School of Health Sciences

On behalf of all the staff from the School of Informatics and Innovative Systems, I would like welcome you warmly to our School.

The impact of COVID-19 has made our University to change how we have traditional held first year orientation sessions. In addition, SIIS is expecting that teaching and learning will be enhanced with the introduction of our ejooust eLearning platform.

In SIIS we are cognizant of the important role that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) will play in fulfilling the “Big Four” Agenda, the Kenya government economic blueprint that was developed to foster economic development and provide a solution to the various socio-economic problems facing Kenyans. It is well known that ICTs are enablers in terms of reducing costs and improving productivity through the streamlining of operations. ICT will provide solutions ranging from developing health information systems, developing applications for digitizing land records, harnessing the power of Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence to develop Smart farming applications and many more. SIIS is well positioned to take a lead in developing these applications to support the Kenya government Big Four. We need people like you with interests in ICT.


Career Path

In SIIS we are training students to become application analyst, cyber security analyst, data analyst, data scientist, database administrators, Information systems managers, and IT consultants. We are also shaping students to become specialists in the prevention, detection, correction, and conviction of digital crimes through our BSc in Computer Security and Forensics. In addition, we seek to play a major role in harnessing the power of the fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies(4IRs) such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Robotics, Data Analytics using open source technologies such as “python” to assist small to medium business, health institutions and other governmental and non-governmental agencies in Kenya to make real time decisions and develop business applications. We would like to lead the way in this path.


Staff

SISS has 11 full-time teaching staff and 3 non-teaching staff members. Among our staff are professionals with international experience in the IT field (teaching and research), have studied and worked in some of the best universities outside Kenya.

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Dean's Message

The School of Health Sciences was founded with a mission to provide a holistic approach to health services to humanity mediated by sciences and technology.

There are two departments within the School namely the Public Health and Community Health & Development Department and the Department of Biomedical Sciences. Each department offers various programmes all leading to a health care profession. All departments have active research programmes in various specializations.

The main objective of the Department of Public Health and Community Health & Development is to prepare graduates for the health sector and the society who are able to carry out investigation, control, eliminate and prevent environmental health problems and their potential risks. The role of the department is to train Public Health Professionals, Community Health Officers and Community Health Assistants to be change agents in the field of environmental health as part of the health sector whose main objective will be to promote and improve the health status of the Kenyan population. The efforts in this regard are directed towards controlling, preserving or improving the environment in order to achieve optimal health at individual, family and community levels. The core mandate of the Department of Biomedical Sciences is to equip graduates with knowledge and skills to be able to contribute to health related solutions and advancement of health through research and technology. The school offers courses that run from certificate to postgraduate level of training The School graduates students in the following academic programs: PhD in Public Health, MSc in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MSc in Biomedical Sciences, Master of Public Health- Health Promotion and Epidemiology and disease control options, BSc in Public Health, Bachelor of Science in Community Health and Development, Diploma in Community Health and Development and Certificate in Community Health and Development.

The training is offered by highly trained and motivated experts who are teaching and mentoring learners in the fields of Public Health, Community Health and Development, Biomedical Sciences, Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

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School Contacts:

The Dean
School of Health Sciences
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology
P.O Box 210-40601; Email: shs@jooust.ac.ke
BONDO

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CONTACT US

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST)

Bondo (Main) Campus
P.O. Box 210 - 40601 Bondo – Kenya.

Telephones
Phone: 057-2058000/057-2501804
Fax: 057 2523851

Emails

information@jooust.ac.ke
complaints@jooust.ac.ke