH ERRORS IN INSPECTION [International Organization of Scientific Research - Journal of Mathematics]
    e-ISSN: 2278-5728, p-ISSN: 2319-765X. Volume 15, Issue 3 Ser. III (May – June 2019), PP 29-37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.9790/5728-1503032937.
  7. Okoth A. W. A MULTI-STAGE ADAPTIVE POOL TESTING MODEL WITH TEST ERRORS VIS-À-VIS THE NON-ADAPTIVE MODEL WITHOUT TEST ERRORS [International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology (IJMTT)]Volume 65 Issue 3 - March 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.9790/5728-1301024355
  8. Okoth A. W. , Nyongesa L. K. & Kwach B. O. A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN A MULTI-STAGE ADAPTIVE POOL TESTING MODEL WITHOUT TEST ERRORS AND THE NON-ADAPTIVE MODEL [International Journal of Applied Mathematical Research]  6 (3) (2017) 93-97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14419/ijamr.v6i3.7802,
  9. Okoth A. W., Nyongesa L. K. & Kwach B. O. MULTI-STAGE ADAPTIVE POOL TESTING MODEL WITH TEST ERRORS; IMPROVED EFFECIENCY [International Organization of Scientific Research - Journal of Mathematics] e-ISSN: 2278-5728, p-ISSN: 2319-765X. Volume 13, Issue 1 Ver. II (Jan. - Feb. 2017), PP 43-55. DOI:https://doi.org/10.9790/5728-1301024355
  10. Okoth A. W., Nyongesa L. K. & Simwa R. O. ESTIMATION OF PREVALENCE IN THE TWO-STAGE ADAPTIVE GROUP TESTING WITH ALLOWANCE FOR ERRORS [International Journal of Emerging Technology & Research] ISSN (E): 2347-5900 ISSN (P): 2347-6079, Volume 3, Issue 4, July - August, 2016.

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