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Symon Kariuki
BScN (UoN), MSc (London), DPhil (Oxford)
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
- Neuropsychiatry, Genetics, Epilepsy & Neuroepidemiology
I am a Postdoctoral Scientist at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kenya, and a Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK. I was funded by the British Commonwealth Scholarship Commission to study MSc in Clinical Neurosciences of the Epilepsies at King's College London, and by the Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship to study a DPhil in Clinical Medicine (specialising in Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology) at the University of Oxford, where my DPhil project won a Graduate Research Prize of the Medical Sciences Division. I have a broad research interest in the epidemiology of neurological, neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders in people living in sub-Saharan Africa, including the genetic susceptibility to these disorders.
Recent publications
Modelling seizure-related predictors of epilepsy diagnostic gap in two urban informal settlements of Nairobi using machine learning.
Journal article
Mwanga D. et al, (2026), Glob Epidemiol, 11
USP25 in genetic generalized epilepsy: a gene under scrutiny.
Journal article
Erfanian Omidvar M. et al, (2026), Brain, 149, e16 - e18
Burden of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Kenyan Children.
Journal article
Kariuki SM. et al, (2025), JAMA Netw Open, 8
Oesophageal cancer and its associated factors among patients attending surgical and oncology clinics at Garissa County Referral Hospital, Kenya: a case-control study.
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Bashir A. et al, (2025), BMJ Open, 15
Validity and reliability of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview in Sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-country comparison study.
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Korte KJ. et al, (2025), Psychol Med, 55
