About Dr.Iradukunda Arnaud
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Postdoctoral research Fellow at Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, Arnaud Iradukunda is both a Medical Doctor from Kamenge Teaching Hospital, University of Burundi and a Statistician from Lake Tanganyika University. He is also a UNESCO’s certified in Bioethics for Research and Human rights from Haifa University.
Over the past five years, M. Arnaud worked with national, regional and international organizations such as Burundi  Ministry of Health , World Health Organization, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (United Kingdom, as Student ambassador), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) of Washington University (USA, as Global Burden Disease Network collaborator) , the Federation of African Medical Student Association (Nigeria, Stand Committee on Health and Environment, as country officer), the International Journal of Medical Student (USA, as country Ambassador), and reviewer in African Health Sciences journal , Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences and BMC Infectious Diseases of Poverty Journals.
On Head of ARNECH Research and Consulting Office, a research center based in Burundi , M. Arnaud is highly resourceful and goal-driven statistician with key interests in Clinical research, Decision and Implementation Science , Data Science for Diseases Modelling, System Thinking and  dynamics Modelling, Demographic and  Health Survey data analysis (USAID) , Designing of effective M&E system (World Bank)  and developing tools for routine data collection, data analysis, data visualization and projection using varied regressions to calculate incremental effect of projects interventions on targeted population.
He successfully designed  and led several community and clinical epidemiological studies (PubMed) and worked various research  Neglected Tropical Diseases Research projects in East African Community and Greats Lakes Regions in collaboration with the New Mexico University.He also worked as capacity builder of local NGOs working in Health sector in collaboration with Burundi Government, Care International, Action aid and European Union.
As early career researcher, Mr. Arnaud is author of publications and has been invited and participated physically and virtually in regional and International conferences as poster and/or Oral Presenter.
Education
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2024 - 2025
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford
MSc in Modelling for Global Health
1.Mathematical Modelling of Immunization scheme against measles in the context of diminished vaccine coverage in 22 countries WHO East-Mediterranean region, 2. Mathematical Modelling for 2027 and 2030 Malaria Control and Elimination Strategy in Burundi: RTSS malaria vaccine-based scenario Analysis Academic skills: Malaria Modelling for strategy design, Mathematical Modelling for Infectious Diseases, Model fitting and Uncertainty, Global health Financing, Health Economics evaluation, Pharmacokinetics/ Pharmacodynamics modelling, Spatial Analysis for public health data
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2023 - 2024
Harvard T.H Chan Harvard School of Public Health
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Global Health and Population |Takemi Programme in International health Tuberculosis early mortality and Multidrug resistant infections among patients under TB treatment before and during COVID-19 Pandemic in Burundi: A retrospective case control study. Academic skills : -Multivariate and Longitudinal Data Analysis |Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) -Decision Analysis for health and Medical Practices| Harvard School of Public Health -Clinical Trials | Harvard Medical School -Quantitative methods for Monitoring and Evaluation | Harvard School of Public Health -Modelling for health system analysis &Priority settings |Harvard School of Public Health -Responggggggsible conducting research | Harvard School of Public Health -Advanced Modelling for health System Analysis and Priority settings |HSPH
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2016 - 2022
University of Burundi, Faculty of Medicine, Burundi Medicine
Doctorate in Medicine
Undiagnosed hypertension and cardiovascular diseases over 10 years in Burundi Award classification: Inter-universities exchange with July congratulations
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2015 - 2018
University of Lake Tanganyika, Faculty of Statistics, Burundi
Bachelor Science in Statistics
Statistical Modelling of Glycemic control of Patients Consulted at Kamenge Military Hospital in 2019 Award classification : Distinction
Experience
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2023 - 2023
World Health Organization| UNFPA|UN WOMEN
Evaluation of 2018-2022 Burundi strategic plan against gender based sexual violence
To design and validate data collection tools, ensuring that they correspond to the survey objectives and adapting them to electronic formats
To set up questionnaires and provide technical support for tablet configuration, ensuring that they are ready for use.
To evaluators in data collection tools, providing real-time assistance during data collection in the field, resolving technical problems and coordinating field activities.
To implement daily monitoring and reporting mechanisms to quickly identify and resolve data collection issues.
To perform preliminary cleaning of the database before sharing it with WHO consultants, to ensure data quality and readiness for analysis. -
2023 - 2023
ARNECH Research and Consulting
Independent consultant
To establish the status of project indicators which will serve as a basis for setting targets and measuring milestones on outcomes
To determine the level of local churches’ contribution to the improvement of socio-economic well-being of their members and immediate communities. To show existing strategies used by local churches to reach out immediate communities.
To assess the level of tensions in households and target communities and determine the contribution of the local church in addressing such tensions. To create a database on the present status of sources of household income in target communities. To know the present economic situation of household and communities. -
2023 - 2023
UN Women| Ministry of Gender
Independent Consultant in Digitalization of SGBV reporting systems in Burundi
To lead an assessment to understand the current reporting systems for SGBV in Burundi,
To identified gaps, challenges, and opportunities for improvement. To define requirements for the digitalization process, outlining functionalities needed for an efficient and effective reporting system. To map out data flows, designing the digital reporting system\’s architecture, and ensuring alignment with UN Women\’s standards and needs.
To led training sessions for relevant stakeholders on using the new reporting system effectively. To the digital reporting system to identify and resolve any technical issues, ensuring its functionality, security, and user-friendliness. -
2023 - 2023
ARNECH Research and Consulting
Consultant in Digital libraries for community outreach on sexual and reproductive health for adolescents and youth in Burundi
To highlight the main changes in the project\’s target groups, and the contribution of the project’s contribution to these changes, in particular: On implementing partners; on the final beneficiaries (increased knowledge, skills and practices on sexual and reproductive health and rights).
-To demonstrate that capacity-building methodologies, in particular training in the use of the use of digital tools and socio-cultural mediation deployed in the centers are relevant and effective in disseminating information.
-To examine the progress achieved in carrying out activities, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities in terms of sustainability (SWOT analysis).
-To highlight lessons learned from project implementation and propose recommendations for recommendations for the centers benefiting from the intervention, for the community component, and for the donor. -
2022 - 2022
WHO|UNICEF |JICA| Burundi Ministry of Health
Data Quality ,Control and Management Consultant
Evaluation of the Strategic Plan for the Implementation of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Programme in Burundi 2018–2023
To design and validate data collection tools, ensuring that they correspond to the survey objectives and adapting them to electronic formats
To set up questionnaires and provide technical support for tablet configuration, ensuring that they are ready for use.
To evaluators in data collection tools, providing real-time assistance during data collection in the field, resolving technical problems and coordinating field activities.
To implement daily monitoring and reporting mechanisms to quickly identify and resolve data collection issues.
To perform preliminary cleaning of the database before sharing it with WHO consultants, to ensure data quality and readiness for analysis.