About

As a social science researcher, I am dedicated to working in a dynamic research environment that fosters development and professionalism. I am passionate about contributing my skills and expertise towards achieving the vision and mission of an organization that values efficiency, teamwork, and integrity. My career aspirations include collaborating with like-minded professionals on challenging research projects and making meaningful contributions to the field of social science. Through my commitment to excellence and my desire to learn and grow, I am confident that I can succeed in any research role and contribute to the success of the organization I work for.

Skills

  • Leadership
    9
  • • Project design and implementation
    9
  • • Qualitative and Quantitative research
    9
  • • Project monitoring and evaluation
    9
  • • Resource budgeting and management
    8
  • • Excellent Computer Proficiency
    10
  • English and Kiswahili
    10

Recommendations

Fidel Opondo

 8/31/2025
Provided a score of  
4
  for Kevin Kadede

Kenneth Owuor

 5/5/2022
10

"Nice and hardworking individual "

3 recommendations in total
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Experience

Kevin Kadede

Work experience
  • The study aims to assess pulmonary TB treatment outcomes and post-treatment outcomes in the two years after treatment completion among people with and without HIV.
  • Key Role: Providing regulatory support to ensure compliance of study procedure to the approved protocol and research ethics

Kevin Kadede

Work experience
  • A CDC funded programmatic evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on TB morbidity and mortality in among TB patients in Kisumu County.
  • Key Role: Providing scientific leadership including coordinating development of the study protocol, overseeing IRB submissions, and ensuring the study adheres to regulatory and ethical requirements, assisting in development of data collection tools, data analysis and dissemination of findings, and fostering collaboration between the partners involved in the project including the CDC, KEMRI, UCSF, National TB program and the MoH Kisumu County.

Kevin Kadede

Work experience
  • DESCRIPTION: A NIH funded study aimed at leveraging on peer-to-peer messaging approach to increase uptake of HIV prevention strategies among adolescents. The overall objective of the study is to increase HIV knowledge and decrease HIV risk behaviours among adolescents living in the informal settlements in Kisumu
  • RESPONSIBILITIES: Provided technical support and oversight for the implementation of the study protocol and for the day-to-day operations
  • Coordinating implementation of all components of the study at the site level
  • Participating in drafting and coordinating the submission of study protocols and other tools for ethical review and approval.
  • Ensuring compliance with study protocol and procedures for all study components
  • Recruited, trained, mentored and monitored the performance the Kenya-based research team
  • Coordinating data collection and management, including qualitative data cleaning, coding and analysis
  • Developing and monitoring study schedules, work hours, budgets and expenditures
  • Constantly engaging stakeholders including Ministry of health officials (county and sub-county health management teams), national govt. administration officials and other implementing partners
  • Facilitating regular meetings and communication with local leaders, community units, focal persons and other community stakeholders for sensitization and feedback on study progress.
  • Facilitating communication between investigators, research team, stakeholders and other collaborators, including meetings (in-person/conference calls)
  • Overseeing administrative operations including finance and procurement
  • Dissemination of the study findings through reports and development of manuscripts.

Kevin Kadede

Education

Kevin Kadede

Work experience
  • January, 2018 - September, 2018
  • Parttime
  • Provided scientific leadership to the FACES Hybrid community testing intervention in the informal settlements of Kisumu. Supported recruitment & training of personnel, development of program tools and coordinating implementation of the community testing activities

Kevin Kadede

Education

Kevin Kadede

Work experience
  • Provided technical support during the FACES Hybrid community testing pilot program in Suba/Mbita sub-counties. Supported recruitment & training of personnel, development of program tools and coordinated implementation of the community testing activities

Kevin Kadede

Work experience
  • Provided technical support on community engagement and entry process; conducting community participatory based research (CPBR) activities in the Mobility in SEARCH Study

Kevin Kadede

Work experience
  • February, 2014 - December, 2018
  • Fulltime
  • DESCRIPTION: The Sustainable East African Research in Community Health (SEARCH), was a multi-site, community test-and-treat clinical trial conducted in Kenya and Uganda, aimed at achieving the UNAIDS 90-90-90. The study was able to surpass 90% community-wide testing using a hybrid mobile testing approach involving multi-disease community health campaigns followed by supplementary homebased testing. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6798741/)
  • RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Coordinating community mobilization and implementation of community HIV testing activities through community health campaigns, home-based HIV testing & counseling, household socioeconomic surveys and key population testing activities
  • Holding regular meetings and communication with local leaders, community units, focal persons and other stakeholders for sensitization and feedback on HIV prevention, care and treatment activities including HIV testing uptake, early ART initiation, as well as significance of PrEP
  • Developing community mobilization and testing SOPs
  • Recruited, trained and mentored field staff to conduct study activities according to the study protocol and SOPs
  • Managing relationships with collaborating institutions and partners including the MoH
  • Ensured efficient resource utilization: commodities, petty cash and human resource
  • Provided regular reports to both the Kenyan and UCSF based study leadership

Kevin Kadede

Work experience
  • The first phase of the SEARCH study involved conducting a community census to establish a baseline upon which community-wide test and test would be assessed. My role included planning and coordinating digital enumeration of all the community members within the study area.
  • RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Planned and coordinated door-to-door community enumeration in 12 ‘SEARCH communities’ in Homabay and Migori counties over a one-year period
  • Regularly communicated and held meetings with key gate keepers/leaders both at county, sub-county and local level to sensitize and update on the enumeration activities
  • Developed community census SOPs for the SEARCH study
  • Recruited and trained census staff on the SEARCH community census procedures
  • Provided staff supervision and mentorship
  • Ensured efficient resource utilization: petty cash and human resource
  • Ensured all enumeration activities were completed within the stipulated timeline

Kevin Kadede

Work experience
  • Conducting in-depth interviews with healthcare providers
  • Transcription and translation of data

Kevin Kadede

Work experience
  • DESCRIPTION: A NIH funded study testing an agricultural intervention to improve the health outcomes of communities affected by HIV in Kenya. (https://shambamaisha.ucsf.edu/)
  • Coordinated and conducted participant recruitment, screening and data collection.
  • Conducted in-depth interviews with study participants.
  • Transcribed and translated the qualitative data from participants
  • Managed financial resources with support from the study coordinator
  • Provided weekly reports on the study progress and regularly communicated with the study investigators at both in Kenya and at the UCSF
  • Acted as liaison between the Principal Investigators in Kisumu, Nairobi, and San Francisco as well as other Institutional officials and committees for the Shamba Qualitative Study

Kevin Kadede

Work experience
  • Conducting in-depth interviews with study participants
  • Transcription and translation of field data

Kevin Kadede

Education
  • September, 2010 - December, 2014
  • Fulltime

Kevin Kadede

Education
  • January, 2005 - December, 2008
  • Fulltime

Kevin Kadede

Education
  • January, 1999 - December, 2002
  • Fulltime

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Fidel Opondo

 8/31/2025
Provided a score of  
4
  for Kevin Kadede

Kenneth Owuor

 5/5/2022
10

"Nice and hardworking individual "

3 recommendations in total
See all recommendations