Julius Nyerere Odhiambo

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Office:: Adair Hall 400A
Phone:: 757-221-3837
Email:: [[jnodhiambo]]

Area of Specialization

Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology

Background

Dr. Odhiambo earned his Ph.D. in Public Health from the University of KwaZulu Natal in Durban, South Africa. Professor Odhiambo’s research focuses on the application of spatial and spatio-temporal methods to better understand the geographical patterns of maternal and child health outcomes, assess their relationship with potential risk factors, identify clusters and measure inequalities both at small-area resolution as well as at country scales.

Courses Taught

Intro to Global Health (KINE 290)
Methods in Health Development (KINE 369)

Peer-reviewed Publications (* indicates student co-authors)

Julius Odhiambo
2023*	Odhiambo JN, Dolan CB, Troup L, Rojas NP. Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiological approaches to inform COVID-19 surveillance and control: a systematic review of statistical and modelling methods in Africa. BMJ open. 2023 Jan 1;13(1):e067134.
2022	Phiri M, Mulemena D, Kalinda C, Odhiambo JN. Contextual factors and spatial trends of childhood malnutrition in Zambia. Plos one. 2022 Nov 3;17(11):e0277015.
2022	Odhiambo JN, Dolan CB: Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiological approaches to inform COVID-19 surveillance and control: a review protocol. Systematic Reviews 2022, 11(1):141
2022	Achoki T, Sartorius B, Watkins D, Glenn SD, Kengne AP, Oni T, Wiysonge CS, Walker A, Odhiambo JN, Babalola TK: Health trends, inequalities and opportunities in South Africa’s provinces, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2022, 76(5):471-481.
2021	Odhiambo JN, Sartorius B: Joint spatio-temporal modelling of adverse pregnancy outcomes sharing common risk factors at sub-county level in Kenya, 2016–2019. BMC Public Health 2021, 21(1):2331.
2021	Mathias CT, Mianda S, Odhiambo JN, Hlongwa M, Singo-Chipofya A, Ginindza TG: Facilitating factors and barriers to kangaroo mother care utilisation in low-and middle-income countries: A scoping review. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine 2021, 13(1):2856.
2020	Odhiambo JN, Sartorius B: Mapping of anaemia prevalence among pregnant women in Kenya (2016–2019). BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020, 20(1):711.
2020	Odhiambo JN, Kalinda C, Macharia PM, Snow RW, Sartorius B: Spatial and spatio-temporal methods for mapping malaria risk: a systematic review. BMJ Global Health 2020, 5(10):e002919.
2018	Odhiambo JN, Sartorius B: Spatio - temporal modelling assessing the burden of malaria in affected low and middle-income countries: a scoping review. BMJ Open 2018, 8(9):e023071.
2018	Kalinda C, Chimbari MJ, Grant WE, Wang H-H, Odhiambo JN, Mukaratirwa S: Simulation of population dynamics of Bulinus globosus: Effects of environmental temperature on production of Schistosoma haematobium cercariae. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2018, 12(8):e0006651.