Dr Victor Oguoma

Senior Research Fellow - Biostatistics

Qualifications:

PhD (Epidemiology), Charles Darwin University, 2017 Master of Biostatistics, Macquarie University (Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia), 2020 Master of Public Health, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, 2010 Bachelor (Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Medical Parasitology and Entomology), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, 2006

Approved level of HDR supervision at Charles Darwin University:

Associate for PhD and Masters, Principal for Masters

Location:

Brisbane

Biography:

Victor is a Senior Research Fellow/Biostatistician at Menzies and an Associate Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast. He has degrees and training in bio/medical sciences, cardiometabolic disease epidemiology, and biostatistics.

He has over 15 years of experience in clinical, public health, epidemiological, and applied biostatistics research across sectors - non-governmental organisations and academia in Australia, Africa, and the Middle East. He has led and contributed to the design, implementation, and analyses of large-scale randomised controlled trials, data linkage and epidemiological studies in the Indigenous populations of Australia, sub-Saharan Africa, and diverse populations in Kuwait.

Dr Oguoma has attracted over AU$15M in competitive National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), and International-funded collaborative research grants as Chief Investigator since 2017.
 

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  1. Barnett, A., & Oguoma, V.M. (2024). Here’s why you should (almost) never use a pie chart for your data.

  2. Leach, A. J., Wilson, N., Arrowsmith, B., Beissbarth, J., Mulholland, K., Santosham, M., ...Oguoma VM & Morris, P. S. (2024). Hearing loss in Australian First Nations children at 6-monthly assessments from age 12 to 36 months: Secondary outcomes from randomised controlled trials of novel pneumococcal conjugate vaccine schedules. PLoS medicine, 21(6), e1004375.

  3. Oguoma, V. M., Mathew, S., Begum, T., Dyson, E., Ward, J., Leach, A. J., & Barzi, F. (2023). Trajectories of otitis media and association with health determinants among Indigenous children in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. Public Health, 225, 53-62.

  4. Tagbo, S. O., Abebe, D., & Oguoma, V. M. (2021). Overweight and obesity among non-pregnant women of reproductive age in Nigeria: findings from the 2008–2018 Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey. Public Health, 198, 348-357.

  5. Bisballe-Müller N, Chang AB, Plumb EJ, Oguoma VM, Halken S, McCallum GB, (2020) Can acute cough characteristics from sound recordings differentiate common respiratory illnesses in children? A comparative prospective study, Chest, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.06.067 | PMID: 32653569

  6. Oguoma, V. M., Wilson, N., Mulholland, K., Santosham, M., Torzillo, P., McIntyre, P., Smith-Vaughan, H., Balloch, A., Chatfield, M., Lehmann, D., Binks, M. J., Chang, A., Carapetis, J., Krause, V., Andrews, R., Snelling, T., Licciardi, P., Morris, P., & Leach, A. J. (2020) 10-Valent pneumococcal non-typeable H. influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV10) versus 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) as a booster dose to broaden and strengthen protection from otitis media (PREVIX_BOOST) in Australian Aboriginal children: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 10(5), 1-11. [e033511]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033511 | PMID: 32448790

  7. Binks, M. J., Beissbarth, J., Oguoma, V. M., Pizzutto, S. J., Leach, A. J., Smith-Vaughan, H. C., McHugh, L., Andrews, R. M., Webby, R., Morris, P. S., & Chang, A. B. (2020) Acute lower respiratory infections in Indigenous infants in Australia's Northern Territory across three eras of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use (2006–15): a population-based cohort study. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 4(6), 425-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30090-0 | PMID: 32450122

  8. McCallum G.B, Singleton R.J, Redding G.J, Grimwood K, Byrnes C.A, Valery P.C, Mobberley C, Oguoma V.M, Chikoyak L, Eg K.P, Morris P.S, Chang A.B. (2020) A decade on: Clinical characteristics of Indigenous children with bronchiectasis. Paediatric Pulmonology., 55(4): 975-985. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppul.24696 | PMID: 32096916

  9. Heraganahally S.S., Kruavit A., Oguoma V.M., Gokula C., Mehra S., Judge D., Sajkov D. (2020) Sleep apnoea among Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients in the Northern Territory of Australia– a comparative study. Sleep., 43(3): zsz248 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsz248 | PMID: 31608397

  10. Oguoma, V. M., E. U. Nwose, I. I. Ulasi, A. A. Akintunde, E. E. Chukwukelu, P. T. Bwititi, R. S. Richards and T. C. Skinner (2017). Cardiovascular disease risk factors in a Nigerian population with impaired fasting glucose level and diabetes mellitus. BMC Public Health., 17(1): 36. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3910-3 | PubMed ID: 28061844

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