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Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, MD, CTropMed

Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, MD, CTropMed​

Senior Research Faculty, IRCE-IHVN; Senior Technical Advisor,
Paediatric HIV, CPHI-IHVN

Areas of expertise ​

  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • Implementation Science

Educational Qualifications

  • Mayo Clinic Medical School (MD)
  • University of Minnesota Medical School (Pediatric Residency, General Pediatrics and Fellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases)
  • University of Minnesota Medical School/CDC/ASTMH-Certificate in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Traveler’s Health

Biography

Prof. Nadia Sam-Agudu is a pediatric clinician-scientist who serves as the Senior Technical Advisor for Paediatric HIV and a senior research faculty at the Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria.  Prof. Sam-Agudu is a Professor of Pediatrics in Global Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, and the Director of Global Pediatrics Program at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minnesota, USA.

Prof. Sam-Agudu graduated from the Mayo Clinic Medical School in 2002, and thereafter completed her training in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Minnesota, USA. Her career focuses on the control and elimination of infectious diseases of public health importance among African children, specifically HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria. She focuses on applying implementation science methodology in her research, to generate evidence, advance and scale up the application of these evidence-based health strategies into health service delivery in Africa with special focus on West and Central Africa. Current and past projects include evaluating peer support for pregnant women, and for caregivers of children living with HIV; transitioning HIV-infected adolescents to adult care and treatment; advancing strategies and services for optimal sexual and reproductive health among adolescents living with HIV; the prevention of malaria among infants and school-age children. Prof. Sam-Agudu has served as Principal Investigator, Project Director or Mentor for projects supported by the World Health Organization, the US National Institutes of Health, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the International AIDS Society.

Highlighted Publications

  • Vorkoper S, Tahlil KM, Sam-Agudu NA, Tucker JD, Livinski AA, Fernando F, Sturke R. Implementation Science for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV among Adolescents and Young Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. AIDS Behav. 2023 May;27(Suppl 1):7-23. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03770-x. Epub 2022 Aug 10. PMID: 35947233; PMCID: PMC10191963.

  • Vorkoper S, Sam-Agudu NA, Bekker LG, Sturke R. Implementation Science for Eliminating HIV Among Adolescents in High-Burden African Countries: Findings and Lessons Learned from the Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance (AHISA). AIDS Behav. 2023 Mar 25:1–4.

  • Sam-Agudu NA, Martyn-Dickens C, Ewa AU. A global update of mpox (monkeypox) in children. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2023 Apr 1;35(2):193-200

  • Smith ER, Oakley E, Grandner GW, Ferguson K, Farooq F, Sam-Agudu NA, et al (out of 75 authors of the Perinatal COVID PMA Study Collaborators). Adverse maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes among pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection: an individual participant data meta-analysis. BMJ Glob Health. 2023 Jan;8(1):e009495. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009495.

  • Folayan MO, Oginni O, Ibigbami OI, Philip U, Mfam NN, Mbam C, Ganyam A, Salem AA, Osuji C, Bradley C, Lusher J, Sam-Agudu NA. Associations between mental health and HIV status among sexual minority and heterosexual adolescents in Nigeria. BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Dec;7(12):e010231

  • Folayan MO, Sam-Agudu NA, Harrison A. Exploring the why: risk factors for HIV and barriers to sexual and reproductive health service access among adolescents in Nigeria. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Sep 23;22(1):1198.

  • Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Machekano RN, Rosenthal PJ, Schell S, de Waard L, et al. (out of 66 authors of the AFREhealth COVID-19 Research Collaboration on COVID-19 and Pregnancy). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection and Pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A 6-Country Retrospective Cohort Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Nov 30;75(11):1950-1961.

  • Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Siedner MJ, Rosenthal PJ, Mellors JW, Zumla A, Hermans MP, Ntakwinja MB, Mukwege DM, Langenegger E, Mofenson LM; African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth) Research Collaboration on COVID-19 and Pregnancy. Prioritizing Pregnant Women for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination in African Countries. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Oct 12;75(8):1462-1466.

  • Afolabi BB, Babah OA, Akinajo OR, Adaramoye VO, Adeyemo TA, Balogun M, Banke-Thomas A, Quao RA, Olorunfemi G, Abioye AI, Galadanci HS, Sam-Agudu NA. Intravenous versus oral iron for iron deficiency anaemia in pregnant Nigerian women (IVON): study protocol for a randomised hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial. Trials. 2022 Sep 8;23(1):763.

  • Vorkoper S, Tahlil KM, Sam-Agudu NA, Tucker JD, Livinski AA, Fernando F, Sturke R. Implementation Science for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV among Adolescents and Young Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. AIDS Behav. 2022 Aug 10. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03770-x.

  • Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Machekano RN, Rabie H, van der Zalm MM, Redfern A, et al. (out of 50 authors of the AFREhealth COVID-19 Research Collaboration on Children and Adolescents). Assessment of Clinical Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized With COVID-19 in 6 Sub-Saharan African Countries. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Mar 1;176(3):e216436. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.6436.