PUBLICATIONS

2014

Understanding the rise in cardiovascular diseases in Africa: harmonising H3Africa genomic epidemiological teams and tools. Cardiovasc J Afr

Can carotid intima media thickness serve as an indicator of both cardiovascular phenotype and risk among black Africans? European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Enabling the Genomic Revolution in Africa. Science

Pretesting Qualitative Data Collection Procedures to Facilitate Methodological Adherence and Team Building in Nigeria. IJQM

Global clinical neuroscience: Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Journal of the Neurological Sciences

2015

Phenotyping Stroke in sub-Saharan Africa: Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network (SIREN) Phenomics Protocol Neuroepidemiology

Task-shifting training improves stroke literacy among Nigerian non-neurological health workers. Journal of the Neurological Sciences

The burden of stroke in Africa: a glance at the present and a glimpse into the future. Cardiovasc J Afr.

Trends in stroke admission and mortality rates from 1983 to 2013 in central Ghana. J Neurol Sci.

Stroke genomics in people of African ancestry: charting new paths for the SIREN investigators as members of the H3Africa Consortium Cardiovasc J Afr.

Can CIMT serve as an indicator of both cardiovascular phenotype and risk among among black Africans? Eur J Prev Cardiol.

Time of presentation of stroke patients for CT imaging in a Nigerian tertiary hospital. Ann Ib Postgrad Med

Medial temporal lobe atrophy, white matter hyperintensities and cognitive impairment among Nigerian African stroke survivors BMC Res Notes

2016

Multilingual Validation of the Questionnaire for Verifying Stroke-Free Status in West Africa. Stroke

Validation of the 8-Item Questionnaire for Verifying Stroke Free Status with and without Pictograms in Three West African Languages. eNeurological Science

Building a platform to enable non-communicable disease research to address population health in Africa. Global Heart

Short term stroke outcome is worse among individuals with the Sickle Cell Trait.  eNeurologicalSci.

Neurogenomics in Africa: Perspectives, Progress, Possibilities and Priorities. Journal of the Neurological Sciences

A Tale of Blacks With Stroke on Two Continents and in Two Eras: Comparison of Baseline Risk Profiles in Black Africans and Black Americans. Stroke.

Gaps in Hypertension Guidelines in Low- and Middle-Income Versus High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. Hypertension

Stroke: a global response is needed Bull World Health Organ

Controlling cardiovascular diseases in low and middle income countries by placing proof in pragmatism. BMJ Glob Health

Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network: Community Engagement and Outreach Within Phenomics Core. Health Educ Behav

2017

Proposing a new stroke-specific screening tool for depression: Examination of construct validity and reliability eNeurologicalSci

Criterion Validity of the “HRQOLISP-E”: A New Context-Specific Screening Tool for Poststroke Depression. Behav Neurol

Genomic Research Data Generation, Analysis and Sharing – Challenges in the African Setting Data Science Journal

Advancing stroke genomic research in the age of Trans-Omics big data science: Emerging priorities and opportunities. Journal of the Neurological Sciences

The Epidemiology of Stroke in Africa: A Systematic Review of Existing Methods and New Approaches . J Clin Hypertens

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 Lancet Neurol

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 Lancet

Development and Reliability of a User-friendly Multicenter Phenotyping Application for Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis

Depression after Stroke in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Behavioural Neurology

Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network: Public Outreach and Engagement. Journal of Community Med & Health Educ

Interleukin–6 (IL-6) rs1800796 and cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor (CDKN2A/CDKN2B) rs2383207 are associated with ischemic stroke in indigenous West African Men Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years. The New England Journal of Medicine

Post-stroke depression in Ghana: Characteristics and correlates. Journal of the Neurological Sciences

A systematic comparison of key features of ischemic stroke prevention guidelines in low- and middle-income vs. high-income countries. Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Stroke-related stigma among West Africans: Patterns and predictors. Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Stroke in Indigenous Africans, African Americans, and European Americans: Interplay of Racial and Geographic Factors. Stroke

Administration of a pictorial questionnaire to screen for stroke among patients with hypertension or diabetes in rural Ghana. Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Prevalence and Prognostic Features of ECG Abnormalities in Acute Stroke: Findings from the SIREN Study Among Africans. Glob Heart

Exploring Overlaps Between the Genomic and Environmental Determinants of LVH and Stroke: A Multicenter Study in West Africa. Glob Heart

Prevalence and predictors of anxiety in an African sample of recent stroke survivors. Acta Neurol Scand

Short-term pilot feasibility study of a nurse-led intervention to improve blood pressure control after stroke in Nigeria J Neurol Sci.

Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015. J Am Coll Cardiol.

Stroke severity predicts poststroke delirium and its association with dementia: Longitudinal observation from a low income setting. Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Plasma Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, Copeptin, and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Concentrations among West African Stroke Subjects Compared with Stroke-Free Controls J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis

2018

Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to stroke in Ghana and Nigeria:  a SIREN call to action. PLoS ONE

New approaches to genetic predisposition for hemorrhagic stroke in sickle cell disease J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)

The Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Among US States JAMA Cardiol

Biobanking in a Challenging African Environment: Unique Experience from the SIREN Project. Biopreservation and Biobanking

Stroke Among Young West Africans: Evidence from the SIREN Large Multi-site Case-Control Study Stroke

Behavioural and Cognitive Effects of Cerebrovascular Diseases Behav. Neurol.

Stroke, cerebrovascular diseases and vascular cognitive impairment in Africa. Brain Research Bulletin

Gaps in Guidelines for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Low and Middle Income vs. High Income Countries – A Systematic Review Diabetes Care

Dominant modifiable risk factors for stroke in Ghana and Nigeria (SIREN): a case-control study The Lancet Global Health

Plasma Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, Copeptin, and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Concentrations among West African Stroke Subjects Compared with Stroke-Free Controls

APOL1, CDKN2A/CDKN2B and HDAC9 polymorphisms and small vessel ischemic stroke Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

The Epidemiology of Stroke in Africa: A Systematic Review of Existing Methods and New Approaches

Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders during 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of West Africans on genetic studies of stroke: Evidence from the SIREN Study.
International Journal of Stroke

Risk Factors for Stroke Occurrence in a low HIV endemic West African Country: a case-control study. Journal of the Neurological Sciences

2019

Cardiovascular H3Africa Innovation Resource (CHAIR). International Journal of Epidemiology

Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to stroke in Ghana and Nigeria: A SIREN call to action. PLoS ONE

Differential Impact of Risk Factors on Stroke Occurrence Among Men Versus Women in West Africa. Stroke

Echocardiographic Abnormalities and Determinants of 1-Month Outcome of Stroke Among West Africans in the SIREN Study. J Am Heart Assoc.

Genetic risk of Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: Systematic review and future directions. Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Is the cardiovascular health of South Africans today comparable with African Americans 45 years ago? Journal of Hypertension

The Sub-Saharan Africa Conference on Stroke (SSACS): An idea whose time
has come.
Journal of the Neurological Sciences

2020

Association Between White Matter Hyperintensities and Stroke in a West African Patient Population : Evidence from the Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network Study. Neuroimage

Unraveling the Risk factors for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage and its Severity among West Africans. NEUROLOGY

Regional Patterns and Association Between Obesity and Hypertension in Africa :Evidence From the H3Africa CHAIRStudy Hypertension.

Conceptual framework for establishing the African Stroke Organization. International Journal of Stroke

Antecedent febrile illness and occurrence of stroke in West Africa: The
SIREN study
. Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Pre-Stroke Depression in Ghana and Nigeria: Prevalence, Predictors and Association With Poststroke Depression. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Prevalence, predictors, and prognoses of prestroke neuropsychiatric symptoms at 3 months poststroke. International Psychogeriatrics

2021

Factors associated with hypertension among stroke-free indigenous Africans: Findings from the SIREN study. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension

The Independent Association of Prestroke Psychiatric Symptoms and Acute Phase Delirium with Poststroke Mortality at One Year in Nigeria. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases