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Prof Eric Ohuma

Professor of Medical Statistics and Epid

United Kingdom

I am a Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, with a DPhil (PhD) in Medical Statistics from the University of Oxford (UK), and an MSc in Medical Statistics from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Before joining LSHTM, I was a Child Growth & Development Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Child Health (SickKids) - Canada. Previous to this, I was at the University of Oxford as the Lead Statistician of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project, an international multi-centre project that resulted in some key publications i.e., the international standards for pregnancy dating, standards for monitoring fetal size during pregnancy, neonatal size at birth, postnatal standards for monitoring preterms, and gestational weight gain standards among others. The international growth standards are currently used in several hospitals/countries and have contributed to changes in clinical practise. I started my research carreer at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/Wellcome Trust Research Centre as a Statistics intern and then was employed as a Medical Statistician.

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Centres

Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health

Teaching

Eric is one of the module organisers for Statistical Methods in Epidemiology. He teaches on Statistical Methods in Epidemiology and Advanced Statistical Methods in Epidemiology. Currently supervising MSc and PhD students.

Research

My research interests are particularly in maternal, newborn, and child health. Specifically, statistical methodology and applications for child growth and development, clinical prediction modelling, and impact evaluation of complex interventions.
Research Area
Bayesian analysis
Capacity development
Child health
Complex interventions
Global health
Statistical methods
Perinatal health
Maternal health
Newborn health
Health impact analysis
Health systems
Modelling
Country
Brazil
Kenya
Ghana
Tanzania
Malawi
Nigeria
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
Least developed countries: UN classification

Selected Publications

Post-term births as a risk factor for small for gestational age births and infant mortality in Brazil, Mexico, and Palestinian refugees: An analysis of electronic birth records.
JAMALUDDINE, Z; Suarez Idueta, L; PAIXAO, ES; PESCARINI, JM; Ghattas, H; Sato, M; Seita, A; Martinez-Juarez, LA; Barreto, ML; OHUMA, EO; DAY, LT; CAMPBELL, OM R; BLENCOWE, H;
2024
Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Strategies for data harmonisation in preterm health research: Bridging the gap.
OHUMA, EO; AKUZE, J;
2024
Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Unlocking the transformative potential of data science in improving maternal, newborn and child health in Africa: A scoping review protocol
Joseph, A; NGATIA, B; Amare, SY; Wanduru, P; Otieno, GP; Kananura, RM; Kirakoya-Samadoulougou, F; Amouzou, A; Estifanos, AS; OHUMA, EO;
2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Stillbirth risk by fetal size among 126.5 million births in 15 countries from 2000 to 2020: A fetuses-at-risk approach.
OKWARAJI, YB; Suárez-Idueta, L; OHUMA, EO; BRADLEY, E; Yargawa, J; Pingray, V; Cormick, G; Gordon, A; Flenady, V; Horváth-Puhó, E; Sørensen, HT; Abuladze, L; Heidarzadeh, M; Khalili, N; Yunis, KA; Al Bizri, A; Barranco, A; Van Dijk, AE; Broeders, L; Alyafei, F; Olukade, TO; Razaz, N; Söderling, J; Smith, LK; Matthews, RJ; ... National Vulnerable Newborn Mortality Collaborativ,
2024
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
COVID-19 pandemic effects on neonatal inpatient admissions and mortality: interrupted time series analysis of facilities implementing NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania.
MALLA, L; OHUMA, EO; Shabani, J; Ngwala, S; Dosunmu, O; Wainaina, J; Aluvaala, J; Kassim, I; CROSS, JH; Salim, N; Zimba, E; Ezeaka, C; PENZIAS, RE; Gathara, D; Tillya, R; Chiume, M; Odedere, O; Lufesi, N; Kawaza, K; Irimu, G; Tongo, O; Murless-Collins, S; Bohne, C; Richards-Kortum, R; Oden, M; ... LAWN, JE.
2024
BMC pediatrics
The ratio of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 to placental growth factor predicts time to delivery and mode of birth in patients with suspected preeclampsia: a secondary analysis of the INSPIRE trial.
Palma Dos Reis, CR; O'Sullivan, J; OHUMA, EO; James, T; Papageorghiou, AT; Vatish, M; Cerdeira, AS;
2024
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Cooking with liquefied petroleum gas or biomass and fetal growth outcomes: a multi-country randomised controlled trial.
Checkley, W; Thompson, LM; Hossen, S; Nicolaou, L; Williams, KN; Hartinger, SM; Chiang, M; Balakrishnan, K; Garg, SS; Thangavel, G; Aravindalochanan, V; Rosa, G; Mukeshimana, A; Ndagijimana, F; McCracken, JP; Diaz-Artiga, A; Sinharoy, SS; Waller, L; Wang, J; Jabbarzadeh, S; Chen, Y; Steenland, K; Kirby, MA; Ramakrishnan, U; Johnson, M; ... Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPI,
2024
The Lancet. Global health
National, Regional, and Global Estimates of Preterm Birth in 2020, With Trends From 2010: A Systematic Analysis
OHUMA, EO; Moller, A-B; BRADLEY, E; Chakwera, S; Hussain-Alkhateeb, L; LEWIN, A; OKWARAJI, YB; Mahanani, WR; Johansson, EW; Lavin, T; Fernandez, DE; Domínguez, GG; De Costa, A; Cresswell, JA; Krasevec, J; LAWN, JE; BLENCOWE, H; Requejo, J; Moran, AC;
2024
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
Quantifying health facility service readiness for small and sick newborn care: comparing standards-based and WHO level-2 + scoring for 64 hospitals implementing with NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania.
PENZIAS, RE; Bohne, C; Gicheha, E; Molyneux, EM; Gathara, D; Ngwala, SK; Zimba, E; Rashid, E; Odedere, O; Dosunmu, O; Tillya, R; Shabani, J; CROSS, JH; Ochieng, C; Webster, HH; Chiume, M; Dube, Q; Wainaina, J; Kassim, I; Irimu, G; Adudans, S; James, F; Tongo, O; Ezeaka, VC; Salim, N; ... With the Health Facility Assessment Data Collectio,
2024
BMC pediatrics
Health facility assessment of small and sick newborn care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic tool development and operationalisation with NEST360 and UNICEF.
PENZIAS, RE; Bohne, C; Ngwala, SK; Zimba, E; Lufesi, N; Rashid, E; Gicheha, E; Odedere, O; Dosunmu, O; Tillya, R; Shabani, J; CROSS, JH; Liaghati-Mobarhan, S; Chiume, M; Banda, G; Chalira, A; Wainaina, J; Gathara, D; Irimu, G; Adudans, S; James, F; Tongo, O; Ezeaka, VC; Msemo, G; Salim, N; ... With the Health Facility Assessment Technical Cont,
2024
BMC pediatrics
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