Dr Joshua Akinyemi holds a PhD in Medical Statistics/Demography and has expertise in medical biostatistics and statistical demography with special interest in demographic estimation and statistical modelling in areas such as mortality, reproductive/child health, communicable and non-communicable diseases. His interests also include regression decomposition; small area estimation techniques; and the burgeoning discipline of data science and allied topics such as statistical and machine learning. Dr Akinyemi has over fifteen years of teaching and research experience as an applied statistician. In addition to strong conceptualization skills, he is proficient in survey design and implementation, data management and analytical report writing. He extensive experience in advanced statistical modelling and multi-country analysis of complex nationally-representative household surveys.