Ifedayo Adetifa

FWACP (Paeds) MSc PhD

Assistant Professor

Clinical Epidemiologist

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

I joined the School in June 2014 and conduct vaccine epidemiology research at my base overseas, the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya. My background is one of clinical training in Paediatrics leading to award of a Fellowship of the West Africa Collge of Physicians in Paediatrics in 2005, as well as in epidemiology- obtained a MSc from the School in 2009 and a PhD from the University of Amsterdam in 2012.

Prior to joining the School, I worked as a Clinical Epidemiologist at the Medical Research Council Unit-The Gambia. My research interests and work at the MRCG were in TB Epidemiology.

Affiliations

Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Centres

Tuberculosis (TB) Centre

Vaccine Centre

Antimicrobial Resistance Centre

Teaching

I am a Distance Learning tutor for Basic Statistics with Computing (EPM101) and Study Design: Writing a grant (EPM201) modules of the MSc Epidemiology and I organise and teach on the Vaccines session on the DTMH course at the school. In addition, I teach on the Postgraduate Diploma in Research Methods course at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme/Pwani University, Kilifi, in Kenya

Research

My research interests are infectious diseases epidemiology specifically vaccine impact studies including assessments of indirect and non-specific effects of vaccines; assessments of crude and effective vaccine coverage, serological surveys of population immunity and innovative approaches to increasing vaccine coverage.

I am a co-principal investigator and co-investigator respectively on the following vaccine effectiveness studies in Kenya-Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Impact Study (PCVIS) and the Rotavirus Immunisation Programme Evaluation in Kenya (RIPEK)

However, I still retain interest in TB Epidemiology- improving TB case finding in populations and understanding risk of disease and interactions with non communicable diseases like Type 2 diabetes.

Research Area

Child health

Clinical trials

Surveillance

Systematic reviews

Vaccines

Disease control

Global Health

Immunisation

Impact evaluation

Discipline

Bacteriology

Demography

Epidemiology

Operational research

Vaccinology

Disease and Health Conditions

HIV/AIDS

Infectious disease

Tuberculosis

Respiratory disease

Sepsis

Tropical diseases

Country

Gambia, The

Kenya

Nigeria

Tanzania

Zimbabwe

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Crude childhood vaccination coverage in West Africa: Trends and predictors of completeness.

Kazungu, J.S. ; Adetifa, I.M.O. ;

Wellcome Open Res

Host Immune Responses Differ between M. africanum- and M. tuberculosis-Infected Patients following Standard Anti-tuberculosis Treatment.

Tientcheu, L.D. ; Haks, M.C. ; Agbla, S.C. ; Sutherland, J.S. ; Adetifa, I.M. ; Donkor, S. ; Quinten, E. ; Daramy, M. ; Antonio, M. ; Kampmann, B. ; Ottenhoff, T.H. ; Dockrell, H.M. ; Ota, M.O. ;

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

A tuberculosis nationwide prevalence survey in Gambia, 2012.

Adetifa, I.M. ; Kendall, L. ; Bashorun, A. ; Linda, C. ; Omoleke, S. ; Jeffries, D. ; Maane, R. ; Alorse, B.D. ; Alorse, W.D. ; Okoi, C.B. ; Mlaga, K.D. ; Kinteh, M.A. ; Donkor, S. ; de Jong, B.C. ; Antonio, M. ; d'Alessandro, U. ;

Bull World Health Organ

Cohort Profile: The Kilifi Vaccine Monitoring Study.

Adetifa, I.M. ; Bwanaali, T. ; Wafula, J. ; Mutuku, A. ; Karia, B. ; Makumi, A. ; Mwatsuma, P. ; Bauni, E. ; Hammitt, L.L. ; Nokes, D.J. ; Maree, E. ; Tabu, C. ; Kamau, T. ; Mataza, C. ; Williams, T.N. ; Scott, J.A. ;

Int J Epidemiol

The emerging threat of pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in West Africa: preparing for large-scale tuberculosis research and drug resistance surveillance.

Gehre, F. ; Otu, J. ; Kendall, L. ; Forson, A. ; Kwara, A. ; Kudzawu, S. ; Kehinde, A.O. ; Adebiyi, O. ; Salako, K. ; Baldeh, I. ; Jallow, A. ; Jallow, M. ; Dagnra, A. ; Dissé, K. ; Kadanga, E.A. ; Idigbe, E.O. ; Onubogu, C. ; Onyejepu, N. ; Gaye-Diallo, A. ; Ba-Diallo, A. ; Rabna, P. ; Mane, M. ; Sanogo, M. ; Diarra, B. ; Dezemon, Z. ; Sanou, A. ; Senghore, M. ; Kwambana-Adams, B.A. ; Demba, E. ; Faal-Jawara, T. ; Kumar, S. ; Tientcheu, L.D. ; Jallow, A. ; Ceesay, S. ; Adetifa, I. ; Jaye, A. ; Pallen, M.J. ; D'Alessandro, U. ; Kampmann, B. ; Adegbola, R.A. ; Mboup, S. ; Corrah, T. ; de Jong, B.C. ; Antonio, M. ;

BMC Med

A Tuberculin Skin Test Survey and the Annual Risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Gambian School Children.

Adetifa, I.M. ; Muhammad, A.K. ; Jeffries, D. ; Donkor, S. ; Borgdorff, M.W. ; Corrah, T. ; D'Alessandro, U. ;

PLoS One

Effect of BCG vaccination against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Roy, A. ; Eisenhut, M. ; Harris, R.J. ; Rodrigues, L.C. ; Sridhar, S. ; Habermann, S. ; Snell, L. ; Mangtani, P. ; Adetifa, I. ; Lalvani, A. ; Abubakar, I. ;

BMJ

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