Elizabeth B. Amona Source Confirmed

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Elizabeth Amona is a senior biostatistician whose work focuses on applying advanced statistical methods to epidemiological and mental health research. She is actively engaged in studies related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including vaccine coverage, hesitancy, and the impact of SARS-CoV-2. Amona's research extends to mental health, where she develops predictive models for vulnerable populations. Her expertise is evident in her recent work using gradient boosted models to predict mental health outcomes among Sri Lankan camp refugees and employing linear and XGBOOST models to identify child mental health predictors among camp Tamil refugees. Additionally, she is exploring innovative forecasting techniques for emerging infectious diseases and utilizing adaptive graphical lasso approaches to model symptom networks of common mental disorders in refugee populations.

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• Publications: 16
• Citations: 12