Dr Uduak Okomo
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical Research Council The Gambia Unit
Atlantic Boulevard
Banjul
Gambia
Uduak Okomo is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and a Senior Scientist within the Vaccines and Immunity Theme at the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM. She is also Research Coordinator for Maternal and Newborn Health at the Unit and Co-lead of the Women Theme at the LSHTM Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health (MARCH) Centre. She is a Fellow of the Leadership for Innovation and Excellence in Accelerating Research on Women’s Health (LEA-WH) programme.
She received her medical degree from the University of Calabar, Nigeria, and completed specialist training in paediatrics with the West African College of Physicians. She subsequently obtained an MSc in Epidemiology from LSHTM and completed an MRC-funded Clinical PhD in Epidemiology at LSHTM.
She is also a Visiting Lecturer in Paediatrics at the College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Nigeria.
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
Uduak Okomo is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA; Descriptor 2). She is committed to teaching, mentoring, and supporting the development of early-career researchers, including supervising MSc and PhD students.
Her teaching, learning support and supervisory activities include:
- Module Co-organiser and Tutor, Current Issues in Maternal & Perinatal Health module
- Tutor, MSc Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy and Programme
- Tutor, London Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) course
- Contributor to practical teaching on the Pathogen Genomics module
- Supervisor of MSc and PhD students
Research
Uduak Okomo’s research focuses on improving maternal, newborn and child survival and reducing stillbirths in sub-Saharan Africa. Her work spans the causes and management of serious infections, transmission of infections in community and healthcare settings, infection prevention and control, and antimicrobial resistance. She is also interested in improving access to and the delivery of high-quality maternal and newborn healthcare, using implementation research, research findings and routine health data to strengthen facility-based care and inform health policy and practice.
Her research is increasingly extending across the life course to women’s health in midlife and menopause, with a particular interest in generating locally relevant evidence on women’s experiences, healthcare needs and health-system responses in African settings.
She also supervises students undertaking research in maternal and newborn health.
Selected Publications
