NAMBARI, the Moi-Brown Partnership for HIV Biostatistics Training, is a research training program which aims to build biostatistics capacity for HIV research at Moi University.

It is a partnership between Moi University and Brown University, and is focused on both long- and short-term training for students, faculty and technical staff in Kenya. This program is supported by the Fogarty International Center at the US National Institutes of Health (D43TW010050).

Specific Aims:
  1. Long term training to expand the cohort of professional
    and academic HIV biostatisticians by:

    1. Providing Masters-level training at Brown (2 trainees, 2 years each)
    2. Providing PhD training in a sandwich program at Moi and Brown (2 trainees, 4 years each)
    3. Providing postdoctoral training at Brown and Moi (2 trainees, 2 years each)
  2. Facilitate revision and expansion of the biostatistics curriculum at Moi through faculty development and faculty fellowships (4 trainees, 1 year each)
  3. Continue an annual workshop on advanced biostatistical methods at Moi that will offer short-term training and ongoing professional development activities for faculty members and professionals throughout Sub-Saharan Africa
  4. Lay the groundwork for a Center for Health Data Science on the campus of Moi University

This program is only open to Kenyans who will work at Moi University in Eldoret upon completion of the training. Preference is given to current affiliates of Moi University.