Debo Awosika-olumo
Education: PhD Walden University; MPH Northwest Consortium for Public Health, University of Toledo; MS Institute of Occupational Health, University of Birmingham, UK; MD Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Dr. Awosika-Olumo is the President of GHMIGROUP INC--a diversified company focusing on bringing advanced healthcare and environmental solutions to emerging markets.
He was the chief epidemiologist of the city of Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States, where he implemented integrated disease surveillance systems along with other health informatics projects until July 2011. He served as the principal investigators for various Centers for Disease Control, and Department of Homeland Security collaborative projects in public health and public health informatics. He has an extensive quantitative research background in occupational, environmental, and chronic and infectious diseases, and public health experiences in Nigeria, England, and the United States. He has a number of publications and presentations on health-related research projects.
Courses Taught
PUBH 8145 - Epidemiology
PUBH 8050 - Glob Hlth & Issues in Disease
PUBH 8035 - Epidemiology Decoding the Science
PUBH 8130 - Comm, Mkting, & Pub Relations
PUBH 9000 - Public Health Dissertation
Education
PhD, Walden University
MPH, University of Toldeo
MS, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
MD, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Awards / Honors
Best Patient-Centered Care Research Award Recipien, Kelsey Research Foundation, 2008
American College of Epidemiology, 2nd Place-Best p, American College of Epidemiology, 2007
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Educational Award, British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1993
Publications
Oleribe, O., Kumar, V., Awosika-olumo, A. I., Taylor-Robinson, S. D. (2017). Individual and socioeconomic factors associated with childhood immunization coverage in Nigeria.. The Pan African medical journal
Amin, J. J., Rohrer, J. E., Awosika-olumo, A. I. (2017). Variations in postoperative and postdischarge wound infection after abdominal hysterectomy.. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Zheteyeva, Y. A., Tosh, P., Patel, P. R., Martinez, D., Kilborn, C., Awosika-olumo, A. I., Khuwaja, S., Ibrahim, S., Ryder, A., Tohme, R. A., Khudyakov, Y., Thai, H., Drobeniuc, J., Heseltine, G., Guh, A. Y. (2014). Hepatitis B outbreak associated with a home health care agency serving multiple assisted living facilities in Texas, 2008-2010.. American journal of infection control
Biru, Y., Brietzke, M., Foreman, F. E., Awosika-olumo, A. I., Sindha, T., Blakeny, Z., Aikins, J. (2012). Evaluation of a health department sponsored community garden in Houston/Harris County. Texas Public Health Journal
Tohme, R. A., Awosika-Olumo, D., Nielsen, C., Khuwaja, S., Scott, J., Xing, J., Drobeniuc, J., Hu, D. J., Turner, C., Wafeeg, T., Sharapov, U., Spradling, P. R. (2011). Evaluation of hepatitis B vaccine immunogenicity among older adults during an outbreak response in assisted living facilities.. Vaccine
Awosika-olumo, A. I. (2011). Enhancing Traditional Surveillance Methods to Assess the Comorbidities and Complications of Hepatitis C Infection in a Large City in the United States.
Khuwaja, S., Mgbere, O., Awosika-olumo, A. I., Momin, F., Ngo, K. (2011). Using sentinel surveillance system to monitor seasonal and novel H1N1 influenza infection in Houston, Texas: outcome analysis of 2008-2009 flu season.. Journal of community health
Awosika-olumo, A. I., Trangle, K. L., Fallon, Jr, L. F. (2003). Microorganism-induced skin disease in workers exposed to metalworking fluids.. Occupational medicine (Oxford, England)
Fallon, Jr, L. F., Awosika-olumo, A. I., Fulks, J. S. (2002). Factors related to accidents and falls among older individuals. Traumatology
Awosika-Olumo, A.I., |, Gomez, J., Wolverton, M., Anderson, L., Arafat, R., Awosika-olumo, A. I. (2007). A Comparison of the Relative Risks of Substance Abuse, Mental Health Conditions, and HIV Opportunistic Infections on Survival Between HIV Positive U.S. Born Hispanics and Foreign-Born Hispanics in Houston, Texas 1990-2001. Annals of Epidemiology
Beer, L., Bertolli, J., Blair, J. M., Do, A. N., Fagan, J. L., Flagg, E. W., Frazier, E., Johnson, C. H., McNaghten, A., Reed, J. B., others (2010). Clinical and behavioral characteristics of adults receiving medical care for HIV infection; Medical Monitoring Project: 2005 pilot data collection cycle.
Awosika-olumo, A. I. (2003). Adult Morbidity Mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Chimera USA/African Institute Journal
Fallon, Jr, L. F., Awosika-olumo, A. I., Trangle, K. L. (2002). Reactive airways disease: a need for caution in a medicolegal case review brief. Journal of Controversial Medical Claims
Adeleye, O., Carvalho, M., Halm, M. (2007). Using Syndromic Data to Investigate Gastrointestinal Illness Associated with Water Quality Complaints in Houston. Advances in Disease Surveillance
Presentations
Awosika-Olumo, A. (2015). The future in cancer diagnostics. National Hospital Abuja and Global Health Management and Informatics
Mgbere, O., Khuwaja, S., Fasoranti, T., Anderson, L., Goldberg, B., Miller, K., , Awosika-Olumo, A. I. (2010). Application of Quality Improvement Strategies on a Population-based HIV/AIDS Surveillance Project in Houston, Texas: Outcome analysis and Lessons Learned. American Public Health Association
Awosika-Olumo, A. I. (2010). Challenges and Recommended Solutions in Recruiting and Interviewing Multi-Cultural Population of HIV/AIDS Patients. State of Texas
Awosika-Olumo, A. I. (2005). Gender differences in HIV/AIDS patients with co- Infections in the Houston. APHA