COHORT 1
Principal Investigator
Abera Kumie Takele, MD, MSc, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Unit Head, Environmental and Occupational Health
School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences
Addis Ababa University
Principal Investigator
Lynn M. Atuyambe, MPH, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences
Makerere University
Principal Investigator
Etienne Rugigana, M.D, MSc, MPH
Lecturer
University of Rwanda , College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Consultant
Augustine Otieno Afullo, PhD, MSc, MPhil, BSc, PGDHE, PGDE,PGD Env Sci
Associate Professor / Principal Consultant
Brainstorm Management consultants
Makerere University
COHORT 2
Principal Investigator
Etienne Rugigana, M.D, MSc, MPH
Lecturer
University of Rwanda , College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Co-Principal Investigator
Belay Simane, BSc, MSc, PhD
Professor of Environmental Studies
Center for Environment & Sustainable Development,
College of Development Studies
Addis Ababa University
Co-Investigator
Samuel Etajak, MPH, BEH
Research Fellow
Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health; School of Public Health; College of Health Sciences
Makerere University
Co-Investigator
Theoneste Ntakirutimana, BSc, MSc, PhD
School of Public Health
University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Abebe Beyene Hailu, PhD, MSc
COHORT 3
Co-Investigator
Rahel A.Kebede, MD
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Child Health
Subspecialist in Pediatrics Pulmonary and Critical Care
Strategic and Reform Head, to the rank of Vice President
Addis Ababa University
Principal Investigator
Otienoh Oguge, BEd (Sc), MSc, PhD
Professor of Environmental Policy
Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law & Policy,
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
University of Nairobi
Co-Investigator
Felix Walyawula, MPH (in progress), BEH
Research Associate
Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health
School of Public Health
College of Health Sciences
Makerere University
GRADUATE STUDENT TRAINEES
Genet Walle Dagne, MPH
Addis Ababa University
Research assessed occupational heat stress-related illness and associated factors among workers in secondary aluminium production factory and water bottling factory. The overall result showed higher prevalence of heat related-illness among aluminum factory workers (85.3%).
Eden Teshome, MPH
Addis Ababa University, Environmental and Occupational Health
My research focuses on Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms and Associated factors Among Under-Five Children, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia .The study design Comparative Cross Sectional Study where the aim of the study is to compare the prevalence and associated factors (exposure variables like biomass fuel exposure and living proximity to high air pollution factor and other control variables are contributing factor for respiratory symptoms among under five.
Sisay Shine, MPH
PhD candidate
Addis Ababa University, School of Public Health
Research interests include studying the relationship between air pollution and human health especially maternal health and pregnancy outcome in order to better understand the mechanisms through which pollutants affect the body and to develop strategies for mitigating their harmful effects.
Dawit Siraw, MPH
PhD candidate
Addis Ababa University, School of Public Health
My research focus is on climate change and health more specifically on the assessing the level and intensity of occupational heat stress and its health risks on workers in the sugar estates of Ethiopia. The study will measure heat exposure across seasons, evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices of workers and managers, and examine the prevalence of kidney disease and its associated factors in this workforce.
Joshua Nyamondo
Master of Public Health Student
Department of Public and Global Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Nairobi
Many studies have used costly methods to measure air pollutants such as carbon. My research is focussing on the use of a unique, low cost and rapid method to quantify the black carbon (BC) concentration in Nairobi city, Kenya. I will achieve this by analyzing photographs of BC collected on BAM-1022 filter tapes. Subsequently, I will assess the deaths attributable to BC exposure as recorded by BAM-1022; then explore the chronic effects of ambient BC on respiratory symptoms. The insights gained will be used to drive effective public health policy changes.
Noah Adera, MSc
PhD in Medical Statistics Candidate
Department of Public and Global Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Nairobi
Research areas include statistical modelling of short-and long-term effects of ambient air pollution, associated respiratory outcomes among school going children and cause specific hospitalization and mortality in Nairobi city county.
Arnold Tigaiza, MSc
MSc in Public Health, Makerere University School of Public Health
Research areas include household air pollution and respiratory symptoms among primary school children aged 10-12 years in Kampala city, Uganda
ADDITIONAL TRAINEES
Co-Investigator
Worku Tefera, BSc, MPH
Lecturer, Environmental and Occupational Health
School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences
Addis Ababa University