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. Neary, J, Njuguna, I, Wagner, AD, Richardson, BA, Chebet, D, Langat, A et al.. Brief Report: Group-Based Trajectory Modeling to Determine Long-Term HIV Viral Load Trends Among Children With HIV in Kenya. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024;96 (4):311-317. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003439. PubMed PMID:39287566 PubMed Central PMC11408750.
  2. Neary, J, Chebet, D, Benki-Nugent, S, Moraa, H, Richardson, BA, Njuguna, I et al.. Association between HIV and cytomegalovirus and neurocognitive outcomes among children with HIV. AIDS. 2024; :. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000004000. PubMed PMID:39206927 .
  3. 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. Gut Microbes. 2024;16 (1):2394248. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2024.2394248. PubMed PMID:39185682 PubMed Central PMC11352790.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
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