Dr Kwabena Asare

Research Fellow

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel street
London
United Kingdom

Email
Kwabena

I am an Epidemiologist at the Department of Non-Communicable Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

I studied for my MSc in Epidemiology at Wits University and PhD in Public Health at the Univeersity of KwaZulu-Natal all in South Africa.

I work with the Brain Health study group which is part of the larger Electronic Health Records group. I am currently working on studies related to infections, brain health and frailty during old age in the US and UK.

I teach on intensive, distance learning and short course modules in Epidemiology, Medical Statistics, Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy, Electronic Health Records Research and Pharmacoepidemiology.

Affiliations

Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology

Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Teaching

Research

Research Area

Epidemiology

Electronic health records

Disease and Health Conditions

Non-communicable diseases

Mental health

HIV/AIDS

Sexually transmitted infections

Chronic diseases

Infectious diseases

Country

United Kingdom

Selected Publications

Impact of increasing CD4 count threshold eligibility for antiretroviral therapy initiation on advanced HIV disease and tuberculosis prevalence and incidence in South Africa: an interrupted time series analysis

ASARE, K; Lewis, L; Van der Molen, J; Sookrajh, Y; Khubone, T; Ngwenya, T; Ntokozo, MS; Lessells, R; Naidoo, K; Sosibo, P; BOTTOMLEY, C; Garrett, N; Dorward, J;

2024

medRxiv

Risk of major adverse cardiovascular events with dolutegravir versus efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy: emulated target trials using routine, de-identified data from South Africa

Dorward, J; Masombuka, X; Lewis, L; Pastellides, C; Van der Molen, J; ASARE, K; Tlhaku, K; Brown, JA; BOTTOMLEY, C; Jacobs, D; Collie, S; Garrett, N;

2025

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Retrospective cohort analysis of antiretroviral therapy initiation timelines and clinical outcomes in adults with HIV and TB disease in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Jansen van Vuuren, CJ; Van der Molen, J; Sookrajh, Y; Ngwenya, T; Khubone, T; Mkhize, S; ASARE, K; Naidoo, K; Lessells, R; Lewis, L; Garrett, N; Dorward, J;

2025

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Determinants of glycemic control among persons living with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending a district hospital in Ghana.

Adjei, A; Brightson, KT C; Mensah, MM; Osei, J; Drah, M; Narh, CT; ASARE, K; Anto, F;

2024

PloS one

Maternal exposure to heat and its association with miscarriage in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A population-based cohort study.

Moodley, Y; ASARE, K; Tanser, F; Tomita, A;

2024

Women's health (London, England)

ASARE, K; Lewis, L; Van der Molen, J; Sookrajh, Y; Khubone, T; Ngwenya, T; Ntokozo, MS; Lessells, R; Naidoo, K; Sosibo, P; BOTTOMLEY, C; Garrett, N; Dorward, J;

2024

medRxiv

Relationship between physical activity and behaviour challenges: A multi-site study of South African adolescents attending urban public schools

ASARE, K; Ntlantsana, V; Ranjit, K; Tomita, A; Paruk, S;

2024

Authorea Preprints

Clinical outcomes with second-line dolutegravir in people with virological failure on first-line non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based regimens in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study.

ASARE, K; Sookrajh, Y; Van der Molen, J; Khubone, T; Lewis, L; Lessells, RJ; Naidoo, K; Sosibo, P; Van Heerden, R; Garrett, N; Dorward, J;

2023

The Lancet Global health

Relationship between physical activity and behaviour challenges of adolescents in South Africa.

ASARE, K; Ntlantsana, V; Ranjit, K; Tomita, A; Paruk, S;