Data analyst workshop, Accra, Ghana

Dr. Kamanda is the Acting Head for the Science Research and Co-ordination Section at the INDEPTH Resource and Training Centre. She also works as a post-doctoral research fellow focussing on the Education Programme of the Network. Prior to joining INDEPTH, Dr. Kamanda was at University of Southampton in the United Kingdom where in December 2013 she successfully completed her PHD in Social Statistics. Her thesis was on Primary and Secondary school attendance in West Africa. At Southampton, she completed her BSc. in Sociology and Social Policy (2006-2009) and her MSc. in Social Statistics (2009-2010). Her main research Activities have focussed on education and child health/wellbeing in poor and post-conflict contexts. Further, she is interested in application and advanced statistical models to quantitative data in both cross-sectional and longitudinal forms. Dr. Kamanda has published on children's schooling in low and middle-income countries in: the international Journal of f Educational Development, Compare, and Global Health.