Christian Sewor - Academic Profile

Position: Graduate Research Assistant
Institution: Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
Primary Advisor: Associate Professor Maggie Clark
Project Involved In: Sustainable Household Energy Adoption in Rwanda (SHEAR): Promoting Rural Health with Solar and Natural Gas (NIH R01 ES029995)
Duration: August 2022 – To date

Position: Intern
Institution: Department of Public Health and Community Medicine- Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, India
Primary Advisor: Assistant Professor Elezebeth Matthews
Duration: May 2022 – June 2022

Position: Research and Teaching Assistant
Institution: Public Health Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
Primary Advisor: Associate Professor Adeladza Kofi Amegah
Project(s) Involved In: Dietary and Environmental Mediators of Socio-Economic Inequalities in Child Undernutrition in West Africa (DEMSU) Project (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation- Grand Challenges Africa- Grant Number: GCA/MNCH/round6/036); Ghana Urban Air Quality Project
Courses Instructed: BMD 206 and NUD 101- Introductory Probability and Statistics; NUD 302 and EPI 802 - Biostatistics; BMD 313- Biomedical Statistics; BMD 314- Epidemiology; BMD 416- Human Nutrition
Duration: September 2019 – October 2021

Position: Staff Associate
Institution: Ghana Fellowship of Evangelical Students, Cape Coast, Ghana
Duration: September 2020 – October 2021

Position: Teaching Assistant
Institution: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
Duration: August 2018 – August 2019
Courses Instructed: BMD 206 and NUD 101- Introductory Probability and Statistics; NUD 302- Biostatistics; BMD 313- Biomedical Statistics; BMD 314- Epidemiology; BMD 416- Human Nutrition

Under Review

Sewor, C., Rappazzo, K.M., Clark, M.L., The potential effect modifying role of nutrition, physical activity, and body mass index on the association between air pollution and adverse birth and early-life health outcomes: A scoping review. Under Review

Joseph, A.,* Sewor, C.*, Kodapally, B., Manda, C., Joseph, J., Mathews, E. The burden of prediabetes in Low- and Middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Under Review. (*Joint First Author)

Published Papers and Book Chapters

Amegah, A., Ayinemi, R., Sewor, C.,Fenta, H., Yeboah, K., Mohammed, S., Dwomoh, D., Annim, S., Stranges, S., Kandala, N. B. Kandala, N. Birth weight mediates the association of maternal undernutrition with child undernutrition prevalence in West Africa. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-024-01453-5

Amegah, A. & Sewor, C. (2024). Chapter 61: Public Policy on Children's Environmental Health in Africa In Textbook of Children's Environmental Health Second Edition. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197662526.003.0061

Sewor, C., Rajeev, J (2023). Trends of Risk Factors associated with Childhood Stunting and Anaemia in Ghana: Evidence from the Demographic Health Survey and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (2003-2017). Public Health Nutrition, 27(1), e29. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980023002951

Sewor, C.*, Eliason, S., Jaakkola, J. J. K., & Amegah, A. K*. (2023). Dietary Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) consumption and risk of adverse birth outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives,132 (1) https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP12922. (*Joint First Author)

Sewor, C., Obeng, A. A., Eliason, S., Agbeno, E. K., & Amegah, A. K. (2024). Fruits and vegetables intake improves birth outcomes of women with gestational diabetes mellitus and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. BMC Nutr,10 (2). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-023-00814-w

Valappil, H. C., Jayalakshmi, R., & Sewor, C.. (2023). Intersectional inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding practices in India: analysis of national family health survey-4. International breastfeeding journal, 18(1), 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-023-00577-x

Jayalakshmi, R., Sewor, C., & Kannan, S. (2023). Intraindividual double burden of malnutrition among women (15–49 years) in India, Myanmar, and Nepal: evidence from the recent Demographic and Health Surveys. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-023-01269-9

Dwomoh, D., Sewor, C., Annim, S. K., Stranges, S., Kandala, N. B., & Amegah, A. K. (2022). Do dietary practices and household environmental quality mediate socio-economic inequalities in child undernutrition risk in West Africa? Public Health Nutrition, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022002269

Dwomoh, D., Sewor, C., Mohammed, S., Annim, S., Stranges, S., Kandala, N., & Amegah, A. (2022). Secular trends in low birth weight and child undernutrition in West Africa: Evidence from complex nationwide surveys, 1985-2019. Public Health Nutrition, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022000155

Sakyi, S. A., Wilson, M. D., Adu, B., Opoku, S., Brewoo, A., Larbi, A., ... Sewor, C., & Amoani, B. (2022). Plasmodium falciparum coinfection is associated with improved IgE and IgG3 response against hookworm antigens. Health Science Reports, 5(4), e672 https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.672

Amoani, B., Nakotey, G. K., Sakyi, S. A., Pomeyie, K., & Sewor, C. (2022). Treatment Failure, Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Related to Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infections among Basic School Pupils. In New Horizons for Schistosomiasis Research. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.103904

Amegah, A. K, Sewor, C., Obeng, A. A., Coker. S. E., Eliason, S., (2021). Vitamin D intake modifies the association of household air pollution exposure with maternal disorders of pregnancy. Indoor Air. 2021;00:1– 13. https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12963

Sewor, C., Obeng, A. A., & Amegah, A. K. (2021). Commentary: The Ghana Urban Air Quality Project (GHAir): Bridging air pollution data gaps in Ghana. Clean Air Journal, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.17159/caj/2021/31/1.11172

Amegah, A. K., Sewor, C., & Jaakkola, J. J. K. (2021). Cadmium exposure and risk of adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort and cohort-based case-control studies. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-021-00289-6

Amoani, B., Gyan, B., Sakyi, S. A., Abu, E. K., Nuvor, S. V., Barnes, P., . . . Sewor, C., Adu, B. (2021). Effect of hookworm infection and anthelmintic treatment on naturally acquired antibody responses against the GMZ2 malaria vaccine candidate and constituent antigens. BMC Infect Dis, 21(1), 332. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06027-5

Amoani, B., Sakyi, S. A., Barnie, P. A., Pomeyie, K., Aniagyei, W., Opoku, S., ..., Sewor, C., Saahene, R. O. (2021). Effect of ART on Cytokine Profile amongst HIV Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Focus On Medical Sciences Journal, 7(3). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358266364_Effect_of_ART_on_Cytokine_Profile_amongst_HIV_Patients_A_Systematic_Review_and_Meta-Analysis

Combey, R., Amekugee, E., Sewor, C., Combey, T., & Kwapong, P. (2020). Impact of Variation in Air Quality, Humidity and Temperature on Four Nest Entrance Activities of Hypotrigona gribodoi. Archives of Applied Science Research, 12(1), 1–16 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341610511_Impact_of_Variation_in_Air_Quality_Humidity_and_Temperature_on_Four_Nest_Entrance_Activities_of_Hypotrigona_gribodoi