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Rural Healthcare Delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nasir Faruk, N.T. Surajudeen-Bakinde, Abubakar Abdulkarim, Abdulkarim Oloyede, Lukman Olawoyin, Olayiwola Bello, Segun Popoola, Thierry Edoh
Jul 01, 2020
Access to quality healthcare is a major problem in Sub-Saharan Africa with a doctor-to-patient ratio as high as 1:50,000, which is far above the recommended ratio by the World Health Organization (WHO) which is 1:600. This has...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Developing a Relative Humidity Correction for Low-Cost Sensors Measuring Ambient Particulate Matter.
There is increasing concern about the health impacts of ambient Particulate Matter (PM) exposure. Traditional monitoring networks, because of their sparseness, cannot provide sufficient spatial-temporal measurements...
Constraining emission estimates of carbon monoxide using a perturbed emissions ensemble with observations
Le Yuan, Olalekan A.M. Popoola, Christina Hood, David Carruthers, Roderic L. Jones, Huan Liu, Zhaofeng Lv, Qiang Zhang, Alexander T. Archibald
Sep 22, 2021
article Air quality model Emissions inventory Emissions uncertainty Ensemble simulations Low-cost sensors Network measurements
Published by: Springer Netherlands
Analysis of the variability of airborne particulate matter with prevailing meteorological conditions across a semi-urban environment using a network of low-cost air quality sensors.
Opeyemi R Omokungbe, Olusegun G Fawole, Oyediran K Owoade, Olalekan AM Popoola, Roderic L Jones, Felix S Olise, Muritala A Ayoola, Pelumi O Abiodun, Adekunle B Toyeje, Ayodele P Olufemi, Lukman A Sunmonu, Olawale E Abiye
Sep 09, 2020
The concentrations of fine and coarse fractions of airborne particulate matter (PM) and meteorological variables (wind speed, wind direction, temperature and relative humidity) were measured at six selected locations in Ile Ife...
The use of electrochemical sensors for monitoring urban air quality in low-cost, high-density networks
MI Mead, OAM Popoola, GB Stewart, P Landshoff, M Calleja, M Hayes, JJ Baldovi, MW McLeod, TF Hodgson, J Dicks, A Lewis, J Cohen, R Baron, JR Saffell, RL Jones
May 15, 2013
A Systematic Review Protocol of Opportunities for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention via Public Space Initiatives in African Cities.
Ebele RI Mogo, Taibat Lawanson, Louise Foley, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, Felix Assah, Toluwalope Ogunro, Victor Onifade, Damilola Odekunle, Richard Unuigboje, Nfondoh Blanche, Rose Alani, Lia Chatzidiakou, Olalekan Popoola, Roderic Jones, Tolu Oni
Mar 28, 2022
Public spaces have the potential to produce equitable improvements in population health. This mixed-methods systematic review aims to understand the components of, determinants, risks, and outcomes associated with public space...
Distinct genetic architectures and environmental factors associate with host response to the γ 2-herpesvirus infections
Neneh Sallah, Wendell Miley, Nazzarena Labo, Tommy Carstensen, Segun Fatumo, Deepti Gurdasani, Martin O. Pollard, Alexander T. Dilthey, Alexander J. Mentzer, Vickie Marshall, Elena M. Cornejo Castro, Cristina Pomilla, Elizabeth H. Young, Gershim Asiki, Martin L. Hibberd, Manjinder Sandhu, Paul Kellam, Robert Newton, Denise Whitby, Inês Barroso
Aug 02, 2021
Abstract: Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) establish life-long infections and are associated with malignancies. Striking geographic variation in incidence and the fact that virus alone...
Distinct genetic architectures and environmental factors associate with host response to the γ 2-herpesvirus infections
Neneh Sallah, Wendell Miley, Nazzarena Labo, Tommy Carstensen, Segun Fatumo, Deepti Gurdasani, Martin O. Pollard, Alexander T. Dilthey, Alexander J. Mentzer, Vickie Marshall, Elena M. Cornejo Castro, Cristina Pomilla, Elizabeth H. Young, Gershim Asiki, Martin L. Hibberd, Manjinder Sandhu, Paul Kellam, Robert Newton, Denise Whitby, Inês Barroso
Jul 31, 2020
Abstract: Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) establish life-long infections and are associated with malignancies. Striking geographic variation in incidence and the fact that virus alone...
Metabolic Traits and Stroke Risk in Individuals of African Ancestry
Segun Fatumo, Ville Karhunen, Tinashe Chikowore, Toure Sounkou, Brenda Udosen, Chisom Ezenwa, Mariam Nakabuye, Opeyemi Soremekun, Iyas Daghlas, David K Ryan, Amybel Taylor, Amy M Mason, Scott M Damrauer, Marijana Vujkovic, Keith L Keene, Myriam Fornage, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Stephen Burgess, Dipender Gill
Mar 31, 2021
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Metabolic traits affect ischemic stroke (IS) risk, but the degree to which this varies across different ethnic ancestries is not known. Our aim was to apply Mendelian randomization to investigate the...
Cholesterol ischemic stroke Lipid Mortality Risk factor Adult Black People Cholesterol HDL Cholesterol LDL Diabetes mellitus Type 2 Female Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genome-Wide Association Study Humans Male Mendelian Randomization Analysis Middle Aged Risk Factors stroke Triglycerides United Kingdom
Using low-cost sensor technologies and advanced computational methods to improve dose estimations in health panel studies
Lia Chatzidiakou, Anika Krause, Yiqun Han, Wu Chen, Li Yan, Olalekan AM Popoola, Mike Kellaway, Yangfeng Wu, Jing Liu, Min Hu, AIRLESS team, Ben Barratt, Frank J Kelly, Tong Zhu, Roderic L Jones
Jul 01, 2020
The Grizzly, March 27, 2003
Anne Antanavage, '04, Kelly Gray, Felicia McNeill, Monica Delaney, Kevin Murphy, Tia Larese, Sebrina Edwards, Lisa Coligan, Jared Devine, Lekan Popoola, Quinn Dinsmore
Jan 01, 0001
America at War: President Bush says Victory is Certain in Iraq A Day in the Life of a UN Weapons Inspector Celebrate Women's History Month A Fine Ursinus Fellow Project Vote Smart Approves Five Scholarships for Ursinus...
Ursinus College Collegeville Pennsylvania newspaper Basketball Katie Dougherty Sean Howard theater Dai Sil Kim-Gibson Vote Smart Women's History Month Joseph Klim Watson Fellowship cultural history Higher Education Liberal Studies Social History United States History
Published by: Ursinus College
Identifying Patterns and Sources of Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Matter in London Using Mobile Measurements of Lung-Deposited Surface Area.
Rishabh U Shah, Lauren E Padilla, Daniel R Peters, Megan Dupuy-Todd, Elizabeth R Fonseca, Geoffrey Q Ma, Olalekan AM Popoola, Roderic L Jones, Jim Mills, Nicholas A Martin, Ramón A Alvarez
Jan 24, 2023
Transferability of genetic risk scores in African populations.
Abram B Kamiza, Sounkou M Toure, Marijana Vujkovic, Tafadzwa Machipisa, Opeyemi S Soremekun, Christopher Kintu, Manuel Corpas, Fraser Pirie, Elizabeth Young, Dipender Gill, Manjinder S Sandhu, Pontiano Kaleebu, Moffat Nyirenda, Ayesha A Motala, Tinashe Chikowore, Segun Fatumo
Jun 17, 2022
The poor transferability of genetic risk scores (GRSs) derived from European ancestry data in diverse populations is a cause of concern. We set out to evaluate whether GRSs derived from data of African American individuals and...
Cardiometabolic Traits, Sepsis, and Severe COVID-19
Mark J Ponsford, Apostolos Gkatzionis, Venexia M Walker, Andrew J Grant, Robyn E Wootton, Luke SP Moore, Segun Fatumo, Amy M Mason, Verena Zuber, Cristen Willer, Humaira Rasheed, Ben Brumpton, Kristian Hveem, Jan Kristian Damås, Neil Davies, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Erik Solligård, Simon Jones, Stephen Burgess, Tormod Rogne, Dipender Gill
Sep 28, 2020
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Many patients with severe COVID-19 develop sepsis. Cardiometabolic traits have been...
Mendelian Randomization Analysis coronavirus Risk Factors Sepsis Betacoronavirus Body Mass Index covid-19 Case-Control Studies Coronavirus Infections Diabetes mellitus Type 2 Dyslipidemias Gene-Environment Interaction Genetic Association Studies Genetic Predisposition to Disease Host-Pathogen Interactions Humans Mendelian Randomization Analysis obesity Pandemics Phenotype Pneumonia Viral Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Risk Factors SARS-CoV-2 Sepsis Severity of Illness Index Smoking
Distinct genetic architectures and environmental factors associate with host response to the γ2-herpesvirus infections.
Neneh Sallah, Wendell Miley, Nazzarena Labo, Tommy Carstensen, Segun Fatumo, Deepti Gurdasani, Martin O Pollard, Alexander T Dilthey, Alexander J Mentzer, Vickie Marshall, Elena M Cornejo Castro, Cristina Pomilla, Elizabeth H Young, Gershim Asiki, Martin L Hibberd, Manjinder Sandhu, Paul Kellam, Robert Newton, Denise Whitby, Inês Barroso
Oct 02, 2020
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) establish life-long infections and are associated with malignancies. Striking geographic variation in incidence and the fact that virus alone is...
Adolescent Adult Antibodies Viral Antigens Viral Capsid Proteins Coinfection Disease Resistance Epstein-Barr Virus Infections Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens Female Gene Expression Genome-Wide Association Study HIV HLA-DQ alpha-Chains Henipavirus Infections Herpesvirus 4 Human Herpesvirus 8 Human Host-Pathogen Interactions Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged Rural Population Sarcoma Kaposi Uganda Urban Population
Lipid traits and type 2 diabetes risk in African ancestry individuals
Opeyemi Soremekun, Ville Karhunen, Yiyan He, Skanda Rajasundaram, Bowen Liu, Apostolos Gkatzionis, Chisom Soremekun, Brenda Udosen, Hanan Musa, Sarah Silva, Christopher Kintu, Richard Mayanja, Mariam Nakabuye, Tafadzwa Machipisa, Amy Mason, Marijana Vujkovic, Verena Zuber, Mahmoud Soliman, Joseph Mugisha, Oyekanmi Nash, Pontiano Kaleebu, Moffat Nyirenda, Tinashe Chikowore, Dorothea Nitsch, Stephen Burgess, Dipender Gill, Segun Fatumo
Apr 24, 2022
BACKGROUND: Dyslipidaemia is highly prevalent in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Numerous studies have sought to disentangle the causal relationship between dyslipidaemia and T2DM liability. However...
Transferability of genetic risk scores in African populations.
Abram B Kamiza, Sounkou M Toure, Marijana Vujkovic, Tafadzwa Machipisa, Opeyemi S Soremekun, Christopher Kintu, Manuel Corpas, Fraser Pirie, Elizabeth Young, Dipender Gill, Manjinder S Sandhu, Pontiano Kaleebu, Moffat Nyirenda, Ayesha A Motala, Tinashe Chikowore, Segun Fatumo
Jun 18, 2022
The poor transferability of genetic risk scores (GRSs) derived from European ancestry data in diverse populations is a cause of concern. We set out to evaluate whether GRSs derived from data of African American individuals and...
Transferability of genetic risk scores in African populations.
Abram B Kamiza, Sounkou M Toure, Marijana Vujkovic, Tafadzwa Machipisa, Opeyemi S Soremekun, Christopher Kintu, Manuel Corpas, Fraser Pirie, Elizabeth Young, Dipender Gill, Manjinder S Sandhu, Pontiano Kaleebu, Moffat Nyirenda, Ayesha A Motala, Tinashe Chikowore, Segun Fatumo
Jul 03, 2022
The poor transferability of genetic risk scores (GRSs) derived from European ancestry data in diverse populations is a cause of concern. We set out to evaluate whether GRSs derived from data of African American individuals and...
An evaluation tool kit of air quality micro-sensing units.
B Fishbain, U Lerner, N Castell, T Cole-Hunter, O Popoola, DM Broday, TM Iñiguez, M Nieuwenhuijsen, M Jovasevic-Stojanovic, D Topalovic, RL Jones, KS Galea, Y Etzion, F Kizel, YN Golumbic, A Baram-Tsabari, T Yacobi, D Drahler, JA Robinson, D Kocman, M Horvat, V Svecova, A Arpaci, A Bartonova
Jun 08, 2017
The HPAfrica protocol
Gi Deok Pak, Andrea Haekyung Haselbeck, Hyeong Won Seo, Isaac Osei, John Amuasi, Robert F Breiman, Ligia Maria Cruz Espinosa, Marianne Holm, Justin Im, Geun Hyeog Jang, Hyon Jin Jeon, Stephen P Luby, Octavie Lunguya-Metila, William MacWright, Ondari Daniel Mogeni, Iruka N Okeke, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Jin Kyung Park, Se Eun Park, Oluwafemi Popoola, Hye Jin Seo, Abdramane Bassiahi Soura, Mekonnen Teferi, Trevor Toy, Yun Chon, Mathilde Rafindrakalia, Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy, Christian G Meyer, Florian Marks, Ursula Panzner
Feb 19, 2019
INTRODUCTION: The objective of the Health Population Africa (HPAfrica) study is to determine health behaviour and population-based factors, including socioeconomic, ethnographic, hygiene and sanitation factors, at sites of the...
Sub-Saharan Africa health/hygiene behavior hpafrica Study population sampling frame/spatial sampling Sanitation socio-economic Africa South of the Sahara Cohort Studies Cross-Sectional Studies Geographic Information Systems Health Behavior Humans Hygiene Population Surveillance Research Design Sanitation Socioeconomic Factors Spatio-Temporal Analysis Typhoid Fever
Uganda Genome Resource Enables Insights into Population History and Genomic Discovery in Africa.
Deepti Gurdasani, Tommy Carstensen, Segun Fatumo, Guanjie Chen, Chris S Franklin, Javier Prado-Martinez, Heleen Bouman, Federico Abascal, Marc Haber, Ioanna Tachmazidou, Iain Mathieson, Kenneth Ekoru, Marianne K DeGorter, Rebecca N Nsubuga, Chris Finan, Eleanor Wheeler, Li Chen, David N Cooper, Stephen Schiffels, Yuan Chen, Graham RS Ritchie, Martin O Pollard, Mary D Fortune, Alex J Mentzer, Erik Garrison, Anders Bergström, Konstantinos Hatzikotoulas, Adebowale Adeyemo, Ayo Doumatey, Heather Elding, Louise V Wain, George Ehret, Paul L Auer, Charles L Kooperberg, Alexander P Reiner, Nora Franceschini, Dermot P Maher, Stephen B Montgomery, Carl Kadie, Chris Widmer, Yali Xue, Janet Seeley, Gershim Asiki, Anatoli Kamali, Elizabeth H Young, Cristina Pomilla, Nicole Soranzo, Eleftheria Zeggini, Fraser Pirie, Andrew P Morris, David Heckerman, Chris Tyler-Smith, Ayesha Motala, Charles Rotimi, Pontiano Kaleebu, Ines Barroso, Manj S Sandhu
Dec 16, 2019
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