•SENIOR LECTURER
• CHAIR DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES, SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES.
I, Dr. Wilfred Emonyi Injera PhD, was employed at Alupe University as Senior Lecturer and acting Chair of the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences at the School of Health Sciences in 2018.
Prior to this appointment I had been working for the last 37 years with various hospital diagnostic, research and teaching Laboratories in Kenya.
I worked with the Ministry of Health as a Medical Laboratory Technologist; Nairobi University as Senior Technician, Moi University as Chief Technician and later as Lecturer in the Department of Immunology, School of Medicine.
During my service at the School of Medicine, I doubled up as the Laboratory Manager / Director at the AMPATH Reference Laboratories, Eldoret.
As the Laboratory Manager at the AMPATH Reference Laboratories, I lead the laboratory to ISO 15189/2007 accreditation by KENAS in Feb 2012. I further established regional working collaboration with KEMRI-Walter Reed Program Laboratories in Kericho and the CDC HIV-R Laboratories in Kisumu around which the MOH laboratory quality management systems training for the West Kenya region was established by the National HIV Reference Laboratory in Nairobi.
I am a member of the Immunology Society of Kenya and the Association of Kenya Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers. I am also a certified trainer on the strengthening laboratory improvement process towards accreditation (SLIPTA) program by the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) and Laboratory Biorisk Management by One Health Central and Eastern Africa (OHCEA). I am a past chair of the education committee of the Kenya medical laboratory technicians and technologists board (KMLTTB).
I am a peer reviewer for several journals including Asian Journal of Research in Nursing and Health; Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Asian Journal of Pediatric Research; International Journal of Tropical Diseases and Health and Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International.
Currently I serve Alupe University as a committee member to the lake region economic block (LREB) University Partnership.
Diploma
in Medical Laboratory Technology – Kenya Medical Training College – 1979;
Nairobi. Kenya.
Higher
National Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology – Kenya Medical Training
College – 1983; Nairobi. Kenya
Master
of Health Science, - The school of hygiene and public health - Johns Hopkins
University - 1998. USA.
PhD
(Immunology) – School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kenyatta University,
Nairobi. 2013. Kenya.
PhD in Immunology. 2013. Kenyatta University.
Thesis: Stimulation of Anti-Mosquito Immune
Responses in Balb/C Mice Immunized with Plasmids containing Anopheles gambiae
Mucin 1 (Agmuc1), GM-CSF and IL-12 Genes
1.
In recent years there have been significant
insights into the complex etiologies of neuropsychiatric brain disorders.
Meta-analyses of genome-wide association study (GWAS) results encompassing
thousands of samples have been completed for some psychiatric disorders
including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorders,
bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder. However, published results on
neuropsychiatric disorders have often not included samples of African ancestry.
The specific objectives of this study are:
a)
To determine the phenotypic presentation of
psychotic disorders in African populations
b)
To describe the genetic variation between
patients with psychotic disorders and those without in African populations
c)
To examine the association between genetic
variation and risk for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in African
populations
2.
Covid 19 study: SARS-Cov-2 (severe acute
respiratory disease coronavirus 2), which causes Corona virus disease 2019
(COVID19) was first detected in China in late 2019 and has since then caused a
global pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, 20201. Globally, there have
been 594,367,247 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,451,016 deaths,
reported to WHO. In Africa, there have been 12,310,100 confirmed cases
including 256,420 deaths reported to WHO. In Kenya, there have been 338,047
confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 5,673 deaths, reported to WHO2. All the 47
counties in the country have now reported COVID-19 infections with Nairobi
County leading with 129,123 cases as of March 31, 2022. Busia has reported
6,467 cases as of march 2022.
Surveys of knowledge,
attitude, and practice (KAP) are vital for understanding the public’s level of
awareness toward COVID-19 which can then be corroborsted with the levels of
exposure to Covid 19 by establishing seropositivity rates.
The specific objectives
of the study are:
a.
To determine the KAP of a selected group of boda
boda riders in Busia county
b.
To determine the prevalence of SARS Cov 2
antibodies in boda boda riders in Busia county
c.
To correlate KAP with SARS Cov 2 antibodies
prevalence among Busia county boda boda riders
• Title of Main Research Projects –indicate if they are funded by whom
and /or collaborative with whom, etc.
1.
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS OF AFRICAN POPULATIONS
– PSYCHOSIS (NEUROGAP-P) – L. Atwoli, E. Kwoba, W. Emonyi and G. Kigen. This
project is supported by the Stanley Global Neuropsychiatric Genetics
Initiative, which is overseen by Steve Hyman and directed by Karestan Koenen
and operates in three regions: Africa, Latin America, and East Asia.
SEROPREVALENCE OF SARS-COV 2 ANTIBODIES IN BODA
BODA RIDERS INTERACTING WITH LONG DISTANCE TRUCK DRIVERS IN BUSIA COUNTY. Emonyi,
WI; Okedi, W; Ombok, C. This protocol is supported by the Alupe University Annual
Research Funds 2020
- Elizabeth
G. Atkinson, Shareefa Dalvie, Yakov Pichkar, Allan Kalungi, Lerato Majara,
Anne Stevenson, Tamrat Abebe, Dickens Akena, Melkam Alemayehu, Fred K.
Ashaba, Lukoye Atwoli, Mark Baker, Lori B. Chibnik, Nicole Creanza, Mark
J. Daly, Abebaw Fekadu, Bizu Gelaye, Stella Gichuru, Wilfred E. Injera,
Roxanne James, Symon M. Kariuki, Gabriel Kigen, Nastassja Koen, Karestan
C. Koenen, Zan Koenig, Edith Kwobah, Joseph Kyebuzibwa, Henry Musinguzi,
Rehema M. Mwema, Benjamin M. Neale, Carter P. Newman, Charles R.J.C.
Newton, Linnet Ongeri, Sohini Ramachandran, Raj Ramesar, Welelta Shiferaw,
Dan J. Stein, Rocky E. Stroud, Solomon Teferra, Mary T. Yohannes, Zukiswa
Zingela, Alicia R. Martin, and NeuroGAP-Psychosis Study Team. 2022.
Genetic structure correlates with ethnolinguistic diversity in eastern and
southern Africa. The American Journal of Human Genetics 109, 1667–1679.
- Bunoro
WZ, Injera EW, Wanjau T. The Occurrence of Alloantibodies among
Multitransfused Oncology Patients at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. Int
J Rec Innov Med Clin Res. 2021;3(4):13-18.
- Khisa,
T. W., Omwenga, E. O., Emonyi, W.I. Sickle cell trait frequencies
in blood donors and its effect among recipients in Bungoma county, Kenya. East African Medical
Journal. July 2021, 98 (7): 3916 –
3925. July 2021
- Ngangali, J.P., Mutesa, L., Nsanzimana, S.,
Munyemana, J.B., Emonyi W. I., Patel Kirtika, P., Gatare, S.,
Rutayisire, R., Ndishimye, I.V., Ntagwabira, E., Nkinda, L., Chemtai. A.K.
30 Jul, 2021. Cytokine’s Imbalance, the Hallmark of Immune Dysfunction in
HIV/AIDS Patients in Rwanda. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-753234/v1
- Alicia,
M., Elizabeth, A., Anne, S., Sinéad, C., Rocky, S., Tamrat, A., Akena,
D., Melkam, A., Ashaba, F., Lukoye, A., Tera, B., Lori, C., Daly, M., Desmet,
T., Dodge, S., Fekadu, A., Ferriera, S., Gelaye, B., Gichuru, S., Injera,
W., Roxanne, J., Kariuki, S., Kigen, G., Koenen, K., Kwobah, E.,
Kyebuzibwa, J., Majara, L., Musinguzi, H., Mwema, R., Neale, B., Newman, C.,
Newton, C., Pickrell, J., Ramesar, R., Shiferaw, W., Stein, D., Teferra, S.,
van der Merwe, C., Zingela, Z., Neurogap-Psychosis Study Team. Low-coverage sequencing cost-effectively
detects known and novel variation in underrepresented populations Am J Hum Genet. 2021 Apr
1;108(4):656-668. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.03.012. Epub 2021 Mar 25.
- Kiyeng, D.K., Muturi, M.W., Emonyi, W.I. Seroprevalence of
transfusion transmissible infections in Eldoret Regional Blood Transfusion
Centre, Kenya. Journal of Advanced
Research in Applied Sciences. 2018, 2, (2): 1-5.
- Lewa,
M., Mallewa, J., Szubert, A., Mugyenyi, P., Chidziva, E., Thomason, M.,
Chepkorir, P., … The REALITY trial team. Effect of ready-to-use
supplementary food on mortality in severely immunocompromised HIV-infected
individuals in Africa initiating antiretroviral therapy (REALITY): an
open-label, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial. Lancet HIV 2018;
5: e231–240. Published Online April 10, 2018.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30038-9
Year 1 - MSB 100, MSB
105, MLB 112
Year 2 –BPB 214, MLP
210, MLP 216/BPT 213, MSB 203
Year 3 – MLP 314, MLP
316, MSB 300
Year 4 – MLC 410, MLC
411, MLC 414, MLC 420, MLC 521, MLE 400,
MSB 400