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. Ellington, LE, Maleche-Obimbo, E, Guthrie, BL, Rosenfeld, M, West, TE, McGrath, CJ et al.. Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry Findings and Immune Dysfunction Among Adolescents With and Without HIV in Kenya. Chest. 2025; :. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.02.034. PubMed PMID:40081658 .
  2. Musyoki, VM, Mureithi, M, Heikinheimo, A, Maleche-Obimbo, E, Kithinji, D, Musau, S et al.. Effect of hyperglycemia on lung microbiota and treatment outcome in pulmonary tuberculosis: A scoping review. F1000Res. 2024;13 :1543. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.159555.1. PubMed PMID:39981106 PubMed Central PMC11840297.
  3. Saha, A, Escudero, JN, Layouni, T, Mecha, J, Maleche-Obimbo, E, Matemo, D et al.. Diminished Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T-cell Responses During Pregnancy in Women With HIV and Receiving Isoniazid Preventive Therapy. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025;12 (2):ofaf067. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf067. PubMed PMID:39981072 PubMed Central PMC11842132.
  4. Benki-Nugent, S, Were, FH, Riederer, AM, Gatari, M, Karr, CJ, Seto, EY et al.. Air pollution exposures in early life and brain development in children (ABC): protocol for a pregnancy cohort study. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2025;9 (1):. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002758. PubMed PMID:39922600 PubMed Central PMC11808922.
  5. Attia, EF, Maleche-Obimbo, E, Ellington, LE, North, CM. Pulmonary Immunocompromise in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease. Clin Chest Med. 2025;46 (1):185-201. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2024.10.014. PubMed PMID:39890288 .
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