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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
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Phenotype harmonization and analysis for The Populations Underrepresented in Mental illness Association Studies (the PUMAS Project).
Preprint
Ramirez-Diaz AM. et al, (2024)
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Exome sequencing of 20,979 individuals with epilepsy reveals shared and distinct ultra-rare genetic risk across disorder subtypes.
Journal article
Epi25 Collaborative None., (2024), Nat Neurosci, 27, 1864 - 1879
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Exome sequencing of 20,979 individuals with epilepsy reveals shared and distinct ultra-rare genetic risk across disorder subtypes.
Journal article
Chen S. et al, (2024), medRxiv
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Socio-medical Factors Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders on the Kenyan Coast.
Preprint
Kipkemoi P. et al, (2024)
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The mRNA content of plasma extracellular vesicles provides a window into molecular processes in the brain during cerebral malaria.
Journal article
Kioko M. et al, (2024), Sci Adv, 10