Annabell Dollah Omollo
Birmingham, West Midlands,West Midlands
Summary
Valued social scientist utilizing appropriate scientific frameworks to facilitate quick development of solutions aimed at resolving significant and evolving societal issues through research and development.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Social Scientist
LVCT-Health
2023.06 - Current
- Assisted study coordinator with piloting surveys and revisions.
- Maintained adequate supplies of study documents and materials at site.
- Ensured compliance with ethical standards for research conduct.
- Provided translations of study documents from English to Luo and Kiswahili.
- Recruited adolescent participants in clinical settings.
- Facilitated informed consent and assent processes with participants.
- Conducted online tablet-based survey data collection with women participants.
- Transcribed and translated qualitative interviews to verbatim format.
- Developed code book and analysed qualitative interviews using NVivo software.
- Ensured accurate and complete data collection.
- Participated in study publications for abstracts and manuscripts.
Technical Assistant
KNH/University of Washington
2021.09 - Current
- Provide technical assistance and expertise in conducting Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs) with women and Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYWs) in Kisumu, Siaya, and Homabay.
- Review and provide feedback on study documents, facilitate Research Assistants training, and assist in participant recruitment, screening, consenting, and survey administration.
- Translate study documents prior to implementing the tools. This includes translating consent forms, interview guides, and other study documents into Kiswahili and Luo.
- Conduct staff debriefs and write debrief reports providing detailed information about the study staff compliance with the protocol and SOPs.
- Collaborate with study coordinators, study PI, and other stakeholders to provide technical expertise and assistance. This includes working with study coordinators to plan and implement the study, and working with other stakeholders to ensure that the study is conducted in a timely and efficient manner.
- Attend the weekly meeting with the study PI and study team to provide updates, share insights, and collaborate on project progress.
Verbal Autopsy Interviewer
Washington State University Global Health Kenya
2021.12 - 2022.09
- Identify deaths within the facility
- Introduce the study to the deceased care taker who could be the potential study participant
- Consent the potential study participant to the study in the mortuary
- Take the locator information of the study participant
- Contact the families or care takers of the deceased, identify the best and arrange the best times and place for the conduction of the VA interviews
- Restate informed consent information to the respondents for the VA interviews, and conduct the interviews in a sensitive and ethical manner
- Keep up to data log book of all the VA interviews that have been assigned and conducted
- Maintain good relations with the community
- Abstract medical records of the deceased together with the study nurse from the facility
- Assist the study nurse with the collection of the nasopharyngeal swabs from the deceased for the COVID-19 tests
- Safely store the electronics devices for VA data collection, when materials are not being used
- Attend the weekly study team with the study PIs and study team
Qualitative Interviewer
KEMRI/University of Washington
2021.06 - 2021.10
- Ensure strict compliance with ethical requirements for conduct of research
- Provide accurate translations of study documents from English to Luo and Kiswahili
- Recruit adolescent participants in both clinic and community settings
- Facilitate informed consent and assent processes and documentation with participants
- Conduct online tablet-based survey data collection with adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24
- Conduct and audio record individual interviews and cognitive interviews
- Write detailed notes and memos for each study interview and complete the debrief report
- Translate and transcribe interviews
- Ensure accurate and complete data are collected
- Prepare and submit weekly reports of recruitment and enrollment to the Principal Investigator
- Attend and present weekly reports on once weekly Zoom meetings with study team to review study progress, data collection, and data management
Social Scientist
KEMRI/University of Washington
2017.02 - 2021.04
- Train health care providers
- Offer technical assistance to facilities offering PrEP across four counties in Western Kenya.
- Conduct literature reviews
- Develop Study documents
- Conduct periodic and routine exit interviews
- Screen, consent and enroll participants for interviews
- Conduct Key informant interviews, In-depth interviews and Focus Group Discussions
- Write detailed reports of each qualitative interview conducted
- Translate and transcribe the interviews
- Develop code book, code transcripts and analyze data
- Publish abstracts/ manuscripts for the study
- Engage in regular meetings virtual meetings with off-site partners
Research Assistant
KEMRI/RCTP
2016.02 - 2020.02
- Develop study documents like Standard Operating Procedure.
- Mobilize and link up the study with different communities
- Ensure non-biased, consistent, complete and accurate data collection across the women participants
- Actively trace and conduct In-depth interviews with the adolescent girls and young women on reproductive health, sexuality and use of PrEP as an option of HIV prevention.
- Conduct focus group discussions with the young women.
- Transcribe and translate the qualitative interviews.
- Conduct cognitive interviews with young women and write a detailed report about the same.
- Write detailed debrief summary reports for each qualitative interview conducted.
- Respond to data queries related to the transcripts.
- Engage in regular meetings with off-site partners through Skype.
Interviewer
KNH/University of Washington
2018.09 - 2018.12
- Attend training to review the guides and study concept and practice interviews
- Screen potential AGWY participants and schedule appointments for interviews
- Consent AGYW participants
- Collect demographic information for all interview participants
- Enter demographic information into REDCap
- Conduct and audio record interviews
- Write detailed notes and memos for each study interview and complete the debrief report
- Translate and transcribe interviews
- Analyze the qualitative data using Deedose software
- Review abstracts and manuscripts for the study
- Meet and communicate in person or via Skype with the study coordinator and study co-investigators
Research Assistant
KEMRI RCTP
2015.11 - 2016.02
- Link up the study with different comprehensive care clinics
- Introduce and screen potential study participants
- Actively trace and Interview adolescent girls and young women.
- Ensure non-biased, consistent, complete and accurate data collection.
- Conduct in depth interviews with adolescent girls and young women.
- Conduct focus group discussions with adolescent girls and young women.
- Complete post-interview summary reports
- Transcribe interviews
- Respond to data queries related to the transcripts
Research Assistant
KEMRI/RCTP
2015.07 - 2015.11
- Develop an understanding of study design goals
- Link up the study with different comprehensive care clinics
- Perform consent process
- Interview the adolescents about their sexual reproductive health and health seeking behaviors.
- Conduct In- depth interviews with the adolescents.
- Facilitate/ note take focused group discussions
- Transcribe and translate the qualitative interviews.
- Pull out patient files from different health facilities and enter relevant data
- Work closely with the community health workers’/ peer educators in tracing lost to follow up adolescents and re linking them for care and treatment to facilities of their choice.
- Engage in regular meeting times to times with offsite partners through Skype
Qualitative Research Assistant
Fhi360
2013.10 - 2013.12
- Identify selected health facilities.
- Consent health workers and clients for participation in the study.
- Conduct FGD’s with health providers.
- Conduct Key Informant Interviews with consented heath workers
- Conduct In- depth interviews with clients who access services at Outpatient, CCC and Family planning departments in a language they understand.
- Conduct exit interviews with clients.
- Report daily progress to the supervisor.
- Transcribe interviews within 48hrs and hand them over to the PI.
- Reimburse clients as per study guidelines
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences
Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Kenya2010-01
Diploma - Guidance and Counseling
University of Nairobi
Kenya2005-01
K.C.S.E. - Mean Grade C+ (Plus)
Nyakach Girls High School
Kenya1998-01
Skills
- Microsoft Office applications
- MS Word
- Excel
- Access
- PowerPoint
- PageMaker
- Internet & E-mail
- Episurveyor
- Dedoose
- NVIVO
- AtlastTI
- SurveyCTO Collect
Custom Section
Microsoft Office applications, MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, PageMaker, Internet & E-mail, Episurveyor, Dedoose, NVIVO, Atlast.TI, SurveyCTO Collect
References
- Dr. Dismas Okech, PhD Fellow | Mortality Surveillance Technical Officer, Washington State University Global Health – Kenya, KAVI Institute of Clinical Research, UoN/KNH Grounds, +254 720-473-785, +254 734-256-186, dismas.oketch@wsu.edu, doketch@kaviuon.org
- Melissa Mugambi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, +1-425-835-2633, mugambi@uw.edu
- Kristin Beima-Sofie, MS, PhD, Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Ave., 359909, +1-206-520-3869, beimak@uw.edu
Training
- Qualitative Interviewing Skills, University of Washington/KEMRI, 2022-10-04, 2022-10-08
- Cognitive In-depth Interviewing skills, University of Washington/KEMRI, 2020-03-01, 2020-03-31
- Certificate on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Counseling, CDC/KEMRI, 2003
- Certificate, Introduction to Computer Packages, Software Data Electronics, 2001, Nairobi, Kenya
Timeline
Social Scientist
LVCT-Health
2023.06 - Current
Verbal Autopsy Interviewer
Washington State University Global Health Kenya
2021.12 - 2022.09
Technical Assistant
KNH/University of Washington
2021.09 - Current
Qualitative Interviewer
KEMRI/University of Washington
2021.06 - 2021.10
Interviewer
KNH/University of Washington
2018.09 - 2018.12
Social Scientist
KEMRI/University of Washington
2017.02 - 2021.04
Research Assistant
KEMRI/RCTP
2016.02 - 2020.02
Research Assistant
KEMRI RCTP
2015.11 - 2016.02
Research Assistant
KEMRI/RCTP
2015.07 - 2015.11
Qualitative Research Assistant
Fhi360
2013.10 - 2013.12
Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences
Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Diploma - Guidance and Counseling
University of Nairobi
K.C.S.E. - Mean Grade C+ (Plus)
Nyakach Girls High School