Dr Eric Ohuma

Dr. Eric Ohuma is a Medical Statistician, with a PhD in Medical Statistics from the University of Oxford (UK). Over the last 15 years (>3 years at LSHTM), he has earned an international reputation for rigorous and influential statistical research including methodological advances and application particularly to address crucial public health questions, particularly in maternal, newborn, and child health, globally. His research covers important scientific, and statistical work for child growth and development, clinical prediction modelling, and impact evaluation of complex interventions. He is recognised as one of the top statisticians for evaluation of fetal and child growth and associated health outcomes such as preterm births, small-for-gestational age, gestational weighty gain, and pre-eclampsia.  His most notable contribution in this field was as the lead statistician for the international INTERGROWTH-21^st  project across eight countries, which has revolutionized the field regarding study design and growth monitoring by establishing updated international growth standards used clinically in hospitals worldwide and for population-level evaluations.