Assistant Research Professor of Neural Engineering, Penn State
Dr. Ssentongo is a physician-scientist and an Assistant Professor at the Center for Neural Engineering, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State University. His clinical research interests focus on characterizing infectious causes of brain disorders, particularly infant hydrocephalus and epilepsy. He is currently working on NIH-funded projects to study neonatal sepsis and hydrocephalus in Africa. With a global public health perspective, Dr. Ssentongo’s work further deconstructs the intersection of micro-and micronutrient malnutrition and infectious disease dynamics. He incorporates spatial epidemiology, statistics, and meta-analyses in all his work.
Experience
–present
Assistant Research Professor, Center for Neural Engineering, Penn State
Education
2021
Penn State University, PhD
2017
Penn State University, MPH
2011
Makerere University , MD
Publications
2021
PNAS, Pan-African evolution of within-and between-country COVID-19 dynamics
2021
Advances in Nutrition, Higher Mushroom consumption is associated with lower risk of cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
2021
Scientific Reports, Epidemiology and outcomes of COVID-19 in HIV-infected individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2021
Scientific Reports, Global, regional and national epidemiology and prevalence of child stunting, wasting and underweight in low-and middle-income countries, 2006–2018
2021
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Elective cancer surgery in COVID-19–free surgical pathways during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an international, multicenter, comparative cohort study
2020
Science translational medicine, Paenibacillus infection with frequent viral coinfection contributes to postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants
2020
The Lancet, Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study
2020
PLOS ONE, Association of cardiovascular disease and 10 other pre-existing comorbidities with COVID-19 mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2020
Journal of British Surgery, Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
2020
BMJ global health, Village-level climate and weather variability, mediated by village-level crop yield, is associated with linear growth in children in Uganda
2020
BMC pregnancy and childbirth, Associations of malaria, HIV, and coinfection, with anemia in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a population-based cross-sectional study
2018
Scientific Reports, Changes in Ugandan Climate Rainfall at the Village and Forest Level