Dalton Wamalwa, MBChB, MMed, MPH

Chair, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi

Dr. Dalton Wamalwa, MBChB, MMED, MPH, is a lecturer in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nairobi.  He participated in the International AIDS Research and Training Program at the University of Washington, where he received his MPH in Epidemiology in 2005.  His MPH thesis was called, "The effect of medication diaries on adherence to HAART among HIV-1 infected Kenyan children."  His current project looks at the long term efficacy of pediatric HAART over a 5 year period. Dr. Wamalwa was a co-Investigator on the Optimizing Pediatric HIV-1 Therapy (OPH) project and the EDCTP Pediatric Vaccine study.  He is currently working on the MEPI Linked project and the PUSH study.

Publications

  1. Njuguna, IN, King'e, M, Moraa, H, Kumar, M, Benki-Nugent, S, Wagner, AD et al.. Cohort profile: longitudinal and population comparison of children who are HIV-exposed uninfected and children who are HIV unexposed in Kenya (HOPE study). BMJ Open. 2024;14 (6):e081975. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081975. PubMed PMID:38844397 PubMed Central PMC11163661.
  2. Kariuki, N, Kimani, E, Jowi, C, Wamalwa, D, Suen, JY, Fraser, JF et al.. Early myocardial injury in children on doxorubicin for cancer chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary referral centre in Kenya. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2024;24 (1):260. doi: 10.1186/s12872-024-03922-y. PubMed PMID:38769516 PubMed Central PMC11103839.
  3. Abu-Rish Blakeney, E, Chepchirchir, A, Kithuci, RK, Nduati, R, Wamalwa, D, Farquhar, C et al.. Developing a global partnership to adapt and deliver interprofessional education faculty training in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic: reporting on an innovative collaboration. J Interprof Care. 2024; :1-5. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2024.2343829. PubMed PMID:38717763 .
  4. Žuštra, A, Leonard, VR, Holland, LA, Hu, JC, Mu, T, Holland, SC et al.. Longitudinal dynamics of the nasopharyngal microbiome in response to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and HIV infection in Kenyan women and their infants. Res Sq. 2024; :. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4257641/v1. PubMed PMID:38699359 PubMed Central PMC11065085.
  5. Maqsood, R, Holland, LA, Wu, LI, Begnel, ER, Adhiambo, J, Owiti, P et al.. Gut virome and microbiome dynamics before and after SARS-CoV-2 infection in women living with HIV and their infants. Res Sq. 2024; :. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4257515/v1. PubMed PMID:38699305 PubMed Central PMC11065063.
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