D-SINE Africa’s Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC) serves as a resource for facilitating and supporting effective data collection, management and analysis across D-SINE Africa for both existing data and the development of new datasets through D-SINE Africa. In keeping with D- SINE’s and DS-I Africa’s training mission, the DMAC will also help to foster good data collection, data management, and reproducible and transparent research practices among junior investigators within D-SINE Africa.

The interventions of the DMAC to the Center and to the larger DS-I Africa initiative is essential for monitoring and informed decision making at different levels. The support the DMAC provides to the Center and to the larger DS-I Africa initiative is best summarized via the following Specific Aims:

• SPECIFIC AIM 1
  

  Provide data quality assurance and quality control to D-SINE Africa Cores, projects, and partners.

• SPECIFIC AIM 2
  

  Manage and coordinate data systems across the D-SINE and DS-I Africa Consortium.

• SPECIFIC AIM 3
  

  Support and develop data science methodology for D-SINE Africa’s projects, partners, and trainees.

DMAC Team

The Data Management and Analysis Core is co-led by Dr. Nguefack-Tsague, Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon, with affiliate faculty positions at AIMS-Cameroon and at the University of Buea, and Dr. Alan Hubbard, Professor of Biostatistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Other staff provide support in different capacities.

Dr. Alan Hubbard

University of California Berkeley, CORE 2 LEAD

Dr. Nguefack Tsague Georges

University of Yaounde 1, CMR CORE 2 CO-LEAD

Prof. Mama FOUPOUAGNIGNI

AIMS Cameroon CORE 2 LEAD

Machekano Rhoderick

Stellenbosch University DMAC Data Nalyst

Dr. Njouendou Abdel J.

University of Buea CMR, DATA MANAGER

M. NGAN GWET Fridolin Franklin

University of Buea CMR, IT MANAGER