Research & M&E
Designing studies, building logframes, and leading RCTs and quasi-experimental evaluations across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
ODK · KoboToolbox · REDCap · SPSS · Stata
Research Data Manager · AI Systems · Data Analyst · M&E
Nichodemus Amollo
I help teams turn messy field data into decisions they can trust.
I work at the intersection of field research and data engineering. The work often starts with designing surveys in communities with no internet, then moves through the pipelines that clean and model what comes back. From there it becomes reports, dashboards, and decisions teams can actually use. I work best close to the people, programmes, and constraints the data is meant to serve.
Research Design
Survey Systems
ODK / Kobo / REDCap
ETL Pipelines
Quality Control
Dashboards
R · Python · SQL
Analytics Engineering
AI Systems
Current Work
Building health financial diaries systems for 1,000+ households.
Research design, ETL, quality control, and decision support for Georgetown gui2de.
8+
Years
3
Countries
500+
Researchers trained
6
SDG domains
Expertise
Data, end to end.
From research design to dashboard delivery, the work is built for teams operating in real places with real constraints.
Data Analytics & BI
Turning messy survey exports into decisions through SQL pipelines, Power BI dashboards, and reproducible R and Python workflows.
SQL · Power BI · R · Python · Quarto
Full Data Lifecycle
Owning the chain from literature review and tool design through training, HFC, cleaning, analysis, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
XLSForm · DHIS2/KHIS · HFC · PostgreSQL · Git
Process
The full data lifecycle, owned end to end.
From the first community conversation to the final policy brief. Every step is structured to keep quality, speed, and trust intact.
Study Design & Tools
ODK · KoboToolbox · REDCap · Lit Review
Scoping, protocol design, IRB submissions, and tool digitization that set the foundation for high-quality data from day one.
Digitalization & CAPI
XLSForm · DHIS2 · CommCare
Turning paper instruments into robust digital systems with skip logic, validation rules, and offline capability built in.
Field Teams & Training
HFC · Supervision · QA Protocols
Recruiting, training, and supporting enumerators with daily HFC rhythms, debriefs, and cross-site quality checks.
Data Cleaning
R · Python · Stata · SPSS
Outlier detection, deduplication, range checks, and reproducible cleaning scripts built early rather than patched in later.
Analysis & Modelling
SQL · Regression · DiD · ML
From descriptive work to mixed-methods and econometric analysis that clarifies trade-offs instead of hiding them.
Reporting & Dashboards
Power BI · R Markdown · Quarto
Interactive dashboards, automated reports, and publication-ready charts that update with the work as it evolves.
Stakeholder Engagement
Policy Briefs · Presentations
Translating findings for funders, ministries, and communities through clear briefs, presentations, and learning events.
Selected Work
Projects & case studies.
Work across public health, finance, urban analytics, and analytics engineering, from field studies to decision-ready systems.
Financing chronic care in rural Kenya
Seven-facility mixed-methods work in Seme Sub-County showing how narrow funding streams, county approval delays, and missing NCD budget lines disrupt hypertension and diabetes care.
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Healthcare readmission risk pipeline
Portfolio work that connects data preparation, modelling logic, and decision support in a clinically legible way.
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Supply chain intelligence blueprint
Logistics analytics architecture covering inventory flow, shipment reliability, and service-level monitoring for distributed operations.
Portfolio brief →
Nairobi real estate signals dashboard
Neighbourhood-level exploration of rent and sales patterns using trend decomposition, geospatial segmentation, and valuation signals.
Portfolio brief →
Research brief generator
An AI-assisted workflow for turning structured inputs into concise, reusable summaries without losing research structure.
View →Technical Skills
Tools I trust.
Built through field work, not just coursework. Each tool here has solved a real delivery problem.
Analytics & Stats
- RExpert
- StataAdvanced
- PythonProficient
- SPSSAdvanced
Data & Databases
- SQLAdvanced
- PostgreSQLProficient
- DHIS2/KHISAdvanced
- ExcelExpert
Data Collection
- KoboToolboxExpert
- ODKExpert
- REDCapProficient
- CommCareProficient
Reporting & BI
- Power BIAdvanced
- R MarkdownExpert
- QuartoAdvanced
- TableauProficient
Background
Where I have worked and learned.
A track record built through delivery, not just titles: research systems, public health analytics, cross-country fieldwork, and reporting that senior stakeholders can act on.
Experience
Lead Research Data Manager
Georgetown University gui2de · Remote / Kenya
Leading data architecture for the Health Financial Diaries project across 1,000+ households, with automated dashboards for real-time policy metrics.
Senior Statistician and Data Systems Lead
KEMRI · Nairobi and Kisumu
Built integrated health analytics pipelines and survival-analysis workflows for surveillance, decision support, and partner reporting.
Senior Research Data Manager and Evaluation Lead
JOOUST and VLIR UOS · Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda
Coordinated cross-country datasets, supported randomized and quasi-experimental analysis, and trained teams on quality and reproducibility.
Data Analyst and MEL Specialist
LERIS Hub · Kenya and Uganda
Designed monitoring frameworks and data-collection workflows, then delivered policy and donor reporting products for complex programmes.
Education & Certifications
MSc, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
JOOUST · Kenya
Thesis focus on financial determinants of effective hypertension and diabetes care in rural primary facilities.
BSc, Statistics (Honours)
University of Nairobi · Kenya
Second Class Upper Division.
Professional development
Google Data AnalyticsM&E in Global HealthEconomic EvaluationBiomedical Research EthicsCITIAWS Cloud PractitionerAdvanced R
Life Beyond Data
Field, farm & people.
A window into the life that informs the work: communities, land, teams, and the long view behind the numbers.
Goat Farming
KESHO Conference
Community & LabourChannel Open
What if we worked together?
Whether you need a research partner, an analyst embedded in your team, or someone to build the M&E system from scratch, I’d like to hear from you.
For teams building better health systems, stronger data infrastructure, and decision-ready evidence that can survive real-world operations.
Nairobi, Kenya. Open to remote and hybrid work, with replies usually within 48 hours.