Dr. Nick Kyei is a physician specialist with many years of experience spanning clinical practice, public health practice, global health research, consulting, and teaching. He earned his medical degree from the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, and holds specialist qualifications in Public Health and Travel Medicine from the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, respectively. He also holds an MSc. in International Health from the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, where he completed his Ph.D. in Epidemiology under Prof Dr. Dr. Sabine Gabrysch. His dissertation focused on investigating the potential role of maternal exposure to multiple mold toxins (mycotoxins) in foods for the development of specific adverse pregnancy outcomes – pregnancy loss, preterm birth, low birthweight, and birth small-for-gestational age. Nick Kyei works as a scientist in the Climate Change and Health Group at PIK and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. His research interests include exposure and health impacts of climate-sensitive environmental toxins (e.g., mycotoxins and pesticides), maternal newborn and child health epidemiology and emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, including sexually transmitted infections, anti-microbial use and resistance, and special (high-threat) pathogens (e.g., SARS-CoV-2 & Lassa fever).
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Education:
Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) – Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
- Dr.sc.hum Epidemiology (2023)
- MSc. International Health (2011)
Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra, Ghana
- Specialist Diploma in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health - MGCP (2014)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Postgraduate Diploma in Travel Medicine (2013)
- Specialist Diploma in Travel Medicine - MFTM RCPSG ((2013)
School of Medical Sciences, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
- MB ChB / MD Equivalent (2006)
- Medical electives abroad at the University Hospital of Umeå, Sweden (2005)
- BSc. Human Biology (2003)
Academic Positions:
Since 2020 Scientist, Institute of Public Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Since 2020 Guest Scientist, Climate Change and Health Group, Research Department 2, PIK
Since 2017 Research Associate, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
Research Areas:
- Exposures and health impacts of climate-sensitive environmental toxins (e.g., mycotoxins and pesticides)
- Maternal, newborn, and child health epidemiology
- Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, including sexually transmitted infections, anti-microbial use and resistance, and special (high-threat) pathogens (e.g., SARS-CoV-2 & Lassa fever)
- Attram N., Dela H., Behene E., Kyei NNA., Ocansey K., Yanney J. N., Nyarko E. O., Addo K. K., Koram K. A., Fox A., Letizia A. and Sanders T. (2023). Antimicrobial use of patients with sexually transmitted infection symptoms prior to presentation at five health facilities in Southern Ghana. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 12, 146, doi: 10.1186/s13756-023-01351-8.
- Kyei NNA, Waid JL, Ali N, Cramer B, Humpf HU, Gabrysch S (2023) Maternal exposure to multiple mycotoxins and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a prospective cohort study in rural Bangladesh. Arch Toxicol 97, 1795-1812, doi:10.1007/s00204-023-03491-7
- Kyei NNA, Cramer B, Humpf HU, Degen GH, Ali N, Gabrysch S (2022) Assessment of multiple mycotoxin exposure and its association with food consumption: a human biomonitoring study in a pregnant cohort in rural Bangladesh. Arch Toxicol 96, 2123-2138, doi:10.1007/s00204-022-03288-0
- Kyei NNA, Waid JL, Ali N, Gabrysch S (2021) Awareness, Experience, and Knowledge of Farming Households in Rural Bangladesh Regarding Mold Contamination of Food Crops: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 18:10335 doi:10.3390/ijerph181910335
- Brown Wilson J, Deckert A, Shah R, Kyei NNA et al. (2021) COVID-19-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices: a mixed-mode cross-sectional survey in Liberia. BMJ Open 11: e049494 doi:10.1136/BMJ open-2021-049494
- Deckert A, Bärnighausen T, Kyei NNA (2020) Simulation of pooled-sample analysis strategies for COVID-19 mass testing. Bull World Health Organ 98:590-598 doi:10.2471/blt.20.257188
- Wendt A., Waid J., Müller-Hauser A., Kyei NNA., Sobhan S., Gabrysch, S. (2020). Do Hemoglobin Concentration and Anemia Prevalence Differ Between Capillary and Venous Blood and Between Analysis Methods? Current Developments in Nutrition, 4(Supplement_2), 922-922, doi:10.1093/cdn/nzaa053_127.
- Kyei NNA, Boakye D, Gabrysch S (2020) Maternal mycotoxin exposure and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review. Mycotoxin Res 36:243-255 doi:10.1007/s12550-019-00384-6
- Dela H, Attram N, Behene E, Kumordjie S, Addo KK, Nyarko EO, Kyei NNA, Carroll JNA, Kwakye C, Duplessis CA, Adams N, Garges E, Letizia AG. (2019) Risk factors associated with gonorrhea and chlamydia transmission in selected health facilities in Ghana. BMC Infect Dis 19:425 doi:10.1186/s12879-019-4035-y
- Attram N, Agbodzi B, Dela H, Behene E, Nyarko EO, Kyei NNA, Larbi JA, Lawson BWL, Addo KK, Newman MJ, Duplessis CA, Adams N, Unemo M, Letizia AG. (2019) Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and molecular characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Ghana, 2012-2015. PLoS One 14: e0223598 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223598
- Bonney JHK, Nyarko EO, Ohene SA, Amankwa J, Ametepi RK, Nimo-Paintsil SC, Sarkodie B, Agbenohevi P, Adjabeng M, Kyei NNA, Bel-Nono S, Ampofo WK (2016) Molecular confirmation of Lassa fever imported into Ghana. Afr J Lab Med 5:288 doi:10.4102/ajlm.v5i1.288
- Kyei NNA, Abilba MM, Kwawu FK, Agbenohevi PG, Bonney JH, Agbemaple TK, Nimo-Paintsil SC, Ampofo W, Ohene SA, Nyarko EO (2015) Imported Lassa fever: a report of 2 cases in Ghana. BMC Infect Dis 15:217 doi:10.1186/s12879-015-0956-2
- Kyei NNA, Chansa C, Gabrysch S (2012) Quality of antenatal care in Zambia: a national assessment. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 12:151 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-12-151
- Kyei NNA, Campbell OM, Gabrysch S. (2012) The influence of distance and level of service provision on antenatal care use in rural Zambia. PLoS One, 7: e46475
