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MBBS, MPH, MFPH, FFPH, FRSPH, FHEA
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- emmanuel.okpo@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Room G41 Summerfield House, NHS Grampian, 2 Eday road Aberdeen AB15 6RE
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Emmanuel Okpo is a Consultant in Public Health Medicine at the National Health Service (NHS) Grampian and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Aberdeen.
Dr Okpo has over 17 years of clinical and public health experience in Africa and the UK. In his current role as Consultant in Public Health Medicine, he is responsible for prevention and control of gastrointestinal infections and foodborne diseases, zoonoses, emerging infections, sexual health, blood borne Viruses (Hepatitis B & C, HIV/AIDS) and healthcare associated infection. His research interest includes infectious disease epidemiology, infection prevention & control, maternal and child health in developing countries.
He is committed to training and developing the public and global health workforce of the future. Currently he is the Public Health Specialist Training Programme Coordinator for NHS Grampian and also a tutor on the University of Aberdeen MSc Public Health and Global Health courses. He also participates in teaching undergraduate medical students.
He attended medical school in Nigeria, obtained a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) from the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam and Fellowship in Public Health Medicine in the UK.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
As a Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in public health I am involved with both undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
I contribute to:
- Lectures and assessments of Year 4 MBCHB student (communicable disease and paediatric block)
- MSc Public Health and Health Services Research and MSc Global Health and Management courses.
- Supervision (Thesis) and assessing undergraduate and postgraduate students
- Publications
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Factors associated with late HIV diagnosis in North-East Scotland: a six-year retrospective study
Public Health, vol. 139, pp. 36-43Contributions to Journals: ArticlesComment on 'Who has a repeat abortion? Identifying women at risk of repeated terminations of pregnancy: analysis of routinely collected health care data': authors' response
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 157-158Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc-2016-101486
Who has a repeat abortion? Identifying women at risk of repeated terminations of pregnancy: analysis of routinely collected health care data
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 133-142Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAn outbreak of an unusual strain of Listeria monocytogenes infection in North-East Scotland
Journal of Infection and Public Health, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 612-618Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2015.05.009
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Does quality of care differ when HIV patients are treated by non-specialist and specialist HIV healthcare providers in developed countries? A Systematic narrative review
World Journal of AIDS, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 161-174Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4236/wja.2015.53019
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4954/1/WJA_2015082814544810.pdf
Time taken to reach undetectable viral loads in therapy-naïve HIV patients commencing ART
The Online Journal of Clinical Audits, vol. 7, no. 3Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBlood borne virus (BBV) testing in a university setting in North-East Scotland: A pilot initiative
Public Health, vol. 129, no. 6, pp. 825-827Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2015.04.006
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Blood borne virus (BBV) testing in a university setting in North-East Scotland: a pilot initiative
Public Health, vol. 129, no. 6, pp. 825-827Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2015.04.006
- [ONLINE] http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25990951
P86 An audit of time taken to reach undetectable viral load in therapy-naive HIV-positive patients initiating art
Sexually Transmitted Infections, vol. 91, no. Suppl. 1, A44Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052126.129
Hepatitis E infection an emerging issue
5 Nations Health Protection ConferenceContributions to Conferences: Posters