In this episode with Dorcas Kareithi a clinical trials statistician from Kenya currently based in the UK we discussed:
Dorcas’s background and how her love for Math led her to study Applied Statistics
What she calls herself
Dorcas’s love for data, data puns and t shirts with them
All the key steps she took to end up working in health with her skillset
Difference between being a researcher and statistician
What influenced her interest in health from family to books she read growing up
How she ended up working in health after her Bachelor's degree and key steps she took to lead herself there
Mentorship and the role it has played in her career
Different types of mentors
Highlights from her current and previous work
What is her favorite thing about her work and working in public health
What she likes the least about working in public health
Ethics in public health research
Inequalities in healthcare access
The importance of government buy in and will to bridge research findings to policy and implementation
Importance of documenting failures in research
Her top 3 software recommendations
Words of wisdom especially to people looking to have careers in statistics
Her resource plugs:
Young African Statisticians (YASA): https://twitter.com/africanyas
Words that count: https://twitter.com/wordsafrica
RLadies Nairobi: https://twitter.com/rladiesnairobi
