Dr. Frank Odhiambo

Dr. Frank Ouma Odhiambo is the KEMRI/CDC HDSS Branch Chief, KEMRI-CGHR, Kisumu, Kenya.

He studied Zoology at the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton, Kenya; Public Health Epidemiology at the Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya; and obtained his PhD in Epidemiology from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Dr. Odhiambo has been the Branch Chief of the HDSS since 2009. In this position, he leads and facilitates demographic research and analyses; provides technical advice to external organizations such as the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) or the Ministry of Health (MOH); and, advises the Field Station Director and other senior staff or investigators on matters of social demography.

Frank’s notable honors include:

• 2007 Outstanding Performance Award KEMRI/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration
• 2007 Length of Service Award – 7.5 years KEMRI/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration
• 2008 Charles C. Shepard Science Award - Assessment and Epidemiology U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Frank has published extensively in international journals. His recent publications include:

• Odhiambo FO, Laserson KF, Sewe M, Hamel MJ, Feikin DR, Adazu K, Ogwang S, Obor D, Amek N, Bayoh N, Ombok M, Lindblade K, Desai M, ter Kuile F, Phillips-Howard P, van Eijk AM, Rosen D, Hightower A, Ofware P, Muttai H, Nahlen B, DeCock K, Slutsker L, Breiman RF, Vulule JM, 2012. Profile: The kemri/cdc health and demographic surveillance system--western kenya. Int J Epidemiol 2012;41:977-987.
• Byass P, Chandramohan D, Clark SJ, D'Ambruoso L, Fottrell E, Graham WJ, Herbst AJ, Hodgson A, Hounton S, Kahn K, Krishnan A, Leitao J, Odhiambo F, Sankoh OA, Tollman SM, 2012. Strengthening standardised interpretation of verbal autopsy data: The new interva-4 tool. Glob Health Action 2012;5:1-8.
• Phillips-Howard PA, Odhiambo FO, Hamel M, Adazu K, Ackers M, van Eijk AM, Orimba V, Hoog A, Beynon C, Vulule J, Bellis MA, Slutsker L, deCock K, Breiman R, Laserson KF, 2012. Mortality trends from 2003 to 2009 among adolescents and young adults in rural western kenya using a health and demographic surveillance system. PLoS One 2012;7:e47017.
• Murray EL, Khagayi S, Ope M, Bigogo G, Ochola R, Muthoka P, Njenga K, Odhiambo F, Burton D, Laserson KF, Breiman RF, Feikin DR, Katz MA, 2013. What are the most sensitive and specific sign and symptom combinations for influenza in patients hospitalized with acute respiratory illness? Results from western kenya,  january 2007-july 2010. Epidemiol Infect;141:212-222.
• Wakadha H, Chandir S, Were EV, Rubin A, Obor D, Levine OS, Gibson DG, Odhiambo F, Laserson KF, Feikin DR, 2013. The feasibility of using mobile-phone based sms reminders and conditional cash transfers to improve timely immunization in rural kenya. Vaccine 2013;31:987-993.
• Chantler T, Otewa F, Onyango P, Okoth B, Odhiambo F, Parker M, Geissler PW, 2013. Ethical challenges that arise at the community interface of health research: Village reporters' experiences in western kenya. Dev World Bioeth;13:30-37.
• Lo TQ, Oeltmann JE, Odhiambo FO, Beynon C, Pevzner E, Cain KP, Laserson KF, Phillips-Howard PA, 2013. Alcohol use, drunkenness and tobacco smoking in rural western kenya. Trop Med Int Health 2013;18:506-515.