Elizabeth Obimbo, MBChB, MMed, MPH

Professor of Paediatrics and Respiratory Medicine, University of Nairobi

ElizabethObimbo

 

Dr. Elizabeth Obimbo, MBChB, MMed, MPH, is professor and chairperson of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Nairobi and a consultant paediatrician at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Her background is in paediatrics and child health and epidemiology, with extensive clinical experience in preventive, promotive and curative aspects of the field. She has a special interest and training in paediatric respiratory disease and HIV.  As a faculty member with the University of Nairobi (UON) Department of Paediatrics and Child Health for the last 16 years, she has participated in designing and conducting clinical research on infectious diseases and respiratory disease in children, in collaboration with local and international researchers. Dr. Obimbo holds a MBChB from the University of Nairobi, an MMed in Paediatrics from the University of Nairobi, an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Washington, and a CPulm in Paediatric Pulmonology from the University of Capetown.

Publications

  1. Hasan, N, Nourse, C, Schaaf, HS, Bekker, A, Loveday, M, Alcântara Gabardo, BM et al.. Management of the infant born to a mother with tuberculosis: a systematic review and consensus practice guideline. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2024;8 (5):369-378. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00345-0. PubMed PMID:38522446 .
  2. Chupradit, S, Wamalwa, DC, Maleche-Obimbo, E, Kekitiinwa, AR, Mwanga-Amumpaire, J, Bukusi, EA et al.. Population Pharmacokinetics of Pediatric Lopinavir/Ritonavir Oral Pellets in Children Living with HIV in Africa. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2024;115 (5):1105-1113. doi: 10.1002/cpt.3174. PubMed PMID:38247190 .
  3. Russell, ML, Fish, CS, Drescher, S, Cassidy, NAJ, Chanana, P, Benki-Nugent, S et al.. Using viral sequence diversity to estimate time of HIV infection in infants. PLoS Pathog. 2023;19 (12):e1011861. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011861. PubMed PMID:38117834 PubMed Central PMC10732395.
  4. Cherkos, AS, Cranmer, LM, Njuguna, I, LaCourse, SM, Mugo, C, Moraa, H et al.. Effect of tuberculosis-HIV co-treatment on clinical and growth outcomes among hospitalized children newly initiating antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2024;38 (4):579-588. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003797. PubMed PMID:38016160 PubMed Central PMC10922257.
  5. Mecha, J, Escudero, JN, Richardson, BA, Maleche-Obimbo, E, Matemo, D, Kinuthia, J et al.. Maternal HIV Status and Risk of Infant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection as Measured by Tuberculin Skin Test. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024;43 (3):250-256. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004190. PubMed PMID:37991383 PubMed Central PMC10922277.
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