DR. ELIAB SERONEY SOME

Dr. Some is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration, Planning, and Finance) at Kenya Methodist University. Previously, Dr. Some was an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the United States International University – Africa (USIU). Dr. Some has worked with the Government of Kenya (6 years), NGOs (13 years), the United Nations (WHO & UNICEF) (14 years) and in academia (10 years). He has published 33 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has 736 citations of his work.
Dr. Some’s competencies and professional deliverables include Organizational Strategic Plans – review and formulation; Program and Project Proposals Development; Institutional, program, and project governance, leadership, management, and administration; Operational research and program assessment, design, planning, monitoring, evaluation; Organizational Monitoring and Evaluation Policies and Plans – review and formulation; Teaching, mentoring, and coaching on quantitative and qualitative research methods; and highly developed organizational, rapporteur, mobilization, and communication competencies.
Dr. Some’s innovative contributions to public health include community-based malaria control: promoting the use of insecticide-treated nets and case management; employer-based malaria control: pioneered the first approach in Kenya in the 1990s; faith-based organizations’ response to HIV/AIDS: pioneered the formulation of policies and strategies in Kenya, Tanzania and Southern Africa; uninterrupted supply of ARV drugs for the management of HIV/AIDS: increased the number of people on ARVs from 2,500 in 2004 to over 315,000 in 2008 in Malawi; uninterrupted supply of vaccines through Pacific Immunizations Strengthening Partnership, covering 22 Pacific Island nations; and pioneering BSc. Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the United States International University – Africa with the first class of 10 students admitted in September 2018.