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Owen Nkoka
Secretary General
Owen Nkoka is a Research Associate Cohort Manager/Epidemiologist at the University of Glasgow. He leads the Wellcome Trust funded Healthy Lives Malawi project – both the Demographic Surveillance System and the nested Long-Term Conditions Survey http://www.meiru.info/healthy-lives-malawi/. He also co-leads a Public Engagement work package focusing on primary school children to help them explore the role of their parents’ health and childhood environment on future health. Owen has a BSc degree in Environmental Health from the University of Malawi. He holds an MSc and a PhD in Public Health (Epidemiology) from Taipei Medical University, Taiwan. Owen is also a certified project manager for development professionals (PMD Pro I) and an associate of the chartered management institute.
Prior to joining the University of Glasgow/MEIRU, Owen worked for several international organisations such as World Vision and Sightsavers implementing public health programs focusing on maternal and child health. He also worked as a Biostatistics Teaching assistant at Taipei Medical University and a Research Assistant at the same university on projects covering maternal and child health.
Grants
- Crampin A, Nkoka O, Stewart R, Matchado A, Bunn C,Nyirenda D, Phiri N, Abdulla S, Seth-Smith J, Todd H, Amoah A. Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Award: Healthy Lives Malawi Longitudinal Population Study. Wellcome Trust. £245,520.00. 01/02/21 – 31/7/24
Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5WWs3PYAAAAJ&hl=en