Alfred Osoti, MBChB, MPH, PhD

Affiliate Associate Professor, Global Health

Dr. Alfred Osoti, MBChB, MPH, PhD, is a lecturer in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi. He graduated from the MPH program in the Department of Epidemiology in June 2013 with the thesis, "Home Visits during Pregnancy Enhance Male Partner HIV Counseling and Testing in Kenya: A Randomized Controlled Trial", and returned to Kenya where he continued to contribute to ongoing research activities of the UW collaborative group in Nairobi and Kisumu. He received his PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Washington in 2018. Dr. Osoti served as study coordinator for a randomized, controlled trial evaluating HIV testing and educating male partners to improve maternal and infant outcomes for the Home-based Partner Education and Testing study (HOPE).

1. Shakil, SS, Korir, S, Omondi, G, Ale, BM, Gitura, B, Morris, M et al.. Early structural cardiovascular disease, HIV, and tuberculosis in East Africa (ASANTE): cross-sectional study protocol for a multimodal cardiac imaging study in Nairobi, Kenya. BMJ Open. 2025;15 (7):e102684. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-102684. PubMed PMID:40645628 PubMed Central PMC12248218.
2. Adanikin, A, Lavin, T, Ogunkunle, T, Eleje, GU, Osoti, A, Abdurrahman, A et al.. Mortality risks of infants with unmeasured birth weight in 33 sub-Saharan African countries: an observational analysis. BMJ Glob Health. 2025;10 (6):. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018213. PubMed PMID:40550576 PubMed Central PMC12184339.
3. Makara, C, Kamau, K, Osoti, A, Kihara, A, Pulei, A, Gwako, G et al.. Performance characteristics of a rapid immunoassay test in diagnosing patients with prelabor rupture of membranes: A clinical cross-sectional study at a Kenyan tertiary hospital. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2025; :. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.70250. PubMed PMID:40539725 .
4. Gang'ombe, R, Osoti, A, Qureshi, Z, Ogutu, O. Cultural abdominal massage in pregnancy and obstetric outcomes in a sub-county hospital in Kenya. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2025; :. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.70304. PubMed PMID:40512138 .
5. Ng'ethe, W, Pulei, A, Ondieki, D, Amenge, J, Kosgei, R, Kayima, J et al.. Outcomes of pregnancy-related acute kidney injury: A retrospective study in the obstetric critical care unit at Kenyatta National Hospital 2020 to 2023. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025;5 (4):e0004396. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004396. PubMed PMID:40198604 PubMed Central PMC11978000.