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Prof. Samuel Bosomprah

Professor

Contact Info Email: sbosomprah@ug.edu.gh

Education and Qualification

2008-2012: PhD in Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, LSHTM, University of London

2005-2006: MSc in Medical Statistics, LSHTM, University of London, UK

1997-2000: BSc (Honours) in Statistics, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra 

Working Experience

September 2024 to date: Full Professor of Biostatisitcs, Department of Biostatistics, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Accra

Sept 2020 to September 2024: Associate Professor of Biostatisitcs, Department of Biostatistics, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Accra

Aug 2013 to Aug 2020: Senior Lecturer of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Accra

Aug 2013 to July 2015: Head of Department. Department of Biostatistics, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Accra

July 2009 to Aug 2013: Lecturer of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, and University of Ghana School of Public Health, Accra

Feb 2002 to June 2008: Senior Statistician & Head of M&E, Ministry of Health, Ghana

Publications

1.     Adriace Chauwa, Samuel Bosomprah, Bernard Phiri, Natasha M. Laban, Dhvani H. Kuntawala, Dennis Ngosa, Harriet Ng’ombe, Fraser Liswaniso, Chaluma C. Luchen, Mutinta Muchimba, Innocent Mwape, Bertha T. Nzangwa, Sekayi F. Tigere, Kennedy Chibesa, Suwilanji Silwamba, Michelo Simuyandi, Nyuma Mbewe, Roma Chilengi, and Caroline Chisenga. Rotavirus Prevalence, Genetic Diversity, and Co-Infections During the 2023–2024 Cholera Outbreak in Zambia: Insights from Multi-Pathogen Diagnostics. Viruses 2026, 18, 508 https://doi.org/10.3390/v18050508
 

2.     Charlie C. Luchen, ,Gonçalo J. Piedade, Mwelwa Chibuye, Michelo Simuyandi, Caroline C.Chisenga, Roma Chilengi, Samuel Bosomprah, Constance Schultsz, Daniel R. Mende, Vanessa C. Harris. Distinct infant resistome trajectories shaped by country income and geography revealed through global metagenomics reanalysis. npj antimicrobials & resistance 2026; 4:24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44259-026-00194-8
 

3.     Benson M. Hamooya, Samuel Bosomprah, Sepiso K. Masenga, Katongo H. Mutengo, Chitalu Chanda, Chilala Cheelo, Lukundo Siame, Precious Simushi, Tuku Mwakyoma, Jolezya Mudenda, Wilbroad Mutale, Hikabasa Halwiindi, Roger Bedimo, Sadeep Shrestha, Chitalu Chanda, Douglas C. Heimburger & Loren Lipworth. Metabolic syndrome and its risk factors among adults living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy in Zambia: an ambidirectional cohort study. Scientific Report (April 2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-46235-0
 

4.     Harriet Ng’ombe, Charlie C. Luchen, Bernard Phiri, Dennis Ngosa, Robby Kapikila, Sydney Sakanya, Chikondi Sakal, Nyuma Mbewe, Fraser Liswaniso, Roma Chilengi, Eduan Wilkinson, Lenine Liebenberg, Wesaal Khan, Nicholas R. Thomson, David Sack, Samuel Bosomprah, and Caroline C. Chisenga. Faecal Coliforms and Escherichia coli Contamination in Drinking Water Sources in Cholera Hotspot Areas of Lusaka District, Zambia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Microorganisms 2026, 14, 420 https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms14020420

5.     Williams Kwarah*, Jasmin Kwarah, Yakubu Alhassan, Frances Baaba da-Costa Vroom, Duah Dwomoh, and Samuel Bosomprah. Predictors of HIV treatment interruption among people living with HIV in 6 regions in Ghana: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Public Health (2026) 26:503. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26243-5

6.     Samuel Bosomprah*, Fraser Liswaniso, Bernard Phiri, Mwelwa Chibuye, Charlie C. Luchen, Harriet Ng’ombe, Kennedy Chibesa, Dennis Ngosa, Mutinta Muchimba, Amanda K. Debes, Roma Chilengi, David A. Sack and Caroline C. Chisenga. Statistical Modelling of Waning Immunity After Shanchol, Vaccination: A Prospective Cohort Study. Vaccines 2026, 14, 147. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines14020147

7.     Isaac Fwembaa, Samuel Iddic, Yawson Alfred, Chris Guure, Jacques Tamuzi, Peter S. Nyasulu and Samuel Bosomprah. Modelling correlates of adolescent and young people viral suppression pathway in Zambia: a Bayesian multi-state approach. Critical Public Health 2026, VOL. 36, NO. 1, 2602117. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2025.2602117

8.     Leticia Tornyevah, Samuel Bosomprah, Anjali Sharma, Ank de Jonge & Jens Henrichs. Mode of birth and risk of postpartum depression among mothers who gave birth within the last 12 months in Ghana: A mixed-method, cross-sectional study. Journal of Mental Health, (15 Dec 2025), 1360-0567;   DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2025.2595600

9.     Albert Manasyan, Jyoti Lakhwani, Herbert Kapesa, Kevin Owuor, J. Anitha Menon, Samuel Bosomprah, Leukanji Nalwamba, Sylvia Machona, and Waldemar A. Carlo. Postpartum depression among newly delivered mothers based on postnatal newborn care. BMC Psychiatry (2025) 25:1200 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-07614-5

10.  Harriet Ng'ombe, Charlie C. Luchen, Lia Bote, Mpanga Kasonde, Kunda Musonda, Kapambwe K. Mwape, Dhvani H. Kuntawala, Suwilanji Silwamba, Mwelwa Chibuye, Kennedy Chibesa, Nyuma Mbewe, Samuel Bosomprah, Wesaal Khan, Lenine Liebenberg, Tulio de Oliveira, Eduan Wilkinson, Matthew J. Dorman, Avril Coghlan, Michelo Simuyandi, Roma Chilengi, Caroline Chisenga, and Nicholas R. Thomson. Genomic analysis and antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio cholerae isolated during Zambia’s 2023 cholera epidemic. Microbial Genomics, 2025;11:001566 DOI 10.1099/mgen.0.001566

11.  Natasha Makabilo Laban, Martin Rhys Goodier, Roma Chilengi, Harriet Ng’ombe, Adriace Chauwa, and Samuel Bosomprah. A longitudinal study of antibody responses to endemic HCoV and novel SARS-CoV-2 among mother-child pairs in Zambia. BMC Infectious Diseases (2025) 25:1610 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11974-4

12.  Tornyevah L, Bosomprah S, Sharma A, De Jonge A, Henrichs J. Prevalence and factors associated with postpartum depressive symptoms among mothers who gave birth within the past 12 months in Ghana: mixed-method study. BJPsych Open. 2025;11(6):e239. doi:10.1192/bjo.2025.10857

13.  Chomba Mandyata, Sivile Suilanji, Samuel Bosomprah, Paul Somwe, Cosmas Zyambo, Mwiche Musukuma, Aggrey Mweemba, Malizgani Paul Chavula, Chipefwe Sichilima, Phoebe Bwembya, Mpanji Siwingwa, Richard Chibale, Henry Phiri, Joseph Zulu, Halwindi Hikabasa, and Wilbroad Mutale. Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension and diabetes among persons living with HIV in Zambia: results of a national facility-based cross-sectional survey. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2025, 28:e70051 https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.70051

14.  Geri R. Donenberg, Anjali Sharma, Tukiya Kanguya, Erin Emerson, Nok Chhun, Chowa Tembo Kasengele, Mable Mweemba, Mwamba Mwenge, Samuel Bosomprah, Gina Diagou Sissoko, Sybil Hosek, and Carolyn Bolton Moore. A hybrid effectiveness implementation trial testing an HIV and STI prevention program for mother figures and their adolescent girls and young women delivered by peer leaders: ZAIMARA study protocol. BMC Public Health, 2025; 25:3153 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24332-5

15.  Fwemba I, Iddi S, Lehane T, Yawson A, Tamuzi JL, Nyasulu PS and Bosomprah S. Bayesian meta-analysis of the effectiveness of implementation science evidence in improving health outcomes for adolescent patients accessing ART in sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers in Epidemiology, September 2025. 5:1547867. doi: 10.3389/fepid.2025.1547867

16.  Benson M. Hamooya, Lukundo Siame, Matenge Mutalange, Chilala Cheelo, Kingsley Kamvuma, Sepiso K. Masenga, Chanda Chitalu, Sadeep Shrestha, Samuel Bosomprah. Risk factors for Overweight/Obesity among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy: An ambidirectional cohort study at a tertiary health facility in Zambia. PLoS One; 2025, 20(9): e0330777. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330777

17.  Charlie C. Luchen, Harriet Ngo’mbe, Fraser Liswaniso, Samuel Bosomprah, Julia A. Zhiteneva, Jason Harris, Richelle C. Charles, Edward T. Ryan, David Sack, Biana Bernshtein, and Caroline C. Chisenga. Vibrio choleraespecific antibodies in plasma and saliva in cholera patients during a severe outbreak in Zambia: an antibody profiling approach. Front. Immunology, August 2025; 16:1641319. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1641319

18.  Gabriel Ribeiro dos Santos, Fariha Jawed, Christinah Mukandavire, Arminder Deol Danny Scarponi, Leonard E.G. Mboera, Eric Seruyange, Mathieu J.P. Poirier, Samuel Bosomprah, Augustine O. Udeze, Koussay Dellagi, Nathanael Hozé, Jaffu Chilongola, Gheyath K. Nasrallah, Simon Cauchemez, Henrik Salje. Global burden of chikungunya virus and the potential benefit of vaccination campaigns. Nature Medicine, June 2025, 31, (2342–2349).

19.  Carlotta Mondoka, Guy Muula, Edford Sinkala, Aretha Mumba, Kenan Simumba, Samuel Bosomprah, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Annalisa Berzigotti, Bernard Surial, Gilles Wandeler, Belinda Varaidzo Chihota,  IeDEA-Southern Africa. External Validation of the Hepatic Steatosis Index for the Detection of Steatotic Liver Disease in Zambia. Liver International Communications, 2025; 6:e70021, https://doi.org/10.1002/lci2.70021

20.  Williams Kwarah, Frances Baaba da-Costa Vroom, Duah Dwomoh, Samuel Bosomprah. Evaluating predictive performance, validity and applicability of Machine Learning models for predicting HIV treatment interruption: A systematic review. BMC Global and Public Health; 2025; 3:64

21.  Belinda Varaidzo Chihota, Ardele Mandiriri, Guy Muula, Esau Banda, Tinei Shamu, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Cleophas Chimbetete, Samuel Bosomprah, Gilles Wandeler. Cohort profile: Noncommunicable diseases and ideal cardiovascular health among people living with and without HIV in Zambia and Zimbabwe (NCDzz cohort). BMJ Open 2025;15:e088706. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088706

22.  Emmanuel Ayitey Tagoe, Jael Acquah Appiah, Pius Agyenim Boateng, Osbourne Quaye and Samuel Bosomprah. Decreased Serum Insulin Receptor Messenger RNA Level in H. pylori IgG Seropositive Type 2 Diabetic Patients. Biomarker Insights, 2024; Volume 19: 1–7.

23.  Hamoonga TE, Mutale W, Igumbor J, Bosomprah S, Arije O and Chi BH. Preferences for pre-exposure prophylaxis delivery among HIV-negative pregnant and breastfeeding women in Zambia: evidence from a discrete choice experiment. Front. Reprod. Health (2024); 6:1350661. doi: 10.3389/frph.2024.1350661

24.  Caroline C Chisenga, Bernard Phiri, Harriet Ng'ombe, Mutinta Muchimba, Fraser Liswaniso, Biana Bernshtein, Adam F Cunningham, David Sack, Samuel Bosomprah. Diagnostic Accuracy of Saliva-based Testing as a Vibrio Cholerae Surveillance Tool among naturally-infected patients. Clinical and Experimental Immunology; 2024 Oct 21: uxae092. doi: 10.1093/cei/uxae092

25.  Tembo T, Somwe P, Bosomprah S, Heilmann E, Kalenga K, Moyo N, et al. (2024) COVID-19 vaccine uptake and associated risk factors among first antenatal care attendees in Zambia, 2021–2022: A repeated cross-sectional study. PLOS Global Public Health; 24th Oct 2024: 4(10): e0003028. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003028 

26.  Appiah LA, Dwomoh D, Maya ET, Koto AM, Danso-Appiah A, Bosomprah S, Torpey K. Uptake and correlates of long-acting reversible contraceptive use among post-partum women in Ledzokuku-Krowor municipality in Ghana: A facility-based cross-sectional study. HSI Journal, 2024; 6 (1):798-805 https://doi.org/10.46829/hsijournal.2024.7.6.1.790-797

27.  Serra Lem Asangbeh-Kerman1, Maša Davidović, Katayoun Taghavi, Tafadzwa Dhokotera, Albert Manasyan, Anjali Sharma, Antoine Jaquet, Beverly Musick, Christella Twizere, Cleophas Chimbetete, Gad Murenzi, Hannock Tweya, Josephine Muhairwe,
Kara Wools-Kaloustian, Karl-Gunter Technau, Kathryn Anastos, Marcel Yotebieng, Marielle Jousse, Oliver Ezechi, Omenge Orang’o, Samuel Bosomprah, Simon Pierre Boni, Partha Basu, Julia Bohlius, and IeDEA. Cervical cancer prevention and care in HIV clinics across sub-Saharan Africa: results of a facility-based survey. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2024, 27:e26303

28.  Tuoyire DA, Baatiema L, Dwomoh D, Bosomprah S. Healthcare utilization in Ghana: Insights from the 2017 Ghana Living Standard Survey. PLoS ONE, 2024; 19(6): e0306032. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306032

29.  Harriet Ng’ombe, Samuel Bosomprah, Bernard Phiri, Mutinta Muchimba, Fraser Liswaniso, Mwelwa Chibuye, Charlie Chaluma, Kennedy Chibesa, Kalo Chifulo-Musukuma, Kapambwe Mwape, Suwilanji Silwamba, Michelo Simuyandi, Nyuma Mbewe, Fred Kapaya, Adam F Cunningham, Roma Chilengi, David Sack, Caroline Chisenga. Comparative Analysis of Cholera Serum Vibriocidal Antibodies from Convalescent and Vaccinated Adults in Zambia. Vaccine, 13th Aug. 2024;42(20):125979. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.05.027.

30.  Ranmini Kularatne, Karel Blondee, Margaret Kasaro, Venessa Maseko, Samuel Bosomprah, Ronaldo Silva, Maura Laverty, Firdavs Kurbonov, Massimo Mirandola and Rosanna W Peeling. Clinic-based evaluation of point-of-care dual HIV/syphilis rapid diagnostic tests at primary healthcare antenatal facilities in South Africa and Zambia. BMC Infectious Diseases (2024) 24:600 

31.  Michael E. Herce, Samuel Bosomprah, Felix Masiye, Oliver Mweemba, Jessie K. Edwards, Chomba Mandyata, Mmamulatelo Siame, Chilambwe Mwila, Tulani Matenga, Christiana Frimpong, Anchindika Mugala, Peter Mbewe, Perfect Shankalala, Pendasambo Sichone, Blessings Kasenge, Luanaledi Chunga, Rupert Adams, Brian Banda, Daniel Mwamba, Namwinga Nachalwe, Mansi Agarwal, Makeda J. Williams, Veronica Tonwe, Jake M. Pry, Maurice Musheke, Michael Vinikoor, and
Wilbroad Mutale. Evaluating a multifaceted implementation strategy and package of evidence-based interventions based on WHO PEN for people living with HIV and cardiometabolic conditions in Lusaka, Zambia: protocol for the TASKPEN hybrid effectiveness-implementation stepped wedge cluster randomized trial. Implementation Science Communications (2024) 5:61. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00601-z  

32.  Mwelwa Chibuye, Daniel R. Mende, Rene Spijker, Michelo Simuyandi, Chaluma C. Luchen, Samuel Bosomprah, Roma Chilengi, Constance Schultsz, Vanessa C. Harris. Systematic review of associations between gut microbiome composition and stunting in under-five children. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2024; 10:46. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-024-00517-5 

33.  Laban, Natasha; Bosomprah, Samuel*; Chilengi, Roma; Simuyandi, Michelo; Chisenga, Caroline; Ng’ombe, Harriet; Musukuma-Chifulo, Kalo; Goodier, Martin. Human Cytomegalovirus Seropositivity and Its Influence on Oral Rotavirus Vaccine Immunogenicity: A Specific Concern for HIV-Exposed-Uninfected Infants. Clinical and Experimental Immunology; 2024, XX, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/cei/uxae029 

34.  Caroline C. Chisenga, Bernard Phiri, Harriet Ngombe, Mutinta Muchimba, Kalo Musukuma, Suwilanji Silwamba, Natasha M. Laban, Charlie Luchen, Frazer Liswaniso Kennedy Chibesa, Cynthia P. Mubanga, Kapambwe Mwape, Michelo Simuyandi, Adam F. Cunningham, David Sack and Samuel Bosomprah*. Seroconversion and Kinetics of Vibriocidal Antibodies during the First 90 Days of Re-Vaccination with Oral Cholera Vaccine in an Endemic Population. Vaccines 2024, 12, 390. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12040390 

35.  Sukwa, N.; Bosomprah, S*.; Somwe, P.; Muyoyeta, M.; Mwape, K.; Chibesa, K.; Luchen, C.C.; Silwamba, S.; Mulenga, B.; Munyinda, M.; Muzazu, S., Chirwa, M., 
Chibuye, M., Simuyandi, M., Chilengi, R., Svennerholm, A-M. The Incidence and Risk Factors for Enterotoxigenic E. coli Diarrheal Disease in Children under Three Years Old in Lusaka, Zambia. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 698. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12040698 

36.  Adam Trickey, Leigh F. Johnson, Fai Fung, Rogerio Bonifacio, Collins Iwuji, Samuel Biraro, Samuel Bosomprah, Linda Chirimuta, Jonathan Euvrard, Geoffrey Fatti, Matthew Fox, Per Von Groote, Joe Gumulira, Guy Howard, Lauren Jennings, Agnes Kiragga, Guy Muula, Frank Tanser, Thorsten Wagener, Andrea Low, Peter Vickerman. Associations of inter-annual rainfall decreases with subsequent HIV outcomes for persons with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Southern Africa: a collaborative analysis of cohort studies. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19th December 2023; 23:889. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08902-9 

37.  Michael J. Vinikoor, Kalongo Hamusonde, Guy Muula,1 Mah Asombang, Debika Bhattacharya, Edford Sinkala, Georg Lauer, Raymond Chung, Wilson Mbewe, Matthias Egger, Samuel Bosomprah, and Gilles Wandeler, for IeDEA Southern Africa. Long-term hepatitis B outcomes among persons living with HIV on tenofovir-containing antiretroviral therapy in Zambia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 24th Nov 2023; ciad654, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad654 

38.  Katayi Mwila-Kazimbaya, Samuel Bosomprah*, Obvious Nchimunya Chilyabanyama, Caroline Cleopatra Chisenga, Mwelwa Chibuye, Natasha Makabilo Laban, Michelo Simuyandi, Bert Huffer Jr, Miren Iturriza-Gomara, Robert K.M. Choy, Roma Chilengi. Association of biomarkers of enteric dysfunction, systemic inflammation, and growth hormone resistance with seroconversion to oral rotavirus vaccine: A lasso for inference approach. PLoS ONE 18(11): e0293101. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293101

39.  Kapambwe Mwape, Samuel Bosomprah*, Kennedy Chibesa, Suwilanji Silwamba, Charlie Chaluma Luchen, Nsofwa Sukwa, Cynthia Mubanga, Bernard Phiri, Mwelwa Chibuye, Fraser Liswaniso, Paul Somwe, Obvious Chilyabanyama, Caroline Cleopatra Chisenga, Monde Muyoyeta, Michelo Simuyandi, Tobias George Barnard, and Roma Chilengi. Prevalence of Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli among Children Aged between 0–36 Months in Peri-Urban Areas of Lusaka. Microorganisms Nov 2023; 11: 2790. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11112790 

40.  Nsofwa Sukwa, Cynthia Mubanga, Luiza M. Hatyoka, Obvious N. Chilyabanyama, Mwelwa Chibuye, Samson Mundia, Masiliso Munyinda, Ethel Kamuti, Muyunda Siyambango, Sharif Badiozzaman, Samuel Bosomprah, Nils Carlin, Joanna Kaim, Bj¨orn Sj¨ostrand, Michelo Simuyandi, Roma Chilengi, Ann-Mari Svennerholm. Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of an oral inactivated ETEC vaccine (ETVAX®) with dmLT adjuvant in healthy adults and children in Zambia: An age descending randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Vaccine, November 2023; 41(46): 6884-6894 

41.  Rachel Milomba Velu, Geoffrey Kwenda, Samuel Bosomprah, Moses Ngongo Chisola, Michelo Simunyandi, Caroline Cleopatra Chisenga, Flavien Nsoni Bumbangi, Nicholus Chintu Sande, Limonty Simubali, MonicahMiraiMburu, John Tembo, Matthew Bates, Martin Chitolongo Simuunza, Roma Chilengi, Yasuko Orba, Hirofumi Sawa, and Edgar Simulundu. Ecological Niche Modeling of Aedes and Culex Mosquitoes: A Risk Map for Chikungunya and West Nile Viruses in Zambia. Viruses 2023, 15, 1900. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15091900 

42.  Mutale W, Ayles H, Lewis J, Bosompraph S, Chilengi R, Tembo MM, Sharp A, Chintu N and Stringer J. Protocol-driven primary care and community linkage to reduce all-cause mortality in rural Zambia: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. Frontier in Public Health; 2023; 11:1214066. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1214066. 

43.  Guy K. Muula, Samuel Bosomprah, Edford Sinkala, Bright Nsokolo, Taonga Musonda, Kalongo Hamusonde, Debika Bhattachary, Georg Lauer, Raymond T. Chung, Lloyd B. Mulenga, Gilles Wandeler, and Michael J. Vinikoor. HBV viral replication markers and hepatic fibrosis in untreated chronic HBV infection with and without HIV coinfection in Zambia. AIDS 2023, 37:2015–2020. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003659.

44.  Chauwa, A.; Bosomprah, S.; Laban, N.M.; Phiri, B.; Chibuye, M.; Chilyabanyama, O.N.; Munsaka, S.; Simuyandi, M.; Mwape, I.; Mubanga, C.; Chirwa, M.; Chisenga, C.; Chilengi, R. Maternal and Infant Histo-Blood Group Antigen Profiles and Their Influence on Oral Rotavirus Vaccine Immunogenicity among Infants in Zambia.Vaccines 2023, 11, 1303. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11081303 

45.  Luchen CC, Chibuye M, Spijker R, Simuyandi M, Chisenga C, Bosomprah S, et al. Impact of antibiotics on gut microbiome composition and resistome in the first years of life in low- to middle-income countries: A systematic review. PLoS Medicine; June 2023; 20(6): e1004235. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004235

46.  Owusu Donkor I, Mensah SK, Dwomoh D, Akorli J, Abuaku B, Ashong Y, Bosomprah S, et al. Modeling SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence and its determinants in Ghana: A nationally representative cross-sectional survey. PLOS Global Public Health; May 2023; 3(5): e0001851. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.000185 

47.  Mwangelwa Mubiana‑Mbewe, Samuel Bosomprah, Rakesh Kumar Saroj, Jillian Kadota, Aybuke Koyuncu, Kusanthan Thankian, and Michael J. Vinikoor. Development and validation of a novel scale for antiretroviral therapy readiness among pregnant women in urban Zambia with newly diagnosed HIV infection. AIDS Research and Therapy. 2023; 20:21 

48.  Kelly W. Gagnon, Sera Levy, Caleb Figge, Caitlin Wolford Clevenger, Laura Murray, Jeremy C. Kane, Samuel Bosomprah, Anjali Sharma, Van Thi Ha Nghiem, Chipo Chitambi, Michael Vinikoor, Ellen Eaton, Karen Cropsey. Telemedicine for unhealthy alcohol use in adults living with HIV in Alabama using common elements treatment approach: A hybrid clinical efficacy-implementation trial protocol. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications (2023) 33: 101123 

49.  Mpande Mukumbwa-Mwenechanya, Muhau Mubiana, Paul Somwe,  Khozya Zyambo, Maureen Simwenda, Nancy Zongwe, Estella Kalunkumya, Linah Kampilimba Mwango, Miriam Rabkin, Felton Mpesela, Fred Chungu, Felix Mwanza, Peter Preko, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Samuel Bosomprah, Anjali Sharma, Khunga Morton, Prisca Kasonde, Lloyd Mulenga, Patrick Lingu, Priscilla, Lumano Mulenga. Integrating isoniazid preventive therapy into the fast-track HIV treatment model in urban Zambia: A proof-of -concept pilot project. PLOS Global Public Health, 2023; 3(3): e0000909. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000909

50.  Sam Miti, Obvious N. Chilyabanyama, Caroline C. Chisenga, Mwelwa Chibuye, Samuel Bosomprah, Chisenga Mumba, Salome Chitondo, Seter Siziya, Dani Cohen, Roma Chilengi, Michelo Simuyandi. Sensitivity and predictive value of dysentery in diagnosing shigellosis among under five children in Zambia. PLoS ONE, 2023; 18(2): e0279012. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279012

51.  Michael J. Vinikoor, Anjali Sharma, Laura K. Murray, Caleb J. Figge, Samuel Bosomprah, Chipo Chitambi, Ravi Paul, Tukiya Kanguya, Suilanji Sivile, Van Nghiem, Karen Cropsey, Jeremy C. Kane. Alcohol-focused and transdiagnostic treatments for unhealthy alcohol use among adults with HIV in Zambia: A 3-arm randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 2023; 127: 107116

52.  Samuel Bosomprah*, Erica C. Bjonstad, John Musuku, Namasiku Siyumbwa, Mwila Ngandu, Mukobe Chisunka, Patrick Banda, Fastone Goma and Aggrey Mweemba. Burden of chronic kidney diseases and underlying causes in Zambia: evidence from the global burden of disease study 2019. BMC Nephrology (18th Feb 2023); 24:39

53.  Laban, N.M.; Bosomprah, S.; Simuyandi, M.; Chibuye, M.; Chauwa, A.; Chirwa-Chobe, M.; Sukwa, N.; Chipeta, C.; Velu, R.; Njekwa, K.; et al. Evaluation of ROTARIX® Booster Dose Vaccination at 9 Months for Safety and Enhanced Anti-Rotavirus Immunity in Zambian Children: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Vaccines 2023, 11, 346. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020346 

Ongoing Projects

Title Role on the ProjectDuration of the Project Funder

Application of Implementation Science approaches to assess the effectiveness of Task-shifted WHO-PEN to address cardio metabolic complications in people living with HIV in Zambia. UG3HL156389-01 (TASKPEN)

 

Co-I & Biostatistician12/01/2020 - 11/30/2025NIH   
Early clinical development of an oral Shigella vaccine through phase II study in Africa. RIA2018V-2308 (ShigOraVax)Co-I & Biostatistician01/10/2019-31/09/2024EDCTP
Phase 3 trial of ETVAX in 7424 Zambian children 6-40 months of age. RIA2018V-2309 (ETVAX III)Co-I & Biostatistician01/09/2019-30/08/2024EDCTP

A Phase 3 double-blind, randomized, active comparator-controlled, group-sequential, multinational trial to assess the safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of a trivalent rotavirus P2-VP8 subunit vaccine in prevention of severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in healthy infants. CVIA061V1 (NRRV)

Co-I & Biostatistician01/09/2019-30/08/2024PATH

Mechanisms of HBV Functional cure During Tenofovir-Based ART In HIV/HBV Coinfection. 5R01AI147727-02

Co-PI & Biostatistician

07/01/2019-06/30/2024

NIH

Zambia Alabama HIV Alcohol Comorbidities Program (ZAMBAMA).

Co-I & Biostatistician

09/01/2021-09/30/2026

NIH

Completed Projects

TitleRole on the ProjectDuration of the Project Funder

Evidence-for-Action (E4A) Project – (www.mamaye.org)                                                     

A multi-country program for saving the lives of mothers and babies 

Evidence Advisor04/01/11-09/31/15      DFID

AFRICA BUILD. Improving capacity for health research and education in Africa, through Information Technologies under the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme. Grant Agreement no. 266474

 

PI

01/07/2011-30/06/2014

EU