Professional Summary

Cheilla Izere is a Biostatistician, Data Manager, and AI professional with deep expertise in statistical modelling and artificial intelligence applications in global health research. As co-founder and AI lead at ARNECH, she drives the organisation's data science and digital health innovation capabilities.

Cheilla's career has spanned academic research institutions and clinical research settings in Canada and France. Her work applies advanced statistical methods and machine learning to complex health datasets, enabling more precise and actionable research insights. She is committed to making data science accessible and impactful in resource-limited settings.

Professional Experience

Education

Areas of Expertise

• Statistical modelling and inference for clinical and health research data
• Machine learning and deep learning applications in epidemiology
• Artificial intelligence for health outcome prediction and pattern recognition
• Data management for clinical trials and observational studies (REDCap, SAS, R, Python)
• Survival analysis and longitudinal data modelling
• Natural language processing (NLP) for health text data
• AI ethics and responsible data science in low-resource settings