{"id":6955,"date":"2023-06-19T18:48:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T18:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/?post_type=student&#038;p=6955"},"modified":"2023-06-19T18:50:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T18:50:53","slug":"loyce-kayanula","status":"publish","type":"student","link":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/student\/loyce-kayanula\/","title":{"rendered":"Loyce Kayanula"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover profile-banner bg-alt\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:none\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n\n\n<a href=\"javascript:history.back()\"> <div class=\"profiles-btn\"> \n\n<div class=\"btn-left-sq bg-primary\"> <i class=\"fa fa-caret-left white-text\"> <\/i> <\/div>\n<div class=\"btn-text title-bold white-text\">Retour aux profils<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/a>\n\n<h2 class=\"profile-name\">Loyce Kayanula<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"primary-bold profile-position prof-pos\"><span class=\"primary-text is-bold\"><\/span>Zambia<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"profile-info profile-tagline primary-bold prof-pos\"><span class=\"primary-text is-bold\"><\/span>Taught Masters, 2019\/2020<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-group pad-5 profile-body\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/loyce.png\"\/>\n\n<p class=\"profile-testimonial invis\"><span class=\"primary-text is-bold\"><\/span> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"profile-success invis\"><span class=\"primary-text is-bold\"><\/span> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"profile-studentbio invis\"><span class=\"primary-text is-bold\"><\/span> <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While at AIMS, Loyce engaged molecular surveillance methods in monitoring the spread of infectious diseases such as malaria, by finding methods to estimate one of the essential epidemiological quantities in malaria; the multiplicity of infection (MOI), which refers to the presence of multiple genetically-distinct variants within an infection. She proposed a nonparametric approach to estimate haplotype frequencies and MOI that allows capturing overdispersion in the distribution of MOI that may arise due to seasonal fluctuations in transmission intensities or heterogeneous mosquito biting rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After AIMS, Loyce worked as a district project coordinator in HIV and AIDS with the Malawi Network of AIDS Service Organization, before joining the Hochschule Mittweida, Germany as a research assistant in the Applied Computer and life sciences department, while also doing a Master in Applied Mathematics in Networks and data sciences. 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