Biography
François
Niragire is Professor of Applied Statistics and Director for Research and
Innovation at the College of Business and Economics, University of Rwanda (UR).
He holds a Ph.D. degree in Applied Statistics, a MSc. in Social Statistics and
a Bachelor of Mathematics education.
François
Niragire has over twenty (20) years of experience in research and teaching in
higher education. Prof. Niragire has made significant contributions to research
and teaching on both postgraduate and undergraduate programmes since 2005. He
is authors of more than thirty research publications in peer-reviewed journals
and his research interest has focused on applications of statistical methods in
population and health research, including biostatistics, spatial epidemiology,
policy analysis, and economics of higher education.
François
Niragire has attracted grants towards UR and implemented several funded
research and education projects as Principal or Co-Principal investigator at
University of Rwanda. To highlight a few, he is currently the UR Focal Person
for the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) and thus
the coordinators of all CARTA related activities and projects at UR. He
successfully implemented the “Intra-University Collaboration for Advanced
Research training at University of Rwanda” project. This project facilitated
the conception of, funded, and spearheaded the approval of the doctoral
research methodology curriculum for the University of Rwanda. Also, Prof. Niragire organized and
facilitated many trainings and seminars on doctoral training curriculum
delivery for UR staff and staff from all CARTA African partners institutions
under the NORHED II-iCARTA project. Furthermore, he was a core member of the
team that spearheaded the wining of the World Bank grant to establish the
African Centre of Excellence in Data Science at the University of Rwanda in
2016.
As College
Director for Research and Innovation, he provides research leadership and
expert support in research management and resources mobilization as well as
research infrastructure and capacity strengthening since 2019. In this area, he
has organized and facilitated many trainings and seminars on research
methodology and research communication among other things. Prof. Niragire has also a long-standing experience
in academic programme development and management. Before serving as the
Director for Research and innovation, he had been the Director for Teaching
and Learning Enhancement Unit of the UR’s College of Business and
Economics(CBE) since 2018, and he served
as Head of Academic Department of Applied Statistics at the then
National University of Rwanda (NUR) between 2011 and 2012, as well as the Secretary
of the Faculty Quality Committee in charge of teaching, learning and
assessment quality assurance and control for the then NUR’s Faculty of
Economics and management between 2010 and 2013.
Besides
the teaching of statistical, mathematical and research methodology courses, Prof.
Niragire has also mentored several students on their undergraduate, masters and
doctoral research projects, with emanating publications in high impact,
peer-reviewed international scientific journals. He has also provided highly
rated consultancy services to various clients including individual persons, public
and private institutions as well as Non-Governmental Organizations. A good
number of such services have led to publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Overall,
his continued service to the society helps him put into practice his experience
and expertise in the design and management of research projects, research data
management, advanced and high-quality analysis of both quantitative and
qualitative data, as well as the applications of software, especially statistical
packages in the research process. He strives for transforming data into useful
information for policy and action, and believes that computer programming is
key to the analysis of big data.
Research Area:
Population and Public health (Applied statistics, Social and commercial health determinants/
epidemiology, Child and maternal health), Agriculture, Economics of education
Research Projects
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Publications
- Using eLearning to improve and retain the knowledge of community health workers in maternal and neonatal health in Rwanda: A cohort study - Public Health Challenges (28 April 2024)
- Oral health-related quality of life among people living with HIV and HIV-negative adults in Kigali, Rwanda: a comparative cross-sectional study - BMC Oral Health (25 January 2024)
- Barriers to access of maternal health commodities among pregnant women in public health facilities in Ubungo Municipal Council, Tanzania - Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (09 January 2024)
- Child stunting prevalence determination at sector level in Rwanda using small area estimation - BMC Nutrition (12 December 2023)
- Cross-sectional study on the availability of essential medicines at public health facilities in Jur River County, South Sudan - South Sudan Medical Journal (03 August 2023)
- A cross-sectional analysis of the impact of health insurance on the use of health care in Rwanda - Heliyon (10 June 2023)
- Spatio-temporal dynamic of the COVID-19 epidemic and the impact of imported cases in Rwanda - BMC Public Health (23 May 2023)
- Prevalence of dental caries and associated risk factors among People Living with HIV/AIDS and HIV uninfected adults at an HIV clinic in Kigali, Rwanda - PLoS ONE (06 April 2023)
- Spatio-Temporal Bayesian Models for Malaria Risk Using Survey and Health Facility Routine Data in Rwanda - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (28 February 2023)
- Analysis of pharmaceutical inventory management based on ABC-VEN analysis in Rwanda: a case study of Nyamagabe district - Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (24 February 2023)
- Periodontal disease and associated risk factors among people living with HIV and HIV-negative adults in Rwanda - Pan African Medical Journal (20 February 2023)
- Empowering Women in Research and Ph.D Training: The Case of the National University of Rwanda - Nostra Publishers (2011)
- Determining Factors Influencing Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review - Springer – ARCA 2022 Proceedings (18 February 2023)
- Child stunting and associated risk factors in selected food-insecure areas in Rwanda: an analytical cross-sectional study - Pan African Medical Journal (31 October 2022)
- Predictors of Compliance to Hand Hygiene among Health Care Workers in Rwanda - Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences (2022)
- Perceptions, attitudes and practices regarding canine zoonotic helminthiases among dog owners in Nyagatare district, Rwanda - Veterinary Medicine and Science (22 March 2022)
- Poverty profile and efforts to access basic household needs in an emerging city: a mixed-method study in Kigali’s informal urban settlements, Rwanda - Cities & Health (2022)
- Canine Gastrointestinal Nematodiases and Associated Risk Factors in Kigali City, Rwanda - Journal of Parasitology Research (23 July 2021)
- The secondary transmission pattern of COVID-19 based on contact tracing in Rwanda - BMJ Global Health (08 June 2021)
- Prevalence and factors associated with fertility desire among HIV-positive women in Rwanda in the context of improved life expectancy - Archives of Public Health (2021)
- The secondary transmission pattern of COVID-19 based on contact tracing in Rwanda - BMJ Global Health (08 June 2021)
- Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling of malaria risk in Rwanda - PLoS ONE (10 September 2020)
- Prevalence of Swine Gastrointestinal Parasites in Nyagatare District, Rwanda - Journal of Parasitology Research (02 December 2020)
- Prediction of out-of-pocket health expenditures in Rwanda using machine learning techniques - Pan African Medical Journal (21 December 2020)
- Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding rabies and its control among dog owners in Kigali city, Rwanda - PLoS ONE (20 August 2019)
- Child mortality inequalities across Rwanda districts: a geoadditive continuous-time survival analysis - Geospatial Health (11 May 2017)
- Determinants of increasing duration of first unemployment among first degree holders in Rwanda: a logistic regression analysis - Journal of Education and Work (28 March 2016)
- Bayesian mapping of HIV infection among women in Rwanda - PLoS ONE (26 March 2015)
- Analysis of Causes of Physical Domestic Violence against Women in Huye District of Rwanda - International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (2015)
- Sharing perspectives and experiences of doctoral fellows in the first cohort of Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa: 2011–2014 - Global Health Action (2014)
