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Dr Palwende Boua

Assistant Professor - Lead Human Genetic Epidemiology

United Kingdom

Affiliations

MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM

Selected Publications

Discovery of gene-alcohol interaction loci influencing blood pressure in 1.1 million individuals from multiple populations.
Feitosa, M; Schwander, K; Miller, C; Kraja, A; Bentley, A; Brown, M; De Hesselle, H; Noordam, R; Lee, S; Nagarajan, P; Wang, H; Giri, A; Ammous, F; Bartz, T; Batini, C; Brandenburg, J-T; Breyer, M; Cordell, H; Corley, J; Dimotrov, L; Do, A; Du, J; Giulianini, F; Grace, C; Gudmundsdottir, V; ... Winkler, T.
2026
Res Sq
Developing internationally agreed core indicators for surveillance of preconception health: protocol for a consensus study
Schoenaker, D; Hall, J; Al-Jayyousi, GF; Borges, AL V; BOUA, PR; Chan, JK Y; Chitashvili, T; Delbaere, I; Demidova, A; Fikadu, K; Fisher, S; Hazra, A; James, S; Ku, CW; Maeda, E; Memon, Z; Munblit, D; Mulders, A; Murira, Z; Norman, WV; Ogle, A; Sethi, V; Shahbic, HI; Kakoly, NS; Verbiest, S; ... Stephenson, J.
2026
openRxiv
Plasma proteomic profiling reveals distinct protein signatures associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B infection.
Zongo, SV; Bauer, MA; Traore, L; Compaore, TR; Yonli, AT; Bambara, AT; BOUA, PR; Sombié, RA; Barro, O; Somda, SK; Sanou, M; Martinson, JJ; Chamcheu, JC; Roberts, LR; Borad, MJ; Nagalo, BM; Tackett, AJ; Sanou, A; Djigma, FW; Simpore, J;
2026
Clinical proteomics
Correction to: Development and Validation of Polygenic Risk Scores for Blood Pressure Traits in Continental African Populations.
Onyenobi, E; Zhong, M; Soremekun, O; Kamiza, A; BOUA, R; Chikowore, T; ACCME Research Group,; FATUMO, S; Choudhury, A; Hazelhurst, S; Adebamowo, C; Ramsay, M; Tayo, B; Albrecht, JS; O'Connor, TD; Zhang, Y; Mitchell, BD; Adebamowo, SN;
2025
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine
Development and Validation of Polygenic Risk Scores for Blood Pressure Traits in Continental African Populations.
Onyenobi, E; Zhong, M; Soremekun, O; Kamiza, A; BOUA, R; Chikowore, T; ACCME Research Group,; FATUMO, S; Choudhury, A; Hazelhurst, S; Adebamowo, C; Ramsay, M; Tayo, B; Albrecht, JS; O'Connor, TD; Zhang, Y; Mitchell, BD; Adebamowo, SN;
2025
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine
Genome-wide association study identifying novel risk variants associated with glycaemic traits in the continental African AWI-Gen cohort.
Chebii, VJ; Wade, AN; Crowther, NJ; Nonterah, EA; Agongo, G; Simayi, Z; BOUA, PR; Kisiangani, I; Ramsay, M; Choudhury, A; Sengupta, D; As members of the H3Africa AWI-Gen study,;
2025
Diabetologia
Incident type 2 diabetes and its risk factors in men and women aged 40-60 years from four sub-Saharan African countries: results from the AWI-Gen study.
Chikwati, RP; Crowther, NJ; Ramsay, M; Micklesfield, LK; Norris, SA; Seakamela, KP; Nonterah, EA; Agongo, G; Mohamed, SF; Kisiangani, I; Boua, PR; Wade, AN; AWI-Gen and the H3Africa Consortium,;
2025
The Lancet. Global health
Challenges and opportunities of developing bioinformatics platforms in Africa: the case of BurkinaBioinfo at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Burkina Faso.
Tibiri, EB; BOUA, PR; Soulama, I; Dubreuil-Tranchant, C; Tando, N; Tollenaere, C; Brugidou, C; Nanema, RK; Tiendrebeogo, F;
2025
Briefings in bioinformatics
Cohort Profile: Africa Wits-INDEPTH partnership for Genomic studies (AWI-Gen) in four sub-Saharan African countries.
Tluway, F; Agongo, G; Baloyi, V; BOUA, PR; Kisiangani, I; Lingani, M; Mashaba, RG; Mohamed, SF; Nonterah, EA; Ntimana, CB; Rouamba, T; Mathema, T; Madala, S; Maghini, DG; Choudhury, A; Crowther, NJ; Hazelhurst, S; Sengupta, D; Ansah, P; Choma, SS R; Debpuur, C; Gómez-Olivé, FX; Kahn, K; Micklesfield, LK; Norris, SA; ... As members of AWI-Gen and the H3Africa Consortium
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2025
International journal of epidemiology
Obesity phenotypes and dyslipidemia in adults from four African countries: An H3Africa AWI-Gen study.
Nonterah, EA; Agongo, G; Crowther, NJ; Mohamed, SF; Micklesfield, LK; BOUA, PR; Wade, AN; Choma, SS R; Sorgho, H; Kissiangani, I; Asiki, G; Ansah, P; Oduro, AR; Norris, SA; Tollman, SM; Raal, FJ; Alberts, M; Ramsay, M; As members of AWI-Gen and the H3Africa Consortium,;
2025
PloS one
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