Clinical Research Fellow
Zambart, Zambia
Tel. +260963985215
Email: sarahtnyangu@gmail.com
VALIDATE Role:
Network Associate
Research Keywords:
TB, Clinical Trials, Animal Models
Biography:
Passionate infectious diseases epidemiologist with nearly seven years of experience as a general medical doctor. Previous research experience as a research manager on a StopTBPartnership funded TB REACH projects Wave 7 and 10. My research interests are in infectious diseases immunology, subclinical TB and mathematical modelling of infectious diseases in high burden areas. I am currently a PhD student at University of Cape Town investigating the role of digital chest x-rays in the diagnosis of subclinical TB in children and adults.
Key Publications:
- The use of Neurobion Forte in the Treatment of Pellagra in an adult on anti-TB treatment: A case report from Lusaka, Zambia. Sarah Nyangu, Mary Kagujje, Kelvin Zimba, Lophina Chilukutu, Monde Muyoyeta Medical Journal of Zambia Vol. 48 No. 1 (2020) – Articles
- Breakthrough TB among people living with HIV on TB preventive Therapy. S. Nyangu, M. Kagujje, I. Mwaba, D. Luhanga, R. Hambwalula, S. Maliko, T. Mushili, E. Mwamba, Mukaba Mulai, Monde Muyoyeta, Vol 12, No4 Published December 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.22.0016
- Pathways to care and preferences for improving tuberculosis services among tuberculosis patients in Zambia: A discrete choice experiment. Andrew D. Kerkhoff , Mary Kagujje, Sarah Nyangu, Kondwelani Mateyo, Nsala Sanjase, Lophina Chilukutu, Ingrid Eshun-Wilson, Elvin H. Geng,, Diane V. Havlir,, Monde Muyoyeta
- Published: August 31, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252095
- Interrupted time-series analysis of active case-finding for tuberculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zambia.
- Patrick S Lungu , Andrew D Kerkhoff , Monde Muyoyeta , Clara C Kasapo , Sarah Nyangu , Mary Kagujje , Rhehab Chimzizi , Sulani Nyimbili , Morton Khunga , Nancy Kasese-Chanda , Victoria Musonda , Bushimbwa Tambatamba , Christopher M Kombe , Charles Sakulanda , Kizito Sampa , Andrew Silumesii , Kennedy Malama
- PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8886254/
- Patient Preferences for Strategies to Improve Tuberculosis Diagnostic Services in Zambia. Kerkhoff AD, Chilukutu L, Nyangu S, et al. JAMA Network Open. 2022;5(8):e2229091. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.2909.
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