Sarah Atkinson

Paediatrician, nutrition and infectious disease researcher. Views are my own.

[Sarah Atkinson @Sarah_AtkinsonS]

@IDeAL_KEMRI_WT @that_kelvin @KEMRI_Wellcome @sam_skmuchina @andisi_c @KEMRI_Kenya @wayhomes Huge congratulations to Dr Mokaya!!! An outstanding PhD thesis and amazing work.

[Nuffield Department of Medicine @NDMOxford]

Controlled human infection studies are a vital tool in helping us understand, prevent and treat a particular disease 😷🦠🔬💊 #WorldImmunizationWeek #CHIM @KEMRI_Wellcome

[Kelvin Mokaya @that_kelvin]

Really humbled to chair the afternoon session of @BactiVac and Royal Society’s “vaccines and antimicrobial resistance meeting” where we had interesting talks from key players including policy makers, vaccine manufacturers, scientists, and vaccine developers…Excellent talks

[Sam Kinyanjui @sam_skmuchina]

Celebrating the launch of Vanguard consortium. Kilifi MOH, KWTRP community resource persons and Vanguard future leaders representing! We will focus on biological, social, and systems determinants of vaccine efficacy in African populations @KEMRI_Wellcome @MRC_Uganda @LSHTM

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

Nine years ago, together we began to write a new chapter in world history, without even realising it.
We are still writing it.
Maidan is about dignity, consolidation and Victory.

[Kaitlin Hazel Wade (she/her) @Caketin_Wade]

What a fabulous end to an incredible week!

Closing ceremony from @Sarah_AtkinsonS and dhow ride along the Kilifi Creek 🥰

Cup. Is. Full.

#Mendelianrandomization @KEMRI_Wellcome @mrc_ieu

🧬☀️🇰🇪

[Sam Kinyanjui @sam_skmuchina]

Congratulations Dr . RODNEY OGWANG the latest Doctor in Town. It was a real pleasure to have co-supervised you with @FaithOsier, Richard idro. @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT @KEMRI_Wellcome @rjogwang

[Jarra @JarraJmanneh]

It was an incredible one week of genetic epidemiology and causal inference training hosted by @Sarah_AtkinsonS and facilitated by a brilliant team of instructors from @mrc_ieu. Lots of potential for collaboration that could lead to more #GWAS from continental Africa. #GEfAS

[KEMRI-Wellcome @KEMRI_Wellcome]

Day 3 of the #RanMen conference and the team going deeper into assessing Mendelian Randomization assumptions. #GEfAS

[Kaitlin Hazel Wade (she/her) @Caketin_Wade]

Amazing to see where all of our participants are from in the world at the Causal Inference in Epidemiology using Mendelian randomization course in Kilifi!

The first course of its kind and hopefully the first of many!

@KEMRI_Wellcome @mrc_ieu

#GEfAS #Mendelianrandomization

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

Only a week ago Kherson was still occupied.
Today, the President of Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa came to visit the city.
This is what liberation looks like.
This is what courage looks like.

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the recently liberated Kherson on Nov. 14.

"Kherson is Ukraine," he said in a post on Telegram as he shared photos from his trip.

📷President's Office

[Sarah Atkinson @Sarah_AtkinsonS]

Exciting GWAS lectures and practicals today from Apostolos Gkatzionis, Chin Yang Shapland, @emmyloorol, and @Caketin_Wade @mrc_ieu #GEfAS. Superb hosting from @ReaganMoseti and @JMuthiiMuriuki @KEMRI_Wellcome @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT. Looking forward to day 2!

[Kaitlin Hazel Wade (she/her) @Caketin_Wade]

2/2 - Our brilliant team includes Emma Anderson (@emmylooroll), Lucy Goudswaard (@lucygoudswaard) Apostolos Gkatzionis, Chin Yang Shapland and Venexia Walker (@venexia ). #Mendelianrandomization #GEfAS

[Jarra @JarraJmanneh]

It's been an insightful day today at the MR conference. Lots of knowledge gained around GWAS and causal inference in epidemiological studies. @emmylooroll, thank you for being crystal clear about confounders and mediators. #GEfAS

[Sarah Atkinson @Sarah_AtkinsonS]

Absolutely delighted to be hosting the amazing @mrc_ieu team for our 'Capacity building in genomic epidemiology/Mendelian Randomization for African scientists conference' #GEfAS #MenRan @mrc_ieu @KEMRI_Wellcome @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT An exciting first day of learning!

[KEMRI-Wellcome @KEMRI_Wellcome]

It’s the start to an exciting week of Genomic epidemiology for African Scientists #GEfAS #training at the Kilifi coast. The 1st Mendelian randomization #MenRan conference in Africa.

[KEMRI-Wellcome @KEMRI_Wellcome]

@IDeAL_KEMRI_WT @mrc_ieu @BristolUni @KEMRI_Kenya @Sarah_AtkinsonS @ReaganMoseti @JMuthiiMuriuki The conference brings together participants from African Countries #Sudan #Nigeria #Ethiopia #TheGambia #Uganda #Burundi #Nigeria #Kenya and #SouthAfrica

[KEMRI-Wellcome @KEMRI_Wellcome]

The conference seeks to make use of the growing genetic data from the African continent to help better understand complex diseases and improve public health outcomes in Africa, making the conference and the capacity building a unique and timely effort.

[Jarra @JarraJmanneh]

Day 1 of the MR workshop in Kilifi Kenya opened by the KEMRI-WELLCOME director. Interesting first lecture on GWAS. #GEfAS.

[European Iron Club 2022 @eic2022]

Intervention that reduce malaria reduce iron deficiency - Killing two bird with one stone @Sarah_AtkinsonS @JMuthiiMuriuki

Paper here in @NatureMedicine

https://t.co/XiXWevimd1