Research and collaborations

Biostatistics, population dynamics and health data science

Research themes

Theme Questions and methods
Infectious disease modelling Malaria, COVID-19 and public health preparedness
Distribution theory Probability models, lifetime distributions and statistical properties
Population and demography Nonlinear growth, mortality and demographic processes
Environmental and forest biometrics Tree growth, wood volume, biomass and environmental analysis
Health data science Predictive modelling, machine learning and public health information
Policy and programme evaluation Surveys, monitoring and evidence-based performance evaluation

Selected research programmes

The July 2026 CV describes participation in ARISE adolescent health research, DSI-Africa, the Africa-Canada AI and Data Innovation Consortium, and research on school vulnerability and mass abduction in Nigeria.

It also records an ALC Early Career Fellowship for 2025–2027 on asset-based, impact-driven modelling for leishmaniasis control in Africa. Project descriptions here reflect that CV snapshot.

Selected publications

The following entries are taken from the supplied CV. See the linked academic profiles for the wider publication record.

  • Oyamakin, S. O., Chukwu, A. U., & Shittu, O. I. (2023). Probing extracts of data for evidence-based monitoring and evaluation of government programmes in Oyo State Nigeria. Biometrics & Biostatistics International Journal, 12(5), 165–186. DOI: 10.15406/bbij.2023.12.00400.
  • Oyamakin, S. O., & Azeez, B. Y. (2024). Modelling malaria elimination in Nigeria: Modified SEIR–SEI model with intervention effectiveness analysis. Annals of Medicine and Medical Research, 7, 1072.
  • Oyamakin, S. O., Onikede, I. O., & Baruwa, M. D. (2024). A predictive analytics approach to under-five mortality measures for improving child health outcomes. International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics Invention, 12(2), 15–26.

Google Scholar publication record ORCID profile

Research network

Collaborators named in the July 2026 CV include Henry Mwambi (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Till Bärnighausen (Heidelberg University), Wafaie W. Fawzi (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Wayne M. Eby (New Jersey City University), Ignace Habimana-Kabano (University of Rwanda), Endalamaw Gadisa (Armauer Hansen Research Institute) and Paul Shilo (Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria).

These are research relationships; their inclusion does not imply institutional endorsement of SciLab.

Selected workshops and events

Date Event Location
July 2025 Africa CDC Public Health Intelligence Report narrative review Kinshasa, DR Congo
December 2024 Africa CDC Hazard Atlas review and validation Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
November 2024 Continental validation of public health intelligence data Nairobi, Kenya
August 2024 Africa CDC PHIR technical working group data workshop Kigali, Rwanda