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).
Publications
- 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.
- Shakil, SS, Korir, S, Omondi, G, Ale, BM, Gitura, B, Tofeles, MM 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. medRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.1101/2025.03.16.25323832. PubMed PMID:40166534 PubMed Central PMC11957073.
- Kiptinness, C, Mugo, N, Mugwanya, KK, Ngure, K, Mwangi, P, Githuku Dip, DM et al.. THE EFFECT OF PARTNER DELIVERY OF HIV SELF-TEST KITS ON HIV TESTING AND LINKAGE TO CARE IN PUBLIC CLINICS IN KENYA. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025; :. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003662. PubMed PMID:40135969 .
- Minckas, N, Swarray-Deen, A, Fawcus, S, Ndiema, RC, McDougall, A, Scott, J et al.. Formative research to optimize pre-eclampsia risk-screening and prevention (PEARLS): study protocol. Reprod Health. 2025;22 (1):44. doi: 10.1186/s12978-025-01980-9. PubMed PMID:40128812 PubMed Central PMC11934789.
- Muriithi, FG, Easter, C, Osoti, A, Qureshi, Z, Devall, A, Coomarasamy, A et al.. An exploration of sub-national variability in institutional maternal mortality ratios in Kenya: a meta-analysis of the 2021 health facility data. Front Glob Womens Health. 2025;6 :1481495. doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2025.1481495. PubMed PMID:40104754 PubMed Central PMC11913849.