HERIETH STEVEN RWEZAURA

Senior Lecturer, College Of Natural And Applied Sciences

Education:

PhD in Mathematics, specializing in Biomathematics (University College Dublin, Ireland) M.Sc. Mathematics (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). B.Sc. Ed (Hons), Mathematics and Chemistry (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania).

Teaching:

Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses in mathematics including:

• Linear Algebra: (undergraduate)
• Matrices and Basic Calculus for Non-majors: (undergraduate)
• Calculus and Differential Equations for Non-majors: (undergraduate)
• Ordinary Differential Equations: (MSc)    
• Biomathematics: (MSc)
• Dynamical Systems: (PhD)  
• Mathematical Epidemiology: (PhD)

Research:

• Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases
• Differential equations and dynamical systems
• Early Childhood Development

Projects:

• “Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Caregiving for Children 0-2 Years in Mwanza and Geita Regions in Tanzania: Baseline Survey for THRIVE II Project”. Commissioned by Catholic Relief Services. (Senga M.A. (PI), Rwezaura H., Lomitu L. (Investigators)
• “Accelerating Stunting Reduction Project in Mbeya Region in Tanzania: Baseline Survey. Commissioned by Catholic Relief Services. (Senga M.A. (PI), Rwezaura H. (Investigator)
• “Assessment of Land and Forest Tenure in Coastal Mangrove Forests of Southeast Asia (Indonesia) and East Africa (Tanzania)”. Commissioned by the Center for International Forestry Research (“CIFOR”) (Mshale B., Mwangi E., Senga M (PIs), Rwezaura H., Kweka J (Researchers)
• Tuberculosis and malaria: a deadly cycle of co-infection (UDSM-Sida/SAREC Cooperation Programme), 02/01/08 – 06/30/08. (Tchuenche J.M. (PI), Mtisi E., Rwezaura H., Shaban N. (Investigators), Chiyaka C. and Mukandavire Z. (Collaborators).

Publications:

• M.L. Diagne, H. Rwezaura, S.A. Pedro, J.M. Tchuenche (2022). Theoretical analysis of a measles model with nonlinear incidence functions. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2022.106911.
• H. Rwezaura, M.L. Diagne, A. Omame, A.L. de Espindola, J.M. Tchuenche (2022) Mathematical modeling and optimal control of SARS-CoV-2 and Tuberculosis co-infection: A case study of Indonesia. Model. Earth Syst. Environ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-022-01430-6
• M.S. Goudiaby, L.D. Gning, M.L. Diagne, Ben M. Dia, H. Rwezaura, J.M. Tchuenche (2022) Optimal control analysis of a COVID-19 and tuberculosis co-dynamics model, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked 28, 100849.
• S.Y. Tchoumi, H. Rwezaura, M.L. Diagne, Gilberto Gonzalez-Parra, J.M Tchuenche (2022) Impact of infective immigrants on Covid-19 dynamics, Math. Comput. Appl. 2022, 27, 11.
• S.A. Pedro, H. Rwezaura, J.M. Tchuenche (2022). Time varying sensitivity analysis of an influenza model with interventions, Int. J. Biomath., 15(3), 2150098.
• N. Ringa, M.L. Diagne, H. Rwezaura, A. Omame, S.Y. Tchoumi, J.M. Tchuenche (2022) HIV and Covid-19 co-infection: A mathematical model and optimal control, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 31, 100978.
• H. Rwezaura (2021) Modelling the Impact of Undetected Cases on the Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19, Tanzania Journal of Science, 47(5), 1828-1844.
• H. Rwezaura and S. McGarraghy (2021) Mitigating the Spread of Measles under Constrained Health Care Resources in Tanzania using Social Contact Network Models, Tanzania Journal of Science,47(5), 1492-1507.
• S.Y. Tchoumi, H. Rwezaura, J.M. Tchuenche (2021) Dynamic of a two-strain COVID-19 model with vaccination, Results in Physics, 105777.
• S.A. Pedro, H. Rwezaura, A. Mandipezar, J.M. Tchuenche (2021)  Qualitative analysis of an influenza model with biomedical interventions, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 146, 110852.
• S.Y. Tchoumi, M.L. Diagne, H. Rwezaura, J.M. Tchuenche (2021) Malaria and COVID-19 co-dynamics: A mathematical model and optimal control, Appl Math Model. 99, 294-327.
• M.L. Diagne, H. Rwezaura, S. Y. Tchoumi, J.M. Tchuenche (2021) A mathematical model of Covid-19 with vaccination and treatment, Comput. Math. Meth. Med., Vol 2021, Article ID 1250129.
• A. Omame, H. Rwezaura, M.L. Diagne S.C. Inyama, J.M. Tchuenche (2021) COVID-19 and dengue co-infection in Brazil: Optimal control and cost effectiveness analysis, The European Physical Journal Plus, 136:1090.
• H. Rwezaura, S.Y. Tchoumi, J.M. Tchuenche (2021) Impact of environmental transmission and contact rates on Covid-19 dynamics: A simulation study, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked 27, 100807.
• M. Senga and H. Rwezaura (2019) “Birds of a Feather”: Homophilous Networks of Graduate Fellows across Academic Disciplines and Cultural Backgrounds, Tanzania Journal of Sociology. Vol. 5, Pages 1-20.
• A. Solonen, J.M. Tchuenche, H. Rwezaura and H. Haario (2013) Studying the Identifiability of Epidemiological Models using MCMC. Int. J. Biomath. Vol. 6, No. 2.
• O.M. Tessa, B. Saley, H. Rwezaura and J.M. Tchuenche (2013) Local Stability Analysis of an Age-Structured Hepatitis B Transmission Model, in Dynamical Systems: Theory, Applications and Future Directions, Ed. J.M Tchuenche, Nova Science Publishers, pp. 163-182, ISBN: 978-1-62808-001-8.
• H. Rwezaura, E. Mtisi and J.M. Tchuenche (2010) A Mathematical Analysis of Influenza with Treatment and Vaccination. In: Infectious Disease Modelling Research Progress, Series - Public Health in the 21st Century, J.M. Tchuenche and C. Chiyaka (eds) Nova Science Publishers, NY, Inc, pp. 31-84.
• E. Mtisi, H. Rwezaura and J.M. Tchuenche (2009) A mathematical analysis of malaria and tuberculosis co-dynamics, Discrete Cont. Dyn. Syst. B, 12(4), 827-864.