Dr Aisha Adamu
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Aisha Adamu
MSc IHTM Module Lead for Epidemiology, Statistics, and Health Economics
Aishatu is a public health physician and epidemiologist with over 15 years’ experience in clinical and public health practice and research in public health, infectious diseases and vaccines. Aishatu trained as a medical doctor at the University of Jos, Nigeria and did her residency training in community medicine. She holds the Fellowship of the West African College of Physicians in Public Health, a Master’s in Epidemiology and a PhD in Infectious Disease Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, (LSHTM).
Aishatu’s research interests in infectious diseases and vaccine epidemiology centre around surveillance and vaccine impact assessment, particularly with the aim of generating evidence-based knowledge that can be translated to policy and implemented to improve health outcomes. Her interests in public health practice have centred around childhood immunisation and epidemic-prone diseases, and outbreak response. She has worked in different clinical, teaching and research contexts in Aminu Kano teaching Hospital, Nigeria, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research programme, Kenya, and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
Address:
Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research
University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford
OX1 3SY
UK
Recent publications
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Identification of Post-Tuberculosis Lung Function Impairment Early during the Course of Treatment
Musa BM. et al, (2024), The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Prevalence and predictors of right ventricular dysfunction among adults living with HIV in northwest Nigeria
Kana SA. et al, (2024), Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, 14, 753 - 770
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Factors Associated with Utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services among Married Adolescent Girls in Kano, Northern Nigeria
Ismail HT. et al, (2024), International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS, 13, e001 - e001
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Estimating vaccine coverage in conflict settings using geospatial methods: a case study in Borno state, Nigeria.
Sbarra AN. et al, (2023), Scientific reports, 13
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Evaluation of Excess Deaths in a Tertiary Hospital in Urban Northern Nigeria during the COVID-19 Pandemic (EDiK-2020 Study)
Galadanci HS. et al, (2023), Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences, 20, 109 - 113