Dr Philip Ayieko
Assistant Professor
Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit
P O Box 11936 Mwanza
Tanzania
Affiliations
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
I am involved in teaching on the Distance Learning epidemiology module EPM102 (statistics for epidemiology), and the clinical trial modules CTM202 (Trial designs) and CTM206 (Data management and interim analysis). I am currently a Deputy Module Organizer for CTM 206. In this role I moderate online distance learning forum, undertake supervision of MSc students and marking research projects. I also participate in teaching the short course on introduction to research methods course held in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Research
I am intrested in trials of public health interventions and in particular evaluation of these interventions using cluster randomised trials.
Selected Publications
Aerobic activity significantly reduces blood pressure among hypertensive adults in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2025
Frontiers in Public Health
A study protocol to engage religious leaders to reduce blood pressure in Tanzanian communities: A cluster randomized trial.
2025
Contemporary clinical trials
The MRC funded International Statistics and Epidemiology Partnership
2024
NIHR Statistics Conference 2024