Research Interests

Research interests:

  • Non communicable diseases
  • Malaria
  • Population Health
  • Women health and sexually transmitted infections

Title of Main Research Projects –indicate if they are funded by whom and /or collaborative with whom, etc.

 1.     Improving Neonatal Health Through Rapid Malaria Testing in Early Pregnancy with High-Sensitivity Diagnostics (INTREPiD)

Funded by National Institute of Health (NIH). Collaborative with Duke Clinical Research Institute and Kinshasa School of Public Health.    $ 1,400,000.  2022-2027.

 2. DGHI Viral Pathogen Discovery Network: Identifying and Characterizing Novel Viruses Among Patients with Pneumonia. Funded by Duke Global Health Institute. Collaborative with Dr Wendy O’Meara, Duke University.  2021-2022. $ 15,000.00

 3.     Multi-Component Hypertension Care Among People With HIV in Western Kenya: A Retrospective Observational Cohort       Study. Collaboration with Raj Vedanthan, NYU  2020-2022. $ 10,000

 4.     Peers and Technology for Adherence, Access, Accountability, and Analytics (PT4A). Funded by NIH. 2020-2022. $. 279,000. Collaborative with New York University (Raj Vedanthan).

 5. Malaria diagnostic testing and conditional subsidies to target ACTs in the retail sector: the TESTsmART trial. Funded by NIH. Collaborative with Dr Wendy O’Meara, Duke University     2019-2022. $343,000

 6.     Estimating the incidence of antenatal syphilis in Webuye, Kenya in order to enhance prevention of congenital syphilis: the Webuye Antenatal Syphilis Project (WASP)”.     Funded by Duke Global Health Institute.    Collaborative with Dr Steve Taylor, Duke University     2018-2020. $25,000