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Dr Emmanuel Okpo

Dr Emmanuel Okpo
Dr Emmanuel Okpo
Dr Emmanuel Okpo

MBBS, MPH, MFPH, FFPH, FRSPH, FHEA

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

About
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

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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  • Pooled versus individual nucleic acid amplification testing for detection of active SARS-CoV-2 infection (Protocol)

    Hijazi, K., Lawes, T., Okoliegbe, I., Gupta, E., Wilson, B., El-Sakka, N., Nebot, C., Okpo, E., Osman, M., Niu, C., Imoesi, P., Poobalan, A., Gould, I., Brazzelli, M.
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    Other Contributions: Other Contributions

  • “What will my child think of me if he hears I gave him HIV?”: a sequential, explanatory, mixed-methods approach on the predictors and experience of caregivers on disclosure of HIV status to infected children in Gombe, Northeast Nigeria

    Wariri, O., Ajani, A., Raymond, M. P., Iliya, A., Lukman, O., Okpo, E., Isaac, E.
    BMC Public Health, vol. 20, 373
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Screening infants exposed to hepatitis C virus infection during pregnancy in Grampian, UK: a review

    Okpo, E., Byers, L.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • "It's just in that sea of things that I never cared about": Perception of hepatitis B amongst university students in Aberdeen, North East Scotland

    Davies, E. L., Fielding, S., Noble, G., Okpo, E.
    BMC Public Health, vol. 19, 332
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Contact tracing for chronic hepatitis B in primary care?: A ‘snapshot’ audit in Grampian, Northeast Scotland

    Phillips, B., Corrigan, H., Okpo, E.
    Public Health, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 75-79
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Learning lessons to improve blood borne virus testing in primary care in Scotland

    Bell, J., Allerton, L. A., Grant, L., McLeman, L., Tonna, I., Okpo, E.
    Public Health, vol. 159, pp. 14-16
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Exploring psychosocial predictors of STI testing in University students

    Martin-Smith, H. A., Okpo, E., Bull, E. R.
    BMC Public Health, vol. 18, 664
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Home versus in-patient treatment for deep vein thrombosis

    Othieno, R., Okpo, E., Forster, R.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 1, CD003076
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Case Study: Empowerment approaches to Food Poverty in North East Scotland

    D'Ambruoso, L., Abbott, P. A., Douglas, F., Macpherson, E., Okpo, E.
    The Shaping Health programme on Learning from international experience on approaches to community power, participation and decision-making in health. D’Ambruoso, L., Abbott, P., Douglas, F., McPherson, E., Okpo, E. (eds.). Aberdeen University Press pp. 1-52, 52 pages.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Other Contributions

  • Case Study: Empowerment approaches to Food Poverty in North East Scotland: The Shaping Health programme on Learning from international experience on approaches to community power, participation and decision-making in health.

    D'Ambruoso, L., Abbott, P. A., Douglas, F., Macpherson, E., Okpo, E.
    University of Aberdeen. 52 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Factors associated with late HIV diagnosis in North-East Scotland: a six-year retrospective study

    Noble, G., Okpo, E., Tonna, I., Fielding, S.
    Public Health, vol. 139, pp. 36-43
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Comment on 'Who has a repeat abortion? Identifying women at risk of repeated terminations of pregnancy: analysis of routinely collected health care data': authors' response

    McCall, S. J., Flett, G., Okpo, E., Bhattacharya, S.
    Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 157-158
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • Who has a repeat abortion? Identifying women at risk of repeated terminations of pregnancy: analysis of routinely collected health care data

    McCall, S. J., Flett, G., Okpo, E., Bhattacharya, S.
    Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 133-142
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • An outbreak of an unusual strain of Listeria monocytogenes infection in North-East Scotland

    Okpo, E., Leith, J., Smith-Palmer, A., Bell, J., Parks, D., Browning, F., Byers, L., Corrigan, H., Webster, D., Karcher, A. M., Murray, A., Storey, T.
    Journal of Infection and Public Health, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 612-618
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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

    Sokhom, B., Okpo, E., Tonna, I., Poobalan, A.
    World Journal of AIDS, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 161-174
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Time taken to reach undetectable viral loads in therapy-naïve HIV patients commencing ART

    Ismail, M. A., Okpo, E., Baguley, S., Butt, A., Brawley, D., Tonna, I.
    The Online Journal of Clinical Audits, vol. 7, no. 3
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Blood borne virus (BBV) testing in a university setting in North-East Scotland: A pilot initiative

    Okpo, E., Corrigan, H., Gillies, P.
    Public Health, vol. 129, no. 6, pp. 825-827
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

  • Blood borne virus (BBV) testing in a university setting in North-East Scotland: a pilot initiative

    Okpo, E., Corrigan, H., Gillies, P.
    Public Health, vol. 129, no. 6, pp. 825-827
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • P86 An audit of time taken to reach undetectable viral load in therapy-naive HIV-positive patients initiating art

    Ismail, M., Okpo, E., Baguley, S., Butt, A., Brawley, D., Tonna, I.
    Sexually Transmitted Infections, vol. 91, no. Suppl. 1, A44
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Hepatitis E infection an emerging issue

    Smith-Palmer, A., Hawkins, G., Mellor, D., McCormick, D., Johannessen, I., Ramalingam, S., Willocks, L., Wellington, L., Simpson, K., Gunson, R., McElhiney, J., Horne, J., Scobie, L., Said, B., Smith, D., Okpo, E., Anderson, E.
    5 Nations Health Protection Conference
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Public health challenges of managing non-E coli O157 VTEC infections: Lesson from the Northeast of Scotland

    Okpo, E., Leith, J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions

  • Secondary transmission of Escherichia coli 0157 infection: Lessons from a family outbreak

    Okpo, E., Davies, E., Webster, D., Leith, J., Browning, F., Corrigan, H., Byers, L.
    5 Nations Health Protection Conference
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Evaluating the social determinants of teenage pregnancy: a temporal analysis using a UK obstetric database from 1950 to 2010

    McCall, S. J., Bhattacharya, S., Okpo, E., Macfarlane, G. J.
    Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 49-54
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Interventions for improving employment outcomes for workers with HIV

    Robinson, R., Okpo, E., Mngoma, N.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 5, no. 5, CD010090
    Contributions 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

    Okpo, E., Allerton, L., Brechin, S.
    Public Health, vol. 128, no. 10, pp. 934-939
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • PP25 Exploring the determinant factors for repeat abortion: A systematic review

    McCall, S. J., Nur Ibrahim, U. N., Imamura, M., Okpo, E., Flett, G., Bhattacharya, S.
    Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 68, no. Supplement 1, A57
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • PMM.28 A temporal-spatial assessment of spontaneous very preterm birth in relation to social class from 1950–2010 in Aberdeen, Scotland

    McCall, S. J., Bhattacharya, S., Macfarlane, G., Okpo, E.
    Perinatal Medicine 2014, A132
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • An outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infection in the North-East Scotland

    Okpo, E., Leith, J., Bell, J., Browning, F., Byers, L., Corrigan, H., Webster, D., Smith-Palmer, A., Karcher, A., Murray, A., Store, T., Parrot, K., Fuchs, P., El Sakka, N. E. S.
    Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions

  • Blood Borne Virus (BBV) testing in a university setting in North-East Scotland: A pilot initiative

    Okpo, E., Corrigan, H., Gillies, P.
    Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions

  • Women with repeat abortions their attributes at the index abortion: A secondary analysis using routinely collected data

    Bhattacharya, S., Okpo, E., McCall, S., Flett, G.
    Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions

  • But you can’t reverse a hysterectomy!’ Perceptions of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) among young women aged 16-24 years: An Exploratory Study

    Okpo, E., Allerton, L. A., Brechin, S.
    Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions

  • More than one Abortion

    Flett, G., Okpo, E., Bhattacharya, S.
    Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions

  • OP34 Assessing the Social Determinants of Teenage Pregnancy: A Time-Space Analysis using an Obstetric Database from 1950-2010

    McCall, S. J., Bhattacharya, S., Macfarlane, G., Okpo, E.
    Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 67, no. Suppl 1, pp. A18
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • The Grampian Human Immunodeficiency Virus Needs Assessment

    Okpo, E., Allerton, L. A., Brown, C., Tonna, I.
    Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions

  • Health protection in the workplace: a 'global-scope' of literature

    Paul-Ebhohimhen, V. A., Okpo, E.
    Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions

  • Pesticides in drinking water in Grampian: a systemic review of potential risks to health

    Littlejohn, C., Okpo, E.
    Health Protection 2012
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Work arrangements for sustaining employment in workers with HIV: (Protocol)

    Okpo, E., Othieno, R., Mngoma, N.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 9, CD010090
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • The effect of baby simulators for prevention of teenage pregnancy: a systematic review: (Protocol)

    Okpo, E., Makuta, G.
    PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews, CRD42012002161
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • The Scottish Flu Response Centre

    Hawkins, G., Velzen, E. V., Alexander, M., Houston, J., Okpo, E., Ramsay, C.
    Pandemic influenza conference. H1N1: The world responds to a 21st century pandemic
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Behaviour, partner notification and surveilance

    Okpo, E., Bradlow, J., Rusere, L., Mayman, E., Shaw, A., Kapembwa, M.
    HIV Medicine, vol. 9, no. Suppl. s1, pp. 23
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Home versus in-patient treatment for deep vein thrombosis

    Othieno, R., Abu Affan, M., Okpo, E.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 3, CD003076
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Specialist Registrars (SpR) training in Public Health in 2006: Reflections, lessons and needs

    Black, C., Okpo, E., Tomlinson, J., McCarty, T.
    Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions

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