Gershim Asiki

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2018-2024
Publications (10 Years): 36

Top Venues

Global health action

Wellcome open research

Global heart

Nature communications

Columbia University

Karolinska Institutet (PHD)

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Affiliation History

Columbia University Jan 01 2016 - Jul 31 2017

United States

Technical Advisor :: Mailman School of Public Health- ICAP project

Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda Research Unit on AIDS Sep 01 2008 - Dec 31 2015

Uganda

Senior scientist/Project Leader :: Epidemiology and Prevention

Makerere University Infectious Diseases Institute Dec 03 2007 - Aug 31 2008

Uganda

Project Medical Officer

Nyapea Hospital Aug 17 2001 - Aug 15 2006

Uganda

Medical Officer

Education History

Karolinska Institutet Jun 01 2013 - Nov 25 2016

Sweden

PHD :: Women's and Children's Health

Makerere University Sep 26 1995 - Jun 30 2000

Uganda

BSC

Publications

Richard E Sanya, Caroline H Karugu, Peter Binyaruka, Shukri F Mohamed, Lyagamula Kisia, Peter M Kibe, Irene Mashasi, Deusdedit Mjungu, Christopher Bunn, Manuela Deidda, Frances S Mair, Eleanor Grieve, Cindy M Gray, Sally Mtenga, Gershim Asiki
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on type 2 diabetes care and factors associated with care disruption in Kenya and Tanzania. Global health action 17 (1) (2024)
Richard E Sanya, Caroline H Karugu, Peter Binyaruka, Shukri F Mohamed, Lyagamula Kisia, Peter M Kibe, Irene Mashasi, Deusdedit Mjungu, Christopher Bunn, Manuela Deidda, Frances S Mair, Eleanor Grieve, Cindy M Gray, Sally Mtenga, Gershim Asiki
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on type 2 diabetes care and factors associated with care disruption in Kenya and Tanzania. Global health action 17 (1) (2024)
Richard E Sanya, Caroline H Karugu, Peter Binyaruka, Shukri F Mohamed, Lyagamula Kisia, Peter M Kibe, Irene Mashasi, Deusdedit Mjungu, Christopher Bunn, Manuela Deidda, Frances S Mair, Eleanor Grieve, Cindy M Gray, Sally Mtenga, Gershim Asiki
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on type 2 diabetes care and factors associated with care disruption in Kenya and Tanzania. Global health action 17 (1) (2024)
Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, Wenlong Carl Chen, Romuald Palwende Boua, Melanie Ann Govender, Godfred Agongo, Lisa K Micklesfield, Hermann Sorgho, Stephen M Tollman, Gershim Asiki, Felistas Mashinya, Scott Hazelhurst, Andrew P Morris, June Fabian, Michelle Ramsay, null null
Genetic Association and Transferability for Urinary Albumin-Creatinine Ratio as a Marker of Kidney Function in four Sub-Saharan African Populations and non-continental Individuals of African Ancestry. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)
Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, Wenlong Carl Chen, Romuald Palwende Boua, Melanie Ann Govender, Godfred Agongo, Lisa K Micklesfield, Hermann Sorgho, Stephen M Tollman, Gershim Asiki, Felistas Mashinya, Scott Hazelhurst, Andrew P Morris, June Fabian, Michelle Ramsay
Genetic Association and Transferability for Urinary Albumin-Creatinine Ratio as a Marker of Kidney Disease in four Sub-Saharan African Populations and non-continental Individuals of African Ancestry. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)
Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, Wenlong Carl Chen, Romuald Palwende Boua, Melanie Ann Govender, Godfred Agongo, Lisa K Micklesfield, Hermann Sorgho, Stephen M Tollman, Gershim Asiki, Felistas Mashinya, Scott Hazelhurst, Andrew P Morris, June Fabian, Michelle Ramsay
Genetic Association and Transferability for Urinary Albumin-Creatinine Ratio as a Marker of Kidney Disease in four Sub-Saharan African Populations and non-continental Individuals of African Ancestry. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)
Richard E Sanya, Caroline H Karugu, Peter Binyaruka, Shukri F Mohamed, Lyagamula Kisia, Peter M Kibe, Irene Mashasi, Deusdedit Mjungu, Christopher Bunn, Manuela Deidda, Frances S Mair, Eleanor Grieve, Cindy M Gray, Sally Mtenga, Gershim Asiki
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on type 2 diabetes care and factors associated with care disruption in Kenya and Tanzania. Global health action 17 (1) (2024)
Richard E Sanya, Caroline H Karugu, Peter Binyaruka, Shukri F Mohamed, Lyagamula Kisia, Peter M Kibe, Irene Mashasi, Deusdedit Mjungu, Christopher Bunn, Manuela Deidda, Frances S Mair, Eleanor Grieve, Cindy M Gray, Sally Mtenga, Gershim Asiki
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on type 2 diabetes care and factors associated with care disruption in Kenya and Tanzania. Global health action 17 (1) (2024)
Peter O Otieno, Gershim Asiki, Justice Moses Kwaku Aheto, Calistus Wilunda, Richard E Sanya, Welcome M Wami, Daniel Mwanga, Charles Agyemang
Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity Associated with Moderate and Severe Disabilities: Results from the Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) Wave 2 in Ghana and South Africa. Global heart 18 (1) (2023)
Michelle Kamp, Okechinyere J Achilonu, Isaac Kisiangani, Daniel Maina Nderitu, Phelelani Thokozani Mpangase, Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, Kayode Adetunji, Samuel Iddi, Skyler Speakman, Scott Hazelhurst, Gershim Asiki, Michelle Ramsay, null null
Multimorbidity in African ancestry populations: a scoping review. BMJ global health 8 (12) (2023)
Peter O Otieno, Charles Agyemang, Welcome M Wami, Calistus Wilunda, Richard E Sanya, Gershim Asiki
Assessing the Readiness to Provide Integrated Management of Cardiovascular Diseases and Type 2 Diabetes in Kenya: Results from a National Survey. Global heart 18 (1) (2023)
Peter O Otieno, Gershim Asiki, Justice Moses Kwaku Aheto, Calistus Wilunda, Richard E Sanya, Welcome M Wami, Daniel Mwanga, Charles Agyemang
Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity Associated with Moderate and Severe Disabilities: Results from the Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) Wave 2 in Ghana and South Africa. Global heart 18 (1) (2023)
Peter O Otieno, Gershim Asiki, Justice Moses Kwaku Aheto, Calistus Wilunda, Richard E Sanya, Welcome M Wami, Daniel Mwanga, Charles Agyemang
Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity Associated with Moderate and Severe Disabilities: Results from the Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) Wave 2 in Ghana and South Africa. Global heart 18 (1) (2023)
Peter O Otieno, Charles Agyemang, Calistus Wilunda, Richard E Sanya, Samuel Iddi, Welcome M Wami, Judith Van Andel, Babette van der Kloet, Julia Teerling, Angela Siteyi, Gershim Asiki
Effect of Patient Support Groups for Hypertension on Blood Pressure among Patients with and Without Multimorbidity: Findings from a Cohort Study of Patients on a Home-Based Self-Management Program in Kenya. Global heart 18 (1) (2023)
Ananyo Choudhury, Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, Tinashe Chikowore, Dhriti Sengupta, Romuald Palwende Boua, Nigel J Crowther, Godfred Agongo, Gershim Asiki, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Isaac Kisiangani, Eric Maimela, Matshane Masemola-Maphutha, Lisa K Micklesfield, Engelbert Adamwaba Nonterah, Shane A Norris, Hermann Sorgho, Halidou Tinto, Stephen M Tollman, Sarah E Graham, Cristen J Willer, null null, null null, Scott Hazelhurst, Michelle Ramsay
Meta-analysis of sub-Saharan African studies provides insights into genetic architecture of lipid traits. Nature communications 13 (1) (2022)
Engelbert Adamwaba Nonterah, Nigel John Crowther, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Abraham Rexford Oduro, Maryam Kavousi, Godfred Agongo, Todd J Anderson, Gershim Asiki, Romuald Palwende Boua, Solomon S R Choma, David J Couper, Gunnar Engström, Jacqueline de Graaf, Jussi Kauhanen, Eva M Lonn, Ellisiv B Mathiesen, Lisa K Micklesfield, Shuhei Okazaki, Joseph F Polak, Tatjana Rundek, Jukka T Salonen, Stephen M Tollman, Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen, Diederick E Grobbee, Michelle Ramsay, Michiel L Bots, null null
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association 11 (15) (2022)
Romuald Palwende Boua, Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, Ananyo Choudhury, Hermann Sorgho, Engelbert Adamwaba Nonterah, Godfred Agongo, Gershim Asiki, Lisa K Micklesfield, Solomon Choma, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Scott Hazelhurst, Halidou Tinto, Nigel J Crowther, Christopher G Mathew, Michelle Ramsay, null null, null null
Genetic associations with carotid intima-media thickness link to atherosclerosis with sex-specific effects in sub-Saharan Africans. Nature communications 13 (1) (2022)
Ananyo Choudhury, Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, Tinashe Chikowore, Dhriti Sengupta, Romuald Palwende Boua, Nigel J Crowther, Godfred Agongo, Gershim Asiki, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Isaac Kisiangani, Eric Maimela, Matshane Masemola-Maphutha, Lisa K Micklesfield, Engelbert Adamwaba Nonterah, Shane A Norris, Hermann Sorgho, Halidou Tinto, Stephen M Tollman, Sarah E Graham, Cristen J Willer, null null, null null, Scott Hazelhurst, Michelle Ramsay
Author Correction: Meta-analysis of sub-Saharan African studies provides insights into genetic architecture of lipid traits. Nature communications 13 (1) (2022)
Safura Abdool Karim, Agnes Erzse, Anne-Marie Thow, Hans Justus Amukugo, Charles Mulindabigwi Ruhara, Gemma Ahaibwe, Gershim Asiki, Mulenga Mary Mukanu, Twalib Ngoma, Milkah Njeri Wanjohi, Abel Karera, Karen J Hofman
The legal feasibility of adopting a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in seven sub-Saharan African countries. Global health action 14 (1) (2021)
Andrew Booth, Amy Barnes, Amos K Laar, Robert Akparibo, Fiona Graham, Kristin Bash, Gershim Asiki, Michelle Holdsworth
Policy Action Within Urban African Food Systems to Promote Healthy Food Consumption: A Realist Synthesis in Ghana and Kenya. International journal of health policy and management (2021)
Agnes Erzse, Safura Abdool Karim, Anne-Marie Thow, Gemma Ahaibwe, Hans Justus Amukugo, Gershim Asiki, Lebogang Gaogane, Mulenga Mary Mukanu, Twalib Ngoma, Charles Mulindabigwi Ruhara, Milkah Njeri Wanjohi, Karen J Hofman
The data availability landscape in seven sub-Saharan African countries and its role in strengthening sugar-sweetened beverage taxation. Global health action 14 (1) (2021)
Milkah Njeri Wanjohi, Anne-Marie Thow, Safura Abdool Karim, Gershim Asiki, Agnes Erzse, Shukri F Mohamed, Hermann Pythagore Pierre Donfouet, Pamela A Juma, Karen J Hofman
Nutrition-related non-communicable disease and sugar-sweetened beverage policies: a landscape analysis in Kenya. Global health action 14 (1) (2021)
Anne-Marie Thow, Agnes Erzse, Gershim Asiki, Charles Mulindabigwi Ruhara, Gemma Ahaibwe, Twalib Ngoma, Hans Justus Amukugo, Milkah Njeri Wanjohi, Mulenga Mary Mukanu, Lebogang Gaogane, Safura Abdool Karim, Karen J Hofman
Study design: policy landscape analysis for sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in seven sub-Saharan African countries. Global health action 14 (1) (2021)
Anne-Marie Thow, Safura Abdool Karim, Mulenga Mary Mukanu, Gemma Ahaibwe, Milkah Njeri Wanjohi, Lebogang Gaogane, Hans Justus Amukugo, Charles Mulindabigwi Ruhara, Twalib Ngoma, Gershim Asiki, Agnes Erzse, Karen J Hofman
The political economy of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: an analysis from seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Global health action 14 (1) (2021)
Neneh Sallah, Wendell Miley, Nazzarena Labo, Tommy Carstensen, Segun Fatumo, Deepti Gurdasani, Martin O Pollard, Alexander T Dilthey, Alexander J Mentzer, Vickie Marshall, Elena Maria Cornejo Castro, Cristina Pomilla, Elizabeth H Young, Gershim Asiki, Martin Lloyd Hibberd, Manjinder S Sandhu, Paul Kellam, Robert Newton, Denise Whitby, Inês A Barroso
Distinct genetic architectures and environmental factors associate with host response to the γ2-herpesvirus infections. Nature communications 11 (1) (2020)
Gershim Asiki, Milkah N Wanjohi, Amy Barnes, Kristin Bash, Stella Muthuri, Dickson Amugsi, Danielle Doughman, Elizabeth Kimani, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Michelle Holdsworth
Benchmarking food environment policies for the prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases in Kenya: National expert panel's assessment and priority recommendations. PloS one 15 (8) (2020)
Francisco C Ceballos, Scott Hazelhurst, David W Clark, Godfred Agongo, Gershim Asiki, Romuald Palwende Boua, F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Felistas Mashinya, Shane Norris, James F Wilson, Michelle Ramsay
Autozygosity influences cardiometabolic disease-associated traits in the AWI-Gen sub-Saharan African study. Nature communications 11 (1) (2020)
Michelle Ramsay, Nigel John Crowther, Godfred Agongo, Stuart A Ali, Gershim Asiki, Romuald Palwende Boua, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Kathleen Kahn, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa, Felistas Mashinya, Lisa K Micklesfield, Freedom Mukomana, Engelbert Adamwaba Nonterah, Cassandra C Soo, Hermann Sorgho, Alisha N Wade, Ryan G Wagner, Marianne Alberts, Scott Hazelhurst, Catherine Kyobutungi, Shane A Norris, Abraham R Oduro, Osman Sankoh, Halidou Tinto, Stephen Tollman, null null
Regional and sex-specific variation in BMI distribution in four sub-Saharan African countries: The H3Africa AWI-Gen study. Global health action 11 (sup2) (2019)
Robert Kalyesubula, Jeffrey P Hau, Gershim Asiki, Billy Ssebunya, Sylvia Kusemererwa, Janet Seeley, Liam Smeeth, Laurie A Tomlinson, Robert Newton
Impaired renal function in a rural Ugandan population cohort. Wellcome open research 3 (2019)
Gershim Asiki, Robert Newton, Lena Marions, Anatoli Kamali, Lars Smedman
The effect of childhood stunting and wasting on adolescent cardiovascular diseases risk and educational achievement in rural Uganda: a retrospective cohort study. Global health action 12 (1) (2019)
Andrew Abaasa, Gershim Asiki, Andrew Obuku Ekii, Josephine Wanyenze, Pietro Pala, Govert J van Dam, Paul Leo Albert Maria Corstjens, Peter Hughes, Song Ding, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Pontiano Kaleebu, Alison M Elliott, Anatoli Kamali
Effect of high-intensity versus low-intensity praziquantel treatment on HIV disease progression in HIV and Schistosoma mansoni co-infected patients: a randomised controlled trial. Wellcome open research 3 (2019)
Robert Kalyesubula, Jeffrey P Hau, Gershim Asiki, Billy Ssebunya, Sylvia Kusemererwa, Janet Seeley, Liam Smeeth, Laurie A Tomlinson, Robert Newton
Impaired renal function in a rural Ugandan population cohort. Wellcome open research (2019)
Robert Kalyesubula, Jeffrey P Hau, Gershim Asiki, Billy Ssebunya, Sylvia Kusemererwa, Janet Seeley, Liam Smeeth, Laurie A Tomlinson, Robert Newton
Impaired renal function in a rural Ugandan population cohort. Wellcome open research (2018)
Gershim Asiki, Robert Newton, Leonard Kibirige, Anatoli Kamali, Lena Marions, Lars Smedman
Feasibility of using smartphones by village health workers for pregnancy registration and effectiveness of mobile phone text messages on reduction of homebirths in rural Uganda. PloS one 13 (6) (2018)
Gershim Asiki, Shukri F Mohamed, David Wambui, Caroline Wainana, Stella Muthuri, Michelle Ramsay, Catherine Kyobutungi, null null
Sociodemographic and behavioural factors associated with body mass index among men and women in Nairobi slums: AWI-Gen Project. Global health action 11 (sup2) (2018)
Andrew Abaasa, Gershim Asiki, Andrew Obuku Ekii, Josephine Wanyenze, Pietro Pala, Govert J van Dam, Paul Leo Albert Maria Corstjens, Peter Hughes, Song Ding, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Pontiano Kaleebu, Alison M Elliott, Anatoli Kamali
Effect of high-intensity versus low-intensity praziquantel treatment on HIV disease progression in HIV and Schistosoma mansoni co-infected patients: a randomised controlled trial. Wellcome open research (2018)

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