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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Public health challenges of managing non-E coli O157 VTEC infections: Lesson from the Northeast of Scotland
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsSecondary transmission of Escherichia coli 0157 infection: Lessons from a family outbreak
5 Nations Health Protection ConferenceContributions to Conferences: PostersEvaluating the social determinants of teenage pregnancy: a temporal analysis using a UK obstetric database from 1950 to 2010
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 49-54Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204214
Interventions for improving employment outcomes for workers with HIV
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 5, no. 5, CD010090Contributions to Journals: Articles'But you can't reverse a hysterectomy!' Perceptions of long acting reversible contraception (LARC) among young women aged 16-24 years: a qualitative study
Public Health, vol. 128, no. 10, pp. 934-939Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2014.08.012
PP25 Exploring the determinant factors for repeat abortion: A systematic review
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 68, no. Supplement 1, A57Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204726.121
PMM.28 A temporal-spatial assessment of spontaneous very preterm birth in relation to social class from 1950–2010 in Aberdeen, Scotland
Perinatal Medicine 2014, A132Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-306576.384
An outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infection in the North-East Scotland
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsBlood Borne Virus (BBV) testing in a university setting in North-East Scotland: A pilot initiative
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsWomen with repeat abortions their attributes at the index abortion: A secondary analysis using routinely collected data
Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions