Dr. Isaac Bekele

Ext. 83318
Senior Lecturer, Statistics
E-mail: isaac.bekele@sta.uwi.edu

Research interests: Application of statistics in Agriculture, the Environment, Biology, Health and Medicine Environmental Fields.

Main Research Area

Biomedical, Agricultural and Environmental Statistics; Scientific Data Collection; Processing and Interpretation.

Other Research Interests

History of Science and Mathematics.

Teaching

• AGRI1003: Mathematical Methods for Scientists (3)
• HUEC1005: Introduction to Biostatistics (3)
• AGRI3000: Statistical Methods (4)
• AGRI6620: Statistics (4)

Selected Recent publications

1. Pinto-Pereira, L.M., Bartholomew, L.A., Brooks, H., Lowe D., Rocke, K., Rolle,J., Smith, J., Thekwini, O., Seemungal, J.A and Bekele, I. (2007). Chronic Obstructive pulmonary disease is missed in asthmatics in specialty care in Trinidad, West Indies. Int J TuberC lung Dis. 11(9): 1026-1032.
2. Isaac, W. A., Braithwaite, R. A. I., Cohen, J. E. and Bekele, I. (2007). Effects of alternative weed management strategies on Commelina diffusa Burm. infestations in Fairtrade banana (Musa spp.) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Crop Protection 26 (2007):1219-1225.
3. Bekele, F., Bekele, I., Butler, D. and Bidaisee, G. (2006). Patterns of morphological variation in a sample of cacao (Theobroma cocoa L.) germplasm from the International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 53: 933 – 948.
4. Rojas de Astudillo, L., Chang Yen, I. and Bekele, I. (2005). Heavy Metals in sediments, mussels and oysters from Trinidad and Venezuela. Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSBN-0034-7744) Vol. 53(Suppl. 1):41-53.
5. Ganpat, W.G. and Bekele, I. (2004). The impact of small farmer’s differential access to resources on incomes. Journal of Sustainable Development. Vol. 1 No. 1., pp 35 – 43.
6. Rojas de Astudillo, L., Chang Yen, I., Agard, J., Bekele, I., Hubbard, R. (2002). Heavy Metals in Green Mussel (Perna viridis) and Oysters (Crassostrea sp) from Trinidad and Venezuela. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicity, 42 (4), 410-415.
7. Ganpat, W., Seepersad, J. and Bekele, I. (2000). Profiling Farm Systems as Pre-requisite to Improved Technology Use. Journal of Extension Systems Vol. 16 No. 2., pp 62 – 71.
8. Chang Yen, I., Bekele, I. and Kallo, C. (1999). Use patterns and residual levels of organophosphate pesticides on vegetables in Trinidad, West Indies. Jour. Of AOAC, International, 82: 991-995. Bekele, I. and McCulloch, C. (1996). Estimation of the time of attainment of a threshold with control of the probability of over estimation. Commun. Statist.-Simula., 25(1): 157-168.
9. Bekele, F. and Bekele, I. (1996). A sampling of the phenetic diversity of cacao in the International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad. Crop Science, 36(1): 57-64.
10. Mohammed, T.I., Chang Yen, I. and Bekele, I. (1996). Lead pollution in East Trinidad resulting from lead recycling and smelting activities. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 18: 123-128.