We host a bi-weekly Sustainable Development for HIV Health (SD4H) seminar via zoom for Maseno University graduate students. The course is led by the Fellowship Directors (Drs. Bukusi, Ndunyu, Weiser, and Cohen) and features guest lectures by Maseno University, KEMRI and UCGHI faculty, and Kenyan SD4H researchers. The SD4H seminar combines lectures, participatory discussions, and student presentations focusing on the SD4H core competencies.
Remote access to STI testing and treatment for high-risk men
March 21, 2024
Dan Omollo has a BSc in Biomedical Science & Technology from Egerton University and an MPH in Epidemiology from Maseno University. Dan is a SD4H doctoral student with Maseno University, currently taking the Advanced Training in Clinical Research at UCSF. He has served as a part-time lecturer at Maseno University and Great Lakes University of Kisumu. He has also worked as a Research Coordinator on various studies since 2011. His research interests are focused interventions to reduce youth’s engagement in HIV high risk behaviour.
Educating for Change: Education’s Role in Addressing the Climate and Health Crisis - Understanding and Addressing Climate Mental Health Trauma
March 7, 2024
- Arianne Teherani, PhD is Professor of Medicine and Education Scientist in the Center for Faculty Educators at the UCSF. Dr. Teherani is the Founding Co-Director of the University of California, Center for Climate Health and Equity. She is also the Director for Program Evaluation and Education Continuous Quality Improvement for the School of Medicine. Dr. Teherani's research, which has informed conversations, research agendas and policies, focuses on advancing knowledge in equity and social justice, professionalism, and education for climate change and health.
- Jyoti Mishra, PhD is trained in the computational, cognitive and translational neurosciences. She is the founder of the Neural Engineering & Translation Labs (NEATLabs) at UCSD. Her lab innovates digital technologies for scalable brain health mapping, monitoring and precision therapeutics. Dr. Mishra's interdisciplinary research interests are at the intersection of neuroscience and digital engineering, integrating machine learning methods to personalize and inform mental healthcare, education, and climate change adaptation efforts.
SD4H Masters’ student presentations
February 22, 2024
Elias Pande, Joy Nyaim, and Christine Magak
- Christine A. Magak is enrolled in the Masters’ in Public Health (Epidemiology and Population Health) at Maseno University. Ms. Magak is Public Health Specialist and Clinical Officer with 13 years of experience in public health programs and expertise in providing care for patients with complex healthcare needs. In addition to her clinical work, she works at the Henry Jackson Foundation Medical Research Institution, as a Pediatric & Adolescents Program Coordinator, TB/HIV & Nutrition Program Officer, and the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Lead. Her research interest is in infectious diseases and improving HIV care, treatment and prevention outcomes.
- Elias Pande is enrolled in the Masters’ in Public Health (Epidemiology and Population Health) after completing his Bachelors in Science in Public Health with a focus on IT from Maseno University. He is Public Health Specialist with a focus on Human Rights Advocacy, Epidemiology, Research Learning Monitoring & Evaluation, Program/Project Management, and Leadership & Mentorship.
- Joy Nyaim is enrolled in the Masters’ in Public Health (Epidemiology and Population Health). She completed a Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing and Midwifery. She worked as a general nurse and a nurse counselor in HIV/TB field, with a focus on maternal, child and adolescent health. She also has experience in conducting both quantitative and qualitative research. Her research interest is in the intersection between tobacco and substance use among people living with HIV.
January 30, 2024
- Rhoda Musungu is a PhD student at Maseno University and the Training Coordinator for the Sustainable Development for HIV Health. She is an experienced Project Coordinator with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Gender Mainstreaming, Report Writing, Leadership, Project Management, and Sign Language. Strong community and social services professional with a MSc. focused in Public Health Nutrition. She is a champion for gender equity and women empowerment.
Water Insecurity and Intimate Partner Violence among Women Living with HIV: Understanding the intersecting challenges and their impact on HIV health
January 11, 2024
- Jacquelyne Jascinter Odak is a Public Health PhD student from Maseno University, Kenya. Jacquelyne is a Sustainable Development for HIV Health Fellow with a multi-disciplinary background. She completed the Advanced Training in Clinical Research (ATCR) graduate program at UCSF. She has experience in conducting health and development research in resource-poor settings focusing on HIV health, self-reliance, and resilience to the effects of climate change. Her concentration is on Global Health, climate change, and the intersectionality between HIV health, environment, and sustainable development to address resource insecurities among People Living with HIV. Her research interests are built around water and food insecurities among PLWH with the aim of improving HIV health outcomes, livelihoods, and resilience in a sustainable manner. She will be integrating GIS in the assessment of determinants and outcomes of water insecurity among people living with HIV in the lake Victoria Basin, Kenya.
Previous Seminars
We host a bi-weekly Sustainable Development for HIV Health (SD4H) seminar via zoom for Maseno University graduate students. The course is led by the Fellowship Directors (Drs. Bukusi, Ndunyu, Weiser, and Cohen) and features guest lectures by Maseno University, KEMRI and UCGHI faculty, and Kenyan SD4H researchers. The SD4H seminar combines lectures, participatory discussions, and student presentations focusing on the SD4H core competencies.
One Health - Extreme Weather Events and Antibiotic Resistance
October 5, 2023
Dr. Peter Omemo is a lecturer in the Department of Public Health at Maseno University- Kenya. Dr. Omemo has diverse professional experiences, gained throughout 22+ years in Veterinary and Public Health departments in Kenya. He also has over 10 years’ teaching experience as a public health lecturer at the university level. Dr Omemo’s primary research interests evolve round application of transdisciplinary approaches in the study of population health. Especially application of One health approach and GIS in Population health research. He is currently committed to conducting a One Health study to assess the impact of extreme weather events on the health of Persons living with HIV and Antibiotic Use at the human–animal interface in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya.
Qualitative Research - part 2
September 21, 2023
Abigail M. Hatcher is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health and an honorary Associate Professor at the School of Public Health of the University of the Witwatersrand. She explores causal links from social determinants (intimate partner violence, poverty, and food insecurity) to mental and physical health. Hatcher examines the efficacy of social interventions through randomized control trials and longitudinal qualitative research and is an editorial board member of AIDS and an associate editor at BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
Presentation Literacy
September 7, 2023
Dr. Elizabeth Bukusi is Senior Principal Clinical Research Scientist at KEMRI and Co-Director Research Care Training Program. In addition to her experience conducting socio-behavioral and biomedical research and providing leadership and support for HIV care, she has a strong interest in research and clinical ethics. Dr. Bukusi also focuses on mentoring and training health care and research personnel to enhance local and international capacity.
Wildfire Smoke and Preterm Birth
August 24, 2023
Dr. Amy Padula studies the effects of ambient air pollution during pregnancy on adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight and birth defects. The projects have expanded to evaluate social factors including neighborhood socioeconomic status and acculturation and comorbidities including diabetes and hypertension during pregnancy. More recently, she investigated interactions between biotransformation enzymes gene variants and air pollution and risk of congenital anomalies. She is a co-investigator of the NIH’s Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) study at UCSF. This study is currently recruiting pregnant women to examine the relationship between endocrine disrupting chemicals and psychosocial stress during pregnancy and their effects on adverse birth and child health outcomes.
August 10, 2023
Jackie Odhiambo, MSc is a Public Health and Health Systems Researcher. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Public Health and is a SD4H PhD Fellow at Maseno University. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of Nyanam Widows Rising. Nyanam (the name means “Daughter of the Lake”) Widows Rising provides widows in the Lake Victoria region with leadership education, personal and professional development. Founded in 2017, Nyanam helps widows begin micro-enterprises and small businesses and educates widows about property rights, helping them reclaim what’s theirs. They have built homes for widows whose safety was threatened, and nearly 1,000 children have benefitted from Nyanam youth camps and mentorship programs. Hundreds of widows gather for monthly meetings providing them with a sense of community.
The Water Insecurity Experiences (WISE) Scales: A new way to think about & measure water insecurity
June 29, 2023
Sera Young is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Health Studies at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She has dedicated her career to understanding how mothers, especially in low-resource settings, cope to preserve their health and that of their families. Methodologically, she draws on her training in medical anthropology (MA, University of Amsterdam) and international nutrition (PhD, Cornell University) to take a biocultural approach to improving maternal and child health. Professor Young’s current research is focused on quantifying human experiences with problems with water, and unpacking their consequences for nutrition, health, and well-being (www.WISEscales.org). Dr. Young led a large multi-disciplinary team to develop the first cross-culturally equivalent way of measuring water access and use at the household and individual levels. The Water Insecurity Experiences Scales have been used by 100+ organizations in at least 50 countries. She has co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications; been funded by NIH, NSF, USAID; and awards include the Margaret Mead Award for her book, Craving Earth, an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, and a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship.
Water Insecurity and Health
June 15, 2023
Dr. Jerry Nutor is an assistant professor at University of California, San Francisco. Jerry is passionate about promoting collaboration between scholars and researchers working in Africa and North America. He is the founder and secretary general of Africa Interdisciplinary Health Conference (AfIHC). He founded AfIHC to create a platform for the various healthcare providers in both clinical and academic/research settings to meet and discuss their research findings to promote evidence-based practices related to the health sector in Africa. Jerry’s research interests are in global health, specifically, in maternal and child health and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. He is also interested in understanding the impact of environmental, social and economic factors on the health of women and children with particular concern with HIV/AIDS in low resources countries and minority populations in the United States.
The Sustainable Development Domain in Competencies for Global Health Research and Education
April 18, 2023
Oladele (Dele) A Ogunseitan holds the University of California Presidential Chair at University of California Irvine where he is Professor and served for more than a decade as founding chair of the Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention. He is a Visiting Professor at the Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University. Dele leads the Training and Empowerment objective for USAID’s One Health Workforce-Next Generation project in 17 countries across Africa and Southeast Asia. He directs the education center for the University of California Global Health Institute; co-chairs the education pillar for the UC Center for Climate, Health, and Equity; and directs workforce development for the NIH-funded Institute for Clinical and Translational Science. He chairs the competency subcommittee for the Consortium of Universities for Global Health.
Environmental Racism and Climate Change
May 4, 2024
Orlando Harris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Systems at the University of California, San Francisco. He is also a researcher that uses community-based participatory research methods both in the United States and the Caribbean where he leverages multi-methods data to inform culturally relevant interventions that improves the lives of vulnerable sexual and gender minorities. He has also spent the past several years researching factors that contribute to poor health among Caribbean sexual and gender minorities. Additionally, he has a unique focus on researching the context of violence that has shaped the lives of marginalized people in the United States and the Caribbean.
Climate Change and Health
April 20, 2023
Dr. Sheri Weiser is a Professor of Medicine and internist at UCSF’s Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focuses on the impact of food insecurity and other social and structural factors on treatment outcomes for HIV and other chronic diseases. Dr. Weiser also evaluates sustainable food insecurity interventions to improve health outcomes in domestic and international settings.
Wildfires, Climate Change and Health
April 6, 2023
Dr. Gina Solomon is a Principal Investigator at the Public Health Institute, a global non-profit research and leadership organization that builds public health programs, policies and practices. At PHI she directs the Achieving Resilient Communities (ARC) project to anticipate, prevent and respond to climate change in the most impacted communities in California. She is also a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). From 2012-2018, Dr. Solomon served as the Deputy Secretary for Science and Health at the California Environmental Protection Agency. She was the director of the occupational and environmental medicine residency program at UCSF from 2008-2012, and the co-director of the UCSF Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit from 2003-2008; she was also a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council from 1996-2012.
Methods for truthful and engaging display of public health data
March 23, 2023
Dr. Rain Mocello is a lecturer at UC Berkeley and a data analyst at UCSF, focusing on HIV prevention and care research in East Africa and Brazil. She teaches Data Visualization for Public Health for the Masters in Public Health program at UC Berkeley. Her course covers the theory of good graphical design, how to pair data with appropriate visualizations, and how to produce these graphics using R.
Time Management
March 9, 2023
Dr. Elizabeth Bukusi is Senior Principal Clinical Research Scientist at KEMRI and Co-Director Research Care Training Program. In addition to her experience conducting socio-behavioral and biomedical research and providing leadership and support for HIV care, she has a strong interest in research and clinical ethics. Dr. Bukusi also focuses on mentoring and training health care and research personnel to enhance local and international capacity.
Developing an Interview Guide, Interviewing, Coding and Analysis
Feb 23, 2022
Abigail M. Hatcher is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health and an honorary Associate Professor at the School of Public Health of the University of the Witwatersrand. She explores causal links from social determinants (intimate partner violence, poverty, and food insecurity) to mental and physical health. Hatcher examines the efficacy of social interventions through randomized control trials and longitudinal qualitative research and is an editorial board member of AIDS and an associate editor at BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
Communication: Interpersonal Communication and Public Speaking
Feb 9, 2023
Dr. Elizabeth Bukusi is Senior Principal Clinical Research Scientist at KEMRI and Co-Director Research Care Training Program. In addition to her experience conducting socio-behavioral and biomedical research and providing leadership and support for HIV care, she has a strong interest in research and clinical ethics. Dr. Bukusi also focuses on mentoring and training health care and research personnel to enhance local and international capacity.
Mental and Physical Sustainability in Academia
January 26, 2023
Nicholas Outa is a a PhD student at Maseno University working on the potential of Freshwater Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (FIMTA) in Lake Victoria to help reduce the negative environmental impacts of Cage aquaculture in the lake. I am also a Trainer on Scientific Writing and Publishing at TCC-Africa. I am interested in Scientific Communication, Aquaculture Research, Fisheries, Teaching and Community service.
SMART DAPPER: Implementation Research for Mental Health Care in Kisumu, Kenya
January 12, 2023
Susan M. Meffert M.D., M.P.H. is a Professor in the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Psychiatry and UCSF Global Health Sciences Faculty Affiliate. Dr. Meffert has worked to address mental health care needs for populations in low-and-middle-income countries since 1997 through clinical and implementation science research. She has been working in Kisumu, Kenya since 2010.
We host a bi-weekly Sustainable Development for HIV Health (SD4H) seminar via zoom for Maseno University graduate students. The course is led by the Fellowship Directors (Drs. Bukusi, Ndunyu, Weiser, and Cohen) and features guest lectures by Maseno University, KEMRI and UCGHI faculty, and Kenyan SD4H researchers. The SD4H seminar combines lectures, participatory discussions, and student presentations focusing on the SD4H core competencies.
Equitable Global Health Partnerships
Dec 15, 2022
LaMisha Hill, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She was recently appointed as the department’s Vice Chair for Equity, Inclusion, and Structural Change. Dr. Hill is a licensed Counseling Psychologist her professional interest include diversity, equity, and inclusion training, facilitation, and healing.
Ms. Purba Chatterjee, MSc is the Associate Director for Global Health Equity at UCSF’s Department of OB/Gyn and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center. Purba has almost two decades of HIV program and research operations experience for projects in the US, Uganda, Kenya, and India.
Study Design
Dec 1, 2022
Dr. Pamela Murnane is an Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics. She is currently working on implementing a risk score to facilitate enhanced adherence support for pregnant and postpartum women at risk of HIV viremia.
Shamba Maisha Study Findings
Nov 17, 2022
Dr. Craig Cohen is a Professor in the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, an Attending Physician at San Francisco General Hospital and co-Director of the University of California Global Health Institute. Drs. Weiser, Cohen, and Bukusi led Shamba Maisha study.
Mentor/Mentee Relationships
October 6, 2022
Zachary Kwena, PhD is a Social Scientist at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI).
Infertility in Developing Countries – Scope, Burden and Solutions
Sept 22, 2022
Dr. Anke Hemmerling is an Academic Coordinator in Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at UCSF and Co-Chair, Education Committee at the UC Global Health Institute Center of Expertise in Women’s Health & Empowerment.
Preventing Sexual Violence, Workplace Harassment and Gender-Based Violence: A Mixed Methods Study at Maseno University in Kenya
August 9, 2022
Dr. Karen Nyangara is Lecturer, Researcher, and Gender Advisor at Maseno University and Commonwealth of Learning. Her research interests include gender and development; using technology for gender equality and transformative development; policy and programming in gender. She is focused on advocacy to end on campus and workplace sexual harassment through raising young people to recognize and end gender-based violation of their human rights.
Jennifer A. Wagman, PhD, MHS is an Associate Professor at the Fielding School of Public Health in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of California (UC) Los Angeles. She also serves as Director of Violence Prevention Research for the Center for Gender and Health Justice which is part of the UC Global Health Institute. Dr. Wagman conducts both qualitative and quantitative research on gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and alcohol and substance use. With the FIC Sexual Harassment Project at Maseno University, Dr. Wagman services at the PI at UCLA.
Rhoda Musungu is PhD candidate at Maseno University with research interest in Public Health Nutrition with a special focus on adolescent nutrition. She is involved in nutrition education, health promotion, HIV/AIDS and research geared towards changing the perceptions and attitudes towards food, nutrition and diet. She is also passionate about women empowerment, Feminism and Leadership Mentorship for women and girls.
Understanding the needs of key populations, specifically Men who have sex with men (MSM) and female sex workers (FSW)
July 14, 2022
Dr. Eduard Sanders is a Professor of Tropical Medicine and Global Health at the University of Oxford, and is based in Kilifi, Kenya. He is the principal investigator of several observational studies involving mostly men who have sex with men (MSM) and female sex workers (FSW) in Kilifi, and co-recipient of the SANTHE grant. His interest in diagnosing acute HIV infections was inspired by the many MSM who sought health care prior to seroconversion in coastal Kenya, and the opportunity this presents for reducing onward HIV-1 transmission. He currently leads ongoing studies on the utility of clinical algorithms to identify and diagnose young adults with acute HIV infection at various health facilities in Kenya, enabling early treatment, counselling interventions, and assisted partner notification.
Emerging Tools For HIV prevention & treatment; m-Health experiences from the field
June 30, 2022
Dr. Eliud Akama holds an MPH from the UW and is currently a doctoral student at the same University. For past 13 years, He has been a research manager and co-investigator for multiple National Institute of Health (NIH)-funded public health research projects, and a coordinator and technical adviser for a large President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funded HIV treatment and prevention program in western Kenya.
Sex, Drugs, and Stigma: Key and Vulnerable Populations in the HIV Pandemic
June 2, 2022
Dr. Susan M. Graham, MD MPH PhD, is an Associate Professor in Global Health and Medicine and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Epidemiology. Dr. Graham is also the Associate Chair for Academic Programs in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington.
Vaginal microbiome and metabolome profile in asymptomatic reproductive tract infections and HIV: Potential for new therapies
May 19, 2022
Dr. Obimbo Moses, an associate professor is a clinician-scientist with enthusiasm for promotion of learning, research, teaching and clinical practice. He holds a Postdoc and a Ph.D. in Reproductive Sciences and is a practicing Obstetrician and Gynecologist. He has studied and mentored students on placenta microenvironment, HIV and structural biology. He is also applying novel molecular techniques such as laser capture microdissection, RNA sequencing, -omics (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics), and advanced bioinformatics in aspects of science in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Ethics of community engagement – Research and Collaboration on Mfangano Island
May 5, 2022
Dr. Chas Salmen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and serves as the Director of the UMN-OHR Mfangano Community Health Field Station in Western Kenya. Dr. Salmen brings extensive experience in medical anthropology and community-based research, particularly within HIV hyperendemic fishing communities of Lake Victoria, Kenya.Through a 2007 Rhodes Scholarship to the Oxford University Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Dr. Salmen conducted 2 years of ethnographic fieldwork on Mfangano Island exploring the relationship between the Nile Perch Fishing industry and HIV epidemiology in the region.
Interrupted Time Series (ITS) Analysis
April 21, 2022
Dr. Pamela Murnane is an mplementing a risk score to facilitate enhanced adherence support for pregnant and postpartum women at risk of HIV viremia.
Human Mobility and the HIV Pandemic: Challenges, Questions, Solutions
April 7, 2022
Dr. Carol Camlin is a behavioral scientist and social demographer at UCSF. Her research program crosses the disciplines of behavioral sciences, population studies, and sociology, and has focused on the study of complex and dynamic forms of population mobility in sub-Saharan Africa, and links between gender, mobility and HIV prevention and care outcomes. She also contributes expertise in applying qualitative and mixed methods approaches and behavioral and social theory to clinical and pragmatic trials and implementation studies.
Integrating Aquaculture into the Planetary Health and Wealth Creation Program
March 24, 2022
Dr. Erick Ogello is a scholar and research scientist working as in the Department of Animal and Fisheries Sciences, Maseno University, Kenya. Dr. Ogello holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Fisheries Science from Nagasaki University Japan. He obtained Master of Science Degree in Aquaculture (Great Distinction) at Ghent University, Belgium, and Bachelor of Science Degree in Fisheries (First Class Honors) at Moi University, Kenya. Dr. Ogello is running three projects funded by different agencies, namely 1) Climate Smart Fish Culture Systems Project funded by the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP), 2) Artemia production for sustainable coastal aquaculture (funded by Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), 3) Blue-cycling: Integrated aquaculture and agriculture for resource efficient food production funded by Food systems and climate (FOSC) – Horizon-2020.
Research Ethics
March 10, 2022
Dr. Elizabeth Bukus is Senior Principal Clinical Research Scientist at KEMRI and Co-Director Research Care Training Program. In addition to her experience conducting socio-behavioral and biomedical research and providing leadership and support for HIV care, she has a strong interest in research and clinical ethics. Dr. Bukusi also focuses on mentoring and training health care and research personnel to enhance local and international capacity.
Advocacy and scale-up of oral PrEP in Kenya
Feb 11, 2022
Dr. Elizabeth Irungu has a PhD in Global Health Implementation Science at the UW School of Public Health. She also gained skills in academic leadership with the knowledge and competence to address HIV and other health problems of significance in Kenya. Dr. Irungu plays an active role in HIV prevention programming and policy with the Kenyan Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization. Dr. Irungu serves in an important public health role as Country Director for a large project that is taking PrEP to scale for HIV sero-discordant couples in Kenya.
Funding priorities at NIMH
Jan 27, 2022
Susannah Allison, PhD, Training Director and Program Officer in the Division of AIDS Research at National Institute of Mental Health.
Climate Change: Implications for Africa, A mental Health View
Jan 13, 2022
Robin Cooper, MD, is a San Francisco psychiatrist who has had a private practice for nearly 40 years and is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of California San Francisco where she has worn many different hats over her career both as educator and supervisor with psychiatric residents and medical students. She is to co-founder and President of Climate Psychiatry Alliance, a group dedicated to understanding, education and advocacy about the specific impacts of climate change on mental health. In addition, she is active member of a number of organizations addressing the interface of climate and health both at the University of California San Francisco medical center, locally in her community and nationally.
We host a bi-weekly Sustainable Development for HIV Health (SD4H) seminar via zoom for Maseno University graduate students. The course is led by the Fellowship Directors (Drs. Bukusi, Ndunyu, Weiser, and Cohen) and features guest lectures by Maseno University, KEMRI and UCGHI faculty, and Kenyan SD4H researchers. The SD4H seminar combines lectures, participatory discussions, and student presentations focusing on the SD4H core competencies.
Translation of research into policy with sample case studies
Dec 16, 2021
Irene Mukui, MBCHB, MPH, is a Medical Epidemiologist with over 17 years’ experience in clinical and health programme management. Currently, she is the HIV Access and Medical Affairs Leader at Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi). Dr Mukui has been involved in implementation research across HIV prevention and treatment with her current focus being on pediatric HIV treatment and outcomes, mental health among HIV infected adolescents, and HIV drug resistance. She is a former Fogarty Global Health Fellow (2018-2019). Dr Mukui served also in various leadership roles in the Ministry of Health in Kenya: Deputy Head of the ministry’s Universal Health Coverage Secretariat, Deputy Head of the National AIDS and STI Control Programme and Programme, and Manager for HIV Care and Treatment and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. She has contributed to the global HIV response as a member of WHO HIV Treatment Guidelines Development Group and she co-chaired the WHO HIV Drug Resistance Steering Group.
"How and Why Did Food Insecurity of Households and Individuals Become So Important?"
December 2, 2021
Edward Frongillo, Jr. Ph.D. is a Professor and Director, Global Health Initiatives at University of South Carolina in the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior at the Arnold School of Public Health. He leads research on the measurement, determinants, and consequences of household and child food insecurity. His research program also aims to understand how to advance policy and programs for improving nutrition and development. He has expertise in validation of measures, policy and program evaluation, and design and analysis of longitudinal studies.
Environmental Change, Fish, and Food Security: A social-ecological approach to health
November 18, 2021
Katie Fiorella, PhD, MPH. Her research interactions among environmental change and livelihood, food, and nutrition security. Our work is focused on global fisheries and the households that are reliant on the environment to access food and income. To understand health-environment dynamics, we draw from interdisciplinary methods and training in ecology, public health, economics and sociology.
Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision from Research to Policy and Scale-up
November 4, 2021
Agot Kawango, PhD and MPH. She is the Director at Impact Research and Development Organization (IRDO). Dr. Kawango has implemented multiple HIV prevention programs with adolescents and young people (AYP) since 2004, including Tuungane Youth, DREAMS, VMMC, HIV Testing and Counseling, and young key populations. Additionally, she has conducted several research studies on: PrEP, HIV self-testing, and multi-purpose technologies, among others.
Translating Evidence to Policy
October 21, 2021
Laura A. Schmidt, PhD, MPH, is a Professor of Health Policy in the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. She holds a joint appointment in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine. Dr. Schmidt is also Co-Director of the Community Engagement and Health Policy Program for UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
Participatory Action Research and Soil and Gut Microbiome
October 7, 2021
Kate Scow, PhD, MS, is the Director of the Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility and a Distinguished Professor at University of California Davis. She focuses her work with smallholder farmers in Uganda using participatory research and extension approaches on vegetable production, soil management and irrigation.
Mariah Coley a PhD candidate in Geography in the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources at the University of California, Davis. She studies the metagenomic linkages between the soil microbiome and human health.
Searching and Managing the Literature
September 23, 2021
Peggy Tahir, MLIS, Education & Copyright Librarian at UCSF
Josephine Tan, MLIS, Education and Research Librarian at UCSF
Leadership
September 9, 2021
Elizabeth Bukusi, MBChB, M.Med (ObGyn), MPH, PhD, PGD (Research Ethics). MBE (Research Ethics), CIP, Senior Principal Clinical Research Scientist at KEMRI and Co-Director Research Care Training Program. In addition to her experience conducting socio-behavioral and biomedical research and providing leadership and support for HIV care, she has a strong interest in research and clinical ethics. Dr. Bukusi also focuses on mentoring and training health care and research personnel to enhance local and international capacity.
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
August 26, 2021
James Kahn, MD, MPH, is a Professor in the Institute for Health Policy Studies in the School of Medicine at UCSF. He has 30 years’ experience in the empirical and modeled assessment of the cost, effects, and cost-effectiveness of global health interventions, programs, and policies.
Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security
August 12, 2021
Harun Okello Ogindo, PhD, MSc, is an Associate Professor in the School of Agriculture & Food Security and Chair of Applied Plant Science Department at Maseno University. He specialized in a wide-ranging area of research, teaching and consultancy from Agronomy, Food Systems, Climate Smart Agriculture, Cropping Systems, and Agroecology.
Biodiversity and Human Health
July 29, 2021
Kate Scow, PhD, MS, is the Director of the Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility and a Distinguished Professor at University of California Davis. She focuses her work with smallholder farmers in Uganda using participatory research and extension approaches on vegetable production, soil management and irrigation.
Nutrition and HIV
July 15, 2021
Agatha Christine Onyango, PhD, MSc, is a lecturer and chairperson in the Department of Nutrition and Health at Maseno University. She conduct community research in food security and HIV and AIDS and maternal and child nutrition.
Rose Amondi Okelo, is a Clinical Nutritionist at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching & Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) with a focus on pediatric nutrition.
Climate Change and Health
June 17, 2021
Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, MA, is a Professor of Medicine and internist at UCSF’s Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focuses on the impact of food insecurity and other social and structural factors on treatment outcomes for HIV and other chronic diseases. Dr. Weiser also evaluates sustainable food insecurity interventions as a way to improve health outcomes in domestic and international settings.
One Health
May 20, 2021
M. Kariuki Njenga, DVM, PhD, is a Virologist and Head of the One Health Program at KEMRI and a Professor of Virology and Global Health and Washington State University and a leader in the effort to address emerging zoonotic diseases.
Gender Transformative Interventions
April 22, 2021
Anke Hemmerling, MD, PhD, MPH, is an Academic Coordinator in Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at UCSF and Co-Chair, Education Committee at the UC Global Health Institute Center of Expertise in Women’s Health & Empowerment.
Denise Dunning, PhD, MPA is the Founder & Executive Director - Rise Up, which advances gender equity, health, education, and economic justice globally through training, funding, and network building.
Food Supplementation
April 8, 2021
Martin Mwangi, PhD, MSc, Senior Research Fellow and Team Leader at the Training and Research Unit of Excellence, College of Medicine, Malawi and a graduate from Maseno University.
Measurement of Women’s Health and Empowerment
March 25, 2021
Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn and Reproductive Science at UCSF with a focus on the effects of women's empowerment and gender equity on reproductive health.
Women’s Health and Empowerment – part 2
March 11, 2021
Karen Nyangara, PhD, Director of the Institute for Genders Studies and a Senior Lecturer at Maseno University with a focus on gender mainstreaming and youth mentorship.
Louisa Ndunyu, PhD, M.A, is a lecturer at the Maseno University Department of Public Health. Dr. Ndunyu teaches population health and development and sexuality and reproductive health. Her background in research includes reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, women’s health, and maternal morbidity and mortality.
Women’s Heath and Empowerment – part 1
February 25, 2021
Anke Hemmerling, MD, PhD, MPH, is an Academic Coordinator in Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at UCSF and Co-Chair, Education Committee at the UC Global Health Institute Center of Expertise in Women’s Health & Empowerment.
Food security and HIV
February 11, 2021
Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, MA, is a Professor of Medicine and internist at UCSF’s Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focuses on the impact of food insecurity and other social and structural factors on treatment outcomes for HIV and other chronic diseases. Dr. Weiser also evaluates sustainable food insecurity interventions as a way to improve health outcomes in domestic and international settings.
Food security and pediatrics, adolescents and chronic diseases
January 28, 2021
Phelgona Otieno, MBChB, MPH, is a pediatrician and epidemiologist with long standing experience in conducting research in maternal health, HIV PMTCT, child health programs, as well as mentorship of health professionals at Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
Jason Nagata, M.D., M.Sc. is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at UCSF and affiliated faculty with the Institute for Global Health Sciences.
Shamba Maisha case study – part 2
January 14, 2021
Elly Weke, MSc, Study Coordinator of Shamba Maisha
Craig Cohen, MD, MPH, is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF. Drs. Cohen, Weiser, and Bukusi led Shamba Maisha study.
We host a bi-weekly Sustainable Development for HIV Health (SD4H) seminar via zoom for Maseno University graduate students. The course is led by the Fellowship Directors (Drs. Bukusi, Ndunyu, Weiser, and Cohen) and features guest lectures by Maseno University, KEMRI and UCGHI faculty, and Kenyan SD4H researchers. The SD4H seminar combines lectures, participatory discussions, and student presentations focusing on the SD4H core competencies.
Shamba Maisha case study – part 1
December 17, 2020
Elly Weke, MSc, Study Coordinator of Shamba Maisha
Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, MA, is a Professor of Medicine and internist at UCSF’s Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Drs. Weiser, Cohen, and Bukusi led Shamba Maisha study.
Sustainable Development Goals – part 2
December 3, 2020
Jackie Odhiambo, PhD Candidate, Public Health Nutrition at Maseno University and SD4H Fellow
Jacquelyne Odak, PhD Candidate, Public Health Nutrition at Maseno University and SD4H Fellow
Sustainable Development Goals – part 1
November 19, 2020
Craig Cohen, MD, MPH, is a Professor in the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, an Attending Physician at San Francisco General Hospital and co-Director of the University of California Global Health Institute
Kenneth Tonui is a PhD Candidate, Public Health Nutrition at Maseno University and SD4H Affiliate Student