MR. HENRY RUIRU MWANGI

Full Name: Henry Ruiru Mwangi
Title/Designation: Tutorial Fellow
School/Department: School of Health Science
Email Address: mwangi.henry@mnu.ac.ke
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Henry-Mwangi-2?ev=hdr_xprf
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&hl=en&user=YlPsWoYAAAAJ
ORCID ID: 0009-0006-2033-6814

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/MEMBESHIPS
• Member of HRIM – Board.
• Member of IBS – Kenya Chapter.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
List your teaching and research specialties;
• Research methods.
• Clinical coding and disease classification.
• Hospital administrative statistics.
• Medical statistics.
• Medical demography.
• Analysis and interpretation of health care data.
• Data management and statistical computing.
• Modeling dynamics of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
• Epidemiological study designs.
• Design and analysis of clinical trials.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests include;
• My research interest includes application of statistics in clinical and public health sciences in particular design and analysis of cross-sectional, longitudinal and time varying data. In addition to application Machine Learning Models in healthcare data.

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

• Omondi, PA., Shitsinzi, R., Itsura, PM., Kirwa, EK., Mwangi, HR. Effect of prophylactic ondansetron on spinal anaesthesia induced hypotension during caesarean section at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya. East African Medical Journal. 2025; 102(12), 8932-8942.
•  Olbara, G., Sieben, C., Biwot, N., Njuguna, F., Langat, S., Mwangi, H., Vik, T., & Kaspers, G. Osteosarcoma in a Tertiary Hospital in Kenya: Treatment Outcomes and Parents’ Experiences. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025; 72: S742-S743.
• Nakabuye, R., Mokaya, W., Ngetich, E., & Mwangi, H. Incidence, associated factors and outcomes of anemia among preterm neonates admitted to the newborn unit of Moi Teaching and Refferal Hospital, Kenya. East African Medical Journal. 2025; 102(10), 8748–8757. Retrieved from https://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/article/view/312976.
• Kisiang’ani I.B., Aden, M., Mwangi, H.R., Akena, D., Alemayehu, M., Barasa, J., et al. Exploring psychotic symptoms among substance-naïve individuals and recent abstainers without a psychosis diagnosis: A cross-country study across Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Africa. Psychiatry Research. 2024; 324, 116253.
• Rono D.C., Mwangi H.R., Imbaya K.K., Tonui P.K., Mbugua K.G. An analysis of incidence of conversion of spinal anaesthesia section at Moi teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenya. East African Medical Journal. 2024; 10(7), 7213-7220.
•  Mwau S.M., Werunga K.P., Saruni S.I., Kerema J., Mwangi H. Patient outcomes among planned and unplanned post-operative ICU admitted patients at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. East African Medical Journal. 2024; 101(5), 7058-7067.
• Ogalo E.A., Gudu E., Andale T., Korir D., Ndege S., Simiyu T., Olekuyo R., Mwangi H., Kimaiyo S.,, Aruasa W. Clinical spectrum of COVID-19 at a national referral hospital in western Kenya during the period 2020–2021. Frontiers in Virology. 2023; 3, 1202742.
• Olbara G., Wijk T., Njuguna F., Langat S., Mwangi H., Skiles J., Vik T., Kaspers GJL., Mostert S. Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment in an academic hospital in Kenya: Treatment outcomes and health-care providers’ perspectives. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2021; 68(12), e29366.
• Marete C., Nabakwe EC., Njuguna FM., Mwangi HR. Clinicians’ adherence to national pneumonia management guidelines at Kitale County Hospital, Kenya. East Africa Medical Journal. 2020; 97(11), 3200-3209.
•  Ikol KM., Saula PW., Gisore P., Mvungu E., Mwangi HR. Outcomes of Neonates Requiring Surgical Interventions in Eldoret. The Annals of African Surgery. 2019; 16 (1), 21-26.
•  Oluoch R., Mwangi H.R., Njoroge A., Elbadawi G.Y. Location of the Axillary Nerve in Relation to Arm Length: A Cadaveric Study in a Kenya Adult Population. Global Journal of Medical Research. 2019; 19(1), 5-8.
• Henry R Mwangi, Ann Wang’ombe, Hillary Mabeya, Hillary Kipruto. Factors Associated with Obstetric Fistula Repair among Women Amitted at Gynocare Women’s and Fistula Hospital in Kenya, 2012-2016: A case Control Study. Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2018; 13(27), 18–24.
•  Wanjala, A., Mwangi, H. & Mabeya, H. Pattern of ureteric pathology presenting to a fistula center in western Kenya. Advances in Urology. 2018 (2018).
• Macharia, S.K., Chebor, A.K. & Mwangi, H.R. Intensive care management of poisoning in a resource-limited health care setting in Western Kenya. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science. 2014; 4(11) 189-194.
• Kilonzo, N., Mwangi, H.R., Lelei, L.K., Nyabera, S., Ayumba, B.R. Treatment and Outcome of Ankle Fractures at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. The Annals of African Surgery. 2014; 11 (1).
• Kamau, S.M., Kirima, J.M., Mwangi, H.R. Ethical Issues for Doctors and Nurses: A case study from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital; Eldoret, Kenya. Kenya Journal of Health Science. 2013; 2: 10–15.
• Njoroge, A.N., Mwangi, H.R., Lelei, L.K. Functional Outcomes of the Knee after Retrograde and Antegrade Intramedullary Nailing for Femoral Shaft Fractures. The Annals of African Surgery. 2013; 10 (2) 12-16.
• Lelei, L. K, Chebor, A. K, Mwangi, H. R. Burns injuries among in-patients at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya. The Annals of African Surgery. 2011; 8: 12-14.

Conference Proceedings

• Henry Mwangi, Ann Mwangi, and Wilson Aruasa (2021). The impact of Free Maternity Services on Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. Presented at Sub-Saharan Africa Network (SUSAN) 2021 conference, Nairobi.

Book Chapters / Books)
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CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS ATTENDED

• Scientific Manuscript Writing Workshop, Moi University/Dentist for Africa Project, 2022.
• Statistical Analysis Workshop, Brown University/Moi University, 2019.
• Grant writing and project management workshop, MTRH, 2018.
• Committee/Reviewer training workshop, MTRH/Moi University, 2018.

Selected Publications Links;

•  Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&hl=en&user=YlPsWoYAAAAJ

PERSONAL STATEMENT/ BIOGRRAPHY(SHORT SUMMARY)
Henry Ruiru Mwangi is a Tutorial Fellow in the School of Health Sciences at Mama Ngina University College. He has extensive teaching, research, and field experience in health information management, medical statistics, and epidemiology. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, with a research focus on the application of machine learning algorithms in management of non-communicable diseases.
His research interests include the application of statistical and machine learning methods in clinical and public health research, particularly in the design and analysis of cross-sectional, longitudinal, time-varying, and clinical trial studies. He has participated in several national and international research projects, including the WOMAN Trial and the Cook Balloon studies, and has authored and co-authored numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals.
His long-term goal is to contribute to the global prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases through high-quality research, innovation, evidence-based practice, and capacity building.