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Freelance Scientific writer, medical researcher and data analyst |Expert in SAS

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I holds a Bachelors’ degree in Human Medicine and Surgery, a Masters’ Degree and Doctorate in Public Health. I am research fellow at Harvard University and the University of Cape Town with over 16 years’ experience in clinical, programmatic, research and science policy fields with interests in health services research and professional (clinical, research, science policy) and personal career mentoring. I have authored 30 publications and made 25 international conference presentations with the support different grants and received international recognition awards for: innovations in clinical practice, policy and research mentorship focused on HIV and Tuberculosis, promoting the clinician-laboratory interface and influencing laboratory policy development, professional performance in sustainable public health, for interdisciplinary sciences that cuts across traditional paradigms, making a significant contribution to her field in resource limited settings, contributing to research and the international community and society at large, volunteer research mentoring and for being an outstanding young leader; and national recognition for immense contribution to lung health issues and diverse scientific work in Kenya. I am an affiliate of TYAN and AAS, a fellow of AREF, ASLP, and is IAP (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Development Policy fellowship)

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Public Health
• ★ Peer Review
• ★ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Medicine
• ☆ Epidemiology
• ☆ Community Health Services
• ☆ Research
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis

Work Experience

Independent Consultant

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January 2021 - Present

Research Fellow

International AIDS Society-Harvard T Chan School of Public Health & University of Cape Town

January 2019 - December 2020

Principal Investigator, Implementation Science Lead

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Kenya Medical Research Institute

January 2011 - December 2018

Independent Consultant

Jointed United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)-National AIDS Control Council

March 2018 - April 2018

Medical Officer

Watamu Nursing Home

May 2010 - December 2010

Medical Officer

Avenue Health Care

January 2007 - April 2010

Medical Officer

Government of Kenya

December 2004 - October 2007

Education

Phd in Public Health

Maseno University

August 2012 - December 2019

Masters of Public Health

University of Liverpool

December 2007 - December 2010

Bachelors of Medicine and Bachelors of Surgery

Moi University

August 1998 - December 2004

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Barbara Burmen, Kennedy Mutai, Timothy Malika(2019). Isoniazid Preventative Therapy uptake for child household contacts of tuberculosis index cases, Kisumu County, Kenya, 2014-2015 . Journal of Public Health in Africa. 10. (1). {PAGEPress} Publications

Barbara Burmen, Kennedy Mutai, Timothy Malika(2018). Isoniazid preventative therapy uptake for child household contacts of {TB} index cases, Kisumu County, Kenya, 2014-2015 . Journal of Public Health in Africa. 9. (1). {PAGEPress} Publications

Barbara Burmen, Kennedy Mutai, Timothy Malika(2018). Isoniazid preventative therapy uptake for child household contacts of {TB} index cases, Kisumu County, Kenya, 2014-2015 . Journal of Public Health in Africa. 9. (1). {PAGEPress} Publications

Barbara Kabai Burmen, Thadeaus Ochieng Ochieng, Timothy Malika(2018). Issues to be considered when implementing the standardized tuberculosis contact investigation in a setting with routine tuberculosis contact invitation: an experience from the Kisumu County, Western Kenya, 2014-2015 . Pan African Medical Journal. 29. Pan African Medical Journal

BarbaraKabai Burmen, Joseph Mogunde, Pamela Olilo(2018). Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B virus infection prevention following occupational exposure among staff at a regional referral hospital in Western Kenya . International Journal of Preventive Medicine. 9. (1). p. 43. Medknow

BarbaraKabai Burmen, Joseph Mogunde, Timothy Malika(2018). The use of laypersons to support tuberculosis screening at a Kenyan Referral Hospital . International Journal of Preventive Medicine. 9. (1). p. 44. Medknow

B. Burmen, N. Owuor, P. Mitei(2017). An assessment of staffing needs at a {HIV} clinic in a Western Kenya using the {WHO} workload indicators of staffing need {WISN}, 2011 . Human Resources for Health. 15. (1). Springer Nature

B. Burmen(2017). `Victims' and `Perpetrators' of Intimate Partner Violence among Young Persons in a high {HIV}{\ss}burden Rural Community in Western Kenya, 2014 . Annals of Global Health. 83. (1). p. 96. Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

Barbara Burmen, Joseph O Mogunde, Daniel PO Kwaro(2017). Ethically providing Routine {HIV} testing services to bereaved populations . Nursing Ethics. p. 096973301769344. {SAGE} Publications

B. Burmen, J. Obunga, K. Mutai, Albert Lee(2017). Disclosure status and disclosure intentions among {HIV} positive persons in rural western Kenya, 2011{\textendash}2012 . Cogent Medicine. 4. (1). Informa {UK} Limited

B. Burmen, N. Owuor, P. Mitei(2017). An assessment of staffing needs at a {HIV} clinic in a Western Kenya using the {WHO} workload indicators of staffing need {WISN}, 2011 . Human Resources for Health. 15. (1). Springer Nature

Barbara Burmen, Kennedy Kipkoech Mutai(2016). Acceptability of {HIV} Testing and Counseling Services among Persons Visiting a funeral home in a regional referral hospital in Western Kenya, 2014-2015 . International Journal of Social Science Studies. 4. (6). Redfame Publishing

Barbara Burmen, Joseph S. Cavanaugh, Surbhi Modi, Susan Musau, Kimberly McCarthy, Heather Alexander, Charles M. Heilig, Ray W. Shiraishi, Kevin Cain, Srikanth Prasad Tripathy(2016). Comparative Yield of Different Diagnostic Tests for Tuberculosis among People Living with {HIV} in Western Kenya . {PLOS} {ONE}. 11. (3). p. e0152364. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

B. Burmen, S. Modi, J. S. Cavanaugh, H. Muttai, K. D. McCarthy, H. Alexander, K. Cain(2016). Tuberculosis screening outcomes for newly diagnosed persons living with {HIV}, Nyanza Province, Kenya, 2009 . The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 20. (1). p. 79--84. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Barbara Burmen, Surbhi Modi, Joseph S. Cavanaugh, Ray W. Shiraishi, Heather L. Alexander, Kimberly D. McCarthy, Hellen Muttai, Chad M. Heilig, Allyn K. Nakashima, Kevin P. Cain, et al.(2016). Performance of Clinical Screening Algorithms for Tuberculosis Intensified Case Finding among People Living with {HIV} in Western Kenya . {PLOS} {ONE}. 11. (12). p. e0167685. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

Barbara Burmen, Muthusi Kimeu, Beryl Audi, Anne Adega, Karen Owuor, Susan Arodi, Dennis Bii, Emily Zielinski-Gutiérrez(2015). The relationship between adherence to clinic appointments and year-one mortality for newly enrolled {HIV} infected patients at a regional referral hospital in Western Kenya, January 2011{\textendash}December 2012 . {AIDS} Care. 28. (4). p. 409--415. Informa {UK} Limited

Barbara Burmen, Penelope A. Phillips-Howard, George Otieno, Frederick Otieno, Frederick Odongo, Clifford Odour, Elizabeth Nyothach, Nyanguara Amek, Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez, Frank Odhiambo, et al.(2015). Menstrual Needs and Associations with Sexual and Reproductive Risks in Rural Kenyan Females: A Cross-Sectional Behavioral Survey Linked with {HIV} Prevalence . Journal of Women{\textquotesingle}s Health. 24. (10). p. 801--811. Mary Ann Liebert Inc

BK Burmen, J Osoga(2015). Quantifying the magnitude of hazardous incidents among laboratory staff in Kenya$\mathsemicolon$ preliminary results of a national health care workers survey, 2014-2015 . Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 4. (Suppl 1). p. P97. Springer Nature

J Osoga, B Burmen(2015). The relationship between laboratory safety climate and hazardous incidences among laboratory staff selected health facilities in Kenya: preliminary results from an on-going national health care workers survey . Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 4. (Suppl 1). p. P98. Springer Nature