Symon Kariuki

Modelling seizure-related predictors of epilepsy diagnostic gap in two urban informal settlements of Nairobi using machine learning.Mwanga D Wekesah FM Ouma F Kariuki SM Kinuthia J Otieno P Kwasa T Mongare Q Machuka A Cygu S Iddi S Davis Jones G Sen A Newton CR Asiki G Kadengye DT EPInA Study Group
Glob Epidemiol, (2026). 11:100241

Burden of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Kenyan Children.Kariuki SM Kipkemoi P Kombe MZ Bitta MA Owen JP Abubakar A Newton CRJC
JAMA Netw Open, (2025). 8:e2548853

Oesophageal cancer and its associated factors among patients attending surgical and oncology clinics at Garissa County Referral Hospital, Kenya: a case-control study.Bashir A Ngari M Otieno B Y'Dhidha AMjidho M Abdullahi O Kariuki SM
BMJ Open, (2025). 15:e097376

The relationship between lifetime trauma exposure and psychosis in a multi-country case-control study in Africa.Stevenson A Misra S Girma E Akena D Alemayehu M Ametaj AA Gelaye B Gichuru S Kariuki SM Koenen KC Kwobah EK Kyebuzibwa J Mwema RM Newman CP Newton CRJC Ongeri L Pretorius A Sharma M Stein DJ Stroud RE, 2nd Teferra S Zingela Z Atwoli L
SSM Ment Health, (2025). 7:

Socio-medical factors associated with neurodevelopmental disorders on the Kenyan coast.Kipkemoi P Savage JE Gona J Rimba K Kombe M Mwangi P Kipkoech C Chepkemoi E Ngombo A Mkubwa B Rehema C Kariuki SM Posthuma D Donald KA Robinson E Abubakar A Newton CR
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0003806

Sociodemographic influences on substance use in psychosis in an African cohort.Campbell ML Odokonyero R Akena D Alemayehu M Atwoli L Chibnik LB Gelaye B Gichuru S Kariuki SM Koenen KC Kwobah E Kyebuzibwa J Mwema RM Newton CRJC Post K Pretorius A Stevenson A Stroud RE, 2nd Teferra S Zingela Z Stein DJ Hook K
Schizophr Res, (2025). 281:157-163

Characterisation of febrile non-traumatic coma in sub-Saharan Africa.Kariuki SM Newton CR
Lancet Glob Health, (2025). 13:e977-e978

Correction: Evaluating the generalisability of region-naive machine learning algorithms for the identification of epilepsy in low-resource settings.Duta I Kariuki SM Ngugi AK Mwesige AK Masanja H Mwanga DM Owusu-Agyei S Wagner R Cross JH Sander JW Newton CR Sen A Jones GD
PLOS Digit Health, (2025). 4:e0000841

Evaluating the generalisability of region-naive machine learning algorithms for the identification of epilepsy in low-resource settings.Duta I Kariuki SM Ngugi AK Mwesige AK Masanja H Mwanga DM Owusu-Agyei S Wagner R Cross JH Sander JW Newton CR Sen A Jones GD
PLOS Digit Health, (2025). 4:e0000491

Risk of epilepsy following first unprovoked and acute seizures: Cohort study.Egesa IJ Kariuki SM Kipkoech C Newton CRJC
Epilepsia, (2025). 66:1223-1233

Coming to terms with climate change: a glossary for climate change impacts on mental health and well-being.Niedzwiedz CL Olsen JR Rizeq J Afework T Hill-Harding CKV Shaw RJ Thomas R Kariuki SM Katikireddi SV Weaver AJ Martin G Parr H Papies EK
J Epidemiol Community Health, (2025). 79:295-301

The association of polytherapy and psychiatric comorbidity in epilepsy.Odhiambo MA Kaingu GK Mumbo M Kipper K Sander JW Newton CRJC Kariuki SM EPInA investigators
Epilepsy Behav, (2025). 163:110215

Towards understanding and addressing mental health challenges in Africa: An integrated perspective.Lochner C Kariuki SM
Compr Psychiatry, (2025). 137:152565

Integrating alternative and complementary medicine in the management of epilepsy and its comorbidities in low- and middle-income settings.Kariuki SM Newton CRJC
Epilepsy Behav, (2025). 162:110172

Wasting coexisting with underweight and stunting among children aged 6ÔÇÆ59 months hospitalised in Garissa County Referral Hospital, Kenya.Wambua M Kariuki SM Abdullahi H Abdullahi OA Ngari MM
Matern Child Nutr, (2025). 21:e13754

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa.Kipkemoi P Mufford MS Akena D Alemayehu M Atwoli L Chibnik LB Gelaye B Gichuru S Kariuki SM Koenen KC Kwobah E Kyebuzibwa J Mwema RM Newton CRJC Pretorius A Stein DJ Stevenson A Stroud RE, 2nd Teferra S Zingela Z Post K Korte KJ
Compr Psychiatry, (2025). 135:152526

Exploring psychotic symptoms among substance-naive individuals and recent abstainers without a psychosis diagnosis: A cross-country study across Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Africa.Kisiang'ani IB Aden M Mwangi HR Akena D Alemayehu M Barasa J Gelaye B Gichuru S Kariuki SM Kwobah EK Kyebuzibwa J Mwema RM Newton CRJC Ongeri L Pretorius A Stein DJ Stevenson A Stroud RE, 2nd Teferra S Zingela Z Atwoli L
Psychiatry Res, (2024). 342:116253

Psychological Distress Among Ethnically Diverse Participants From Eastern and Southern Africa.Tindi KBB Kalungi A Kinyanda E Gelaye B Martin AR Galiwango R Ssembajjwe W Kirumira F Pretorius A Stevenson A Newton CRJC Stein DJ Atkinson EG Mwesiga EK Kyebuzibwa J Chibnik LB Atwoli L Baker M Alemayehu M Mwende RM Stroud RE Teferra S Gichuru S Kariuki SM Zingela Z Nyirenda M Fatumo S Akena DH
JAMA Netw Open, (2024). 7:e2438304

Consensus-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with epilepsy: A report from the Psychiatric Pediatric Issues Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy.Valente KD Reilly C Carvalho RM Smith ML Mula M Wirrell EC Wilmshurst JM Jette N Brigo F Kariuki SM Fong CY Wang YP Polanczyk GV Castanho V Demarchi IG Auvin S Kerr M
Epilepsia, (2024). 65:3155-3185

A Phase I trial of Non-invasive Ventilation and seizure prophylaxis with levetiracetam In Children with Cerebral Malaria Trial (NOVICE-M Trial).Maitland K Obonyo N Hamaluba M Ogoda E Mogaka C Williams TN Newton C Kariuki SM Gibb DM Walker AS Connon R George EC
Wellcome Open Res, (2024). 9:281