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Victor Oguoma

Senior Research Fellow/Biostatistician

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9505-7197

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20082020

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Biography

Victor joined the Health Research Institute, University of Canberra in January 2020 as a Senior Research Fellow/Biostatistician. He has degrees/training in medical/public health parasitology/entomology, cardiometabolic disease epidemiology, and biostatistics. He was awarded Ph.D. in 2017 at the Charles Darwin University and subsequently held a Senior Research Officer in biostatistics position at the Menzies School of Health Research Darwin, where he led/contributed to the design, implementation, and analyses of large scale randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and epidemiological studies in the Indigenous populations of Australia and sub-Sahara Africa. He has over 10 years of experience in public health, epidemiological, and applied biostatistics research across sectors - Non-governmental organisations and academia in Nigeria and Australia.

Research Interests
* Cardiovascular disease risk factors classification
* Indigenous, migrant and international health
* Infectious diseases epidemiology (malaria, otitis media, etc)
* RCTs and epidemiological study design/analyses
* Stepped wedge cluster randomised trial design/analyses
* Health indicator and health surveys
* Development of statistical programs (Stata) to facilitate study design/analyses


Research Projects
* 2018 - 2021 A randomised trial of an intensive education intervention using network of involved diabetes patients to improve glycaemic control of type 2 diabetes patients - Nigeria. Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems programme (BRIDGES 2) - Funded by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) ~ AUD$103,443.30 (CI-B)

* 2018 - 2021 A community-based randomised trial of lifestyle intervention using targeted shared care approach on pregnancy outcomes in Nigerian women with gestational diabetes mellitus but without diabetes mellitus - Nigeria. Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems programme (BRIDGES 2) - Funded by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) ~ AUD$199,530.98 (CI-F)

Education/Academic qualification

Master, Macquarie University

PhD, Charles Darwin University

Master, Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Bachelor, Nnamdi Azikiwe Univerity

External positions

Honorary Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia

1 Mar 2020 → …

Senior Research Officer in Biostatistics, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia

30 Aug 2017 → 31 Dec 2019

Academic Tutor, School of Psychological and Clinical Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory, Australia.

1 Aug 2013 → 31 Dec 2017

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Research Output

10-Valent pneumococcal non-typeable H. influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV10) versus 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) as a booster dose to broaden and strengthen protection from otitis media (PREVIX_BOOST) in Australian Aboriginal children: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Oguoma, V., Wilson, N., Mulholland, K., Santosham, M., Torzillo, P., McIntyre, P., Smith-Vaughan, H. C., Balloch, A., Chatfield, M., Leymann, D., Binks, M. J., Chang, A. B., Carapetis, J., Krause, V., Andrews, R., Snelling, T., Licciardi, P., Morris, P. S. & Leach, A. J., 24 May 2020, In : BMJ Open. 10, 5, p. 1-11 11 p., e033511.

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    • Acute lower respiratory infections in Indigenous infants in Australia's Northern Territory across three eras of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use (2006–15): a population-based cohort study

    Binks, M. J., Beissbarth, J., Oguoma, V. M., Pizzutto, S. J., Leach, A. J., Smith-vaughan, H. C., Mchugh, L., Andrews, R. M., Webby, R., Morris, P. S. & Chang, A. B., 1 Jun 2020, In : The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 4, 6, p. 425-434 10 p.

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    • A decade on: Follow-up findings of indigenous children with bronchiectasis

    McCallum, G. B., Singleton, R. J., Redding, G. J., Grimwood, K., Byrnes, C. A., Valery, P. C., Mobberley, C., Oguoma, V. M., Eg, K. P., Morris, P. S. & Chang, A. B., 2020, In : Pediatric Pulmonology. 55, 4, p. 975-985 11 p.

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    • Sleep apnoea among Australian Aboriginal and Non- Aboriginal patients in the Northern Territory of Australia- a comparative study

    Heraganahally, S. S., Kruavit, A., Oguoma, V. M., Gokula, C., Mehra, S., Judge, D. & Sajkov, D., Mar 2020, In : Sleep. 43, 3, p. 1-11 11 p.

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    • Fingernail cortisol as a marker of chronic stress exposure in Indigenous and non-Indigenous young adults

    Davison, B., Singh, G. R., Oguoma, V. M. & McFarlane, J., 6 Nov 2019, In : Stress. p. 1-10 10 p.

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