Charles Newton
MBChB (UCT), MA (Oxford), MRCP (London), MD (UCT), FRCPCH
Cheryl & Reece Scott Professor of Psychiatry
I examine the epidemiology and behavioural consequences of children experiencing a range of adversities in the low-income countries of insults, in particular the association of autism and developmental disorders with infections of the central nervous system (including malaria, HIV and bacterial meningitis). I am conducting research on genetics of autism, epilepsy and psychosis in sub-Saharan Africa. I also conduct research on the epidemiology and psychiatric co-morbidity of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa, examining interventions to reduce the treatment gap and stigma associated with these disorders. I examine the neurocognitive consequences of sickle cell disease in Africa. This research has led to an interest to the mental health of children from immigrant populations in the UK and Europe. My research in Oxford focuses on autism and neurodevelopmental disorders, particular the causes and consequences of these conditions in Europe.
Key publications
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Socio-medical factors associated with neurodevelopmental disorders on the Kenyan coast.
Journal article
Kipkemoi P. et al, (2025), PLOS Glob Public Health, 5
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The relationship between lifetime trauma exposure and psychosis in a multi-country case-control study in Africa
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Stevenson A. et al, (2025), Ssm Mental Health, 7
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"The traditional healer said, 'I had a genie that scared me in my eyes, and that is why I fall": An ethnographic study in Mahenge, Tanzania.
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Magili PF. et al, (2025), Epilepsy Behav, 170
Recent publications
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Akwenda Intervention Program for cerebral palsy: Improving quality of life in rural Uganda
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Newton CR., (2025), Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
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Modeling the determinants of attrition in a two-stage epilepsy prevalence survey in Nairobi using machine learning
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Mwanga DM. et al, (2025), Global Epidemiology, 9
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The relationship between lifetime trauma exposure and psychosis in a multi-country case-control study in Africa
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Stevenson A. et al, (2025), Ssm Mental Health, 7
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Global, Regional, and National Burden of Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
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GBD 2021 Global Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Risk Factors Collaborators None. et al, (2025), JAMA Neurol
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"The traditional healer said, 'I had a genie that scared me in my eyes, and that is why I fall": An ethnographic study in Mahenge, Tanzania.
Journal article
Magili PF. et al, (2025), Epilepsy Behav, 170