Kalongo Hamusonde
Doktorand
Anschrift / Kontakt
Inselspital, Universitätsspital BernUniversitätsklinik für Infektiologie
Anna-Seiler-Haus, Geschoss U1
Freiburgstrasse 20
3010 Bern
Curriculum vitae
Berufliche Tätigkeiten / Klinischer Werdegang
| 2020 – Present | Ph.D. candidate at Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland | 2019 – 2020 | Research fellow at the Center for Infectious Diseases and Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia | 2017 – 2019 | Data Analyst at JHPIEGO Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia | 2016 – 2017 | MSc. Data Science and Business Analytics at Asia Pacific University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 2015 – 2016 | Statistician at Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, Lusaka, Zambia | 2014 – 2015 | Data Analyst at Zambia Center for Communication Programs, Lusaka, Zambia | 2010 – 2014 | BSc. Statistics at Mulungushi University, Kabwe, Zambia |
Weitere berufliche Funktionen
| Software Skills: | R, Python (Tensor Flow, PyTorch), SQL, SAS | STATA, SAS Miner, SAS Enterprise Guide, Epi Info, EViews | DHIS 2, Foundry | PowerBI, Tableau, QlikView | ArcGIS |
Klinische Forschungstätigkeiten
| Mathematical modelling and pattern recognition of sexual behavior, transmission and progression of infectious diseases | Machine learning of public health | HIV, Sexually transmitted infections | HIV and HBV coinfection in Sub Saharan region |
Selected publications
Link to publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Hamusonde+K&cauthor_id=36408629
Kalongo Hamusonde, Dunja Nicca, Huldrych F Günthard, Marcel Stöckle, Katharine E A Darling, Alexandra Calmy, Enos Bernasconi, et al. “Triggers of Change in Sexual Behavior Among People With HIV: The Swiss U = U Statement and COVID-19 Compared”, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 227, Issue 3, 1 February 2023, Pages 407–411.
Taghavi K, Moono M, Mwanahamuntu M, Basu P, Limacher A, Tembo T, Kapesa H, Hamusonde K, Asangbeh S et al. “Screening test accuracy to improve detection of precancerous lesions of the cervix in women living with HIV: a study protocol”. BMJ Open. 2020 Dec 18;10(12):e037955
Chanda D, Minchella PA, Kampamba D, Itoh M, Hines JZ, Fwoloshi S, Boyd MA, Hamusonde K, Chirwa L, Nikoi K et al. “COVID-19 Severity and COVID-19-Associated Deaths Among Hospitalized Patients with HIV Infection – Zambia”. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021.
Chilyabanyama ON, Chilengi R, Simuyandi M, Chisenga CC, Chirwa M, Hamusonde K, Saroj RK et al. “Performance of Machine Learning Classifiers in Classifying Stunting among Under-Five Children in Zambia”. Children (Basel). 2022 Jul 20;9(7):1082.