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Otieno Churchill Ochieng
Personal Details
- PF. 0079
- Sex: Male
- Current Position: Assistant Lecturer
- Department: Physical, Biological and Health Sciences
- Current Responsibility: School, Time table Coordinator, – SSAES
- Contact Address: School of Science, Agriculture and Environmental Studies.
- P.O. Box: 103-40404, Rongo, Kenya.
- Tel: 0729-889529;
- E-mail: otty.chur@gmail.com
Personal Profile
- An academician with five years of teaching at the university.
- Technologist researcher with over 6 years of experience
- Enthusiastic, knowledge-hungry, personable team player with unsurpassed interpersonal skills.
- Strategic thinker and effective, extroverted team player with demonstrable ability to plan, undertake, lead and manage effective research and extension teams
- A seasoned and innovative person with experience in policy formulation and strategic planning.
- An exceptional coach and mentor.
- Strong problem-solver with adaptability and a solution-driven mindset that facilitates delivering complex issues.
- Strong leader with a motivational management style and reputation for building and retaining cordial research work relations among students and staff.
Work Experience
- Assistant Lecturer 2022 – to date: RU – Dept. Physical, Bio, and Health Sciences
- Graduate Assistant 2019 – 2022: RU – Dept. Physical, Bio, and Health Sciences
- Technician II 2012 – 2019: Rongo University
- Technical College Tutor 2011 – 2012: Moi Institute of Technology
- Technologist 2009 – 2011: Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute (Kisumu)
Academic Education
- Master of Science in Public Health (Epidemiology and Disease Control Option): Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology: 2017 – 2022
- Bachelor of Science in Public Health: Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology: 2013 – 2017
- Diploma in Applied Biology – Kisii National Polytechnic 2007 – 2009
- Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.) – Kuoyo Kochia Boys’ High School: 2001 – 2005
- Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (K.C.P.E) – Nyenga Primary School: 1992 – 2000
Research Interests
- Epidemiology and Disease burden analysis of neglected tropical diseases
- Emerging and Re-emerging infectious diseases, Transboundary diseases and Biosecurity.
- Climate change and Vector Borne Diseases
- Spatial and Mathematical modelling of infectious Zoonotic diseases.
Published/Submitted Peer‐reviewed Journal Articles
- O. Churchill, G. Ayodo and O. Owenga (2021) To assess the outcome of the unmet need for family planning services during the COVID- 19 pandemic among the antenatal and postnatal women attending the Clinic at Rongo Sub-County hospital. Visit us at www.globalscientificjournal.com. Published in Volume 9 Issue 8, August 2021.
- O. Churchill, (2021) To investigate the socio-economic determinants on waste solid waste management at the household level in Rongo Town, Rongo Sub-county, Migori County, Kenya. Visit us at www.globalscientificjournal.com. Published in Volume 7 Issue 6, April 2021.
- O. Churchill, (2020) Factors influencing uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among adolescents and young women in Suba sub-County, Homabay County. Visit us at www.globalscientificjournal.com. Published; Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2020,
- O. Churchill. Factors Affecting Antiretroviral Drugs Adherence during the COVID- 19 pandemic among People Living with HIV/AIDS at Magunga Sub – County hospital, Homa-bay County Kenya. Published; Volume 10, Issue 6, August 2023.