Professor of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, University of Nairobi
Walter Jaoko, MBChB, PhD, PGD is a professor of medical microbiology and tropical medicine, Director of KAVI, and former Chair of the Department of Medical Microbiology at the University of Nairobi. He has thirty years of experience in teaching and research in various aspects of infectious disease transmission, pathology, treatment, prevention, and control. He has published 166 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He also has 16 years of management experience as Deputy Director of an Institute and Chairman of Department at the University of Nairobi, and 10 years of experience in governance as a member and chair of several Boards. In addition, he has a keen interest in health research ethics and received advanced training in research ethics through a Fogarty Grant of the NIH leading to a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research Ethics from Stellenbosch University. He is very personate about clinical research and ethical standards in the conduct of health research in developing countries and has trained research ethics committee members in Kenya on principles of bioethics, and on international guidelines and regulations of research ethics.
Publications
- McClelland, RS, Lokken, EM, Kinuthia, J, Srinivasan, S, Richardson, BA, Jaoko, W et al.. A prospective cohort study examining the association between the periconceptual vaginal microbiota and first-trimester miscarriage in Kenyan women. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2024;38 (7):599-611. doi: 10.1111/ppe.13099. PubMed PMID:38949435 PubMed Central PMC11590749.
- Ayieko, S, Jaoko, W, Opiyo, RO, Orang'o, EO, Messiah, SE, Baker, K et al.. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Subjective Norms Associated with COVID-19 Vaccination among Pregnant Women in Kenya: An Online Cross-Sectional Pilot Study Using WhatsApp. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024;21 (1):. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21010098. PubMed PMID:38248561 PubMed Central PMC10815556.
- Eastment, MC, Wanje, G, Richardson, BA, Mwaringa, E, Patta, S, Sherr, K et al.. Results of a cluster randomized trial testing the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to increase cervical cancer screening in family planning clinics in Mombasa County, Kenya. Implement Sci. 2023;18 (1):66. doi: 10.1186/s13012-023-01322-y. PubMed PMID:38012647 PubMed Central PMC10680234.
- Fischer, B, Jaoko, W, Kirui, E, Muture, B, Madegwa, I, Kageni, L et al.. Dyspareunia, signs of epithelial disruption, sexual abstinence, and HIV status in female sex workers in Nairobi: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis. 2023;23 (1):569. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08572-7. PubMed PMID:37658320 PubMed Central PMC10472738.
- Masiye, F, Jaoko, W, Rennie, S. Stakeholder views on future use of biological samples in Malawi and South Africa. Glob Bioeth Enq. 2023;11 (2):95-105. . PubMed PMID:39464266 PubMed Central PMC11511626.