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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Chalmers Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Robert W. Snow is primarily affiliated with the Kenya Medical Research Institute in Kenya. Their research focuses extensively on malaria and related public health concerns, with a significant output in medicine and specialized subfields connected to global health and infectious diseases.

The main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within medicine, the prominent subfields covered are:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Epidemiology
  • Modeling and Simulation

The core topics of their research are centered around infectious disease control and health outcomes, including:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Parasites and Host Interactions

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert W. Snow are:

  • Philip Bejon
  • Peter M. Macharia
  • Emelda A. Okiro
  • Alice Kamau
  • Eda Mumo

Their work is consistently published in specialized venues focusing on tropical diseases, public health, and infectious disease epidemiology. The most common publication venues include:

  • Malaria Journal
  • BMJ Global Health
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • BMC Medicine
  • PLoS ONE

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert W. Snow include:

  • Safety and efficacy of malaria vaccine candidate R21/Matrix-M in African children: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 3 trial, 2024, The Lancet
  • A review of the frequencies of Plasmodium falciparum Kelch 13 artemisinin resistance mutations in Africa, 2021, International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance
  • Sub-national stratification of malaria risk in mainland Tanzania: a simplified assembly of survey and routine data, 2020, Malaria Journal
  • Routine data for malaria morbidity estimation in Africa: challenges and prospects, 2020, BMC Medicine
  • Malaria infection, disease and mortality among children and adults on the coast of Kenya, 2020, Malaria Journal

Awards received by Robert W. Snow include the Chalmers Medal from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene awarded in 1999, along with recognition as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • The global distribution of clinical episodes of Plasmodium falciparum malaria

    Robert W. Snow;Carlos A. Guerra;Abdisalan M. Noor;Hla Y. Myint

  • The global distribution and population at risk of malaria: past, present, and future

    Simon I Hay;Carlos A Guerra;Andrew J Tatem;Abdisalan M Noor

  • Indicators of Life-Threatening Malaria in African Children

    Kevin Marsh;Dayo Forster;Catherine Waruiru;Isiah Mwangi

  • A Climate-based Distribution Model of Malaria Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa

    M.H. Craig;R.W. Snow;D. le Sueur

  • Quantifying the impact of human mobility on malaria.

    Amy Wesolowski;Nathan Eagle;Nathan Eagle;Andrew J. Tatem;Andrew J. Tatem;David L. Smith;David L. Smith

  • A world malaria map: Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in 2007

    Simon I Hay;Carlos A Guerra;Carlos A Guerra;Peter W Gething;Peter W Gething;Anand P Patil

  • Estimating mortality, morbidity and disability due to malaria among Africa's non-pregnant population.

    Snow Rw;Craig M;Deichmann U;Marsh K

  • Relation between severe malaria morbidity in children and level of Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Africa

    Robert W Snow;Judy A Omumbo;Brett Lowe;Brett Lowe;Catherine S Molyneux;Catherine S Molyneux

  • Natural selection of hemi- and heterozygotes for G6PD deficiency in Africa by resistance to severe malaria.

    C Ruwende;S C Khoo;R W Snow;S N Yates

  • Climate change and the resurgence of malaria in the East African highlands.

    S I Hay;S I Hay;J Cox;D J Rogers;S E Randolph

  • Averting a malaria disaster.

    NJ White;F Nosten;S Looareesuwan;WM Watkins

  • Urbanization, malaria transmission and disease burden in Africa

    Simon I. Hay;Carlos A. Guerra;Andrew J. Tatem;Peter M. Atkinson

  • Population Distribution, Settlement Patterns and Accessibility across Africa in 2010.

    Catherine Linard;Catherine Linard;Marius Gilbert;Robert W. Snow;Abdisalan M. Noor

  • The limits and intensity of Plasmodium falciparum transmission: implications for malaria control and elimination worldwide

    Carlos A Guerra;Priscilla W Gikandi;Andrew J Tatem;Abdisalan M Noor;Abdisalan M Noor

  • Impact of Malaria during Pregnancy on Low Birth Weight in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Helen L. Guyatt;Robert W. Snow

  • Immunity to non-cerebral severe malaria is acquired after one or two infections.

    Sunetra Gupta;Robert W. Snow;Robert W. Snow;Christl A. Donnelly;Kevin Marsh;Kevin Marsh

  • The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009

    Carlos A. Guerra;Rosalind E. Howes;Anand P. Patil;Peter W. Gething

  • Satellite imagery in the study and forecast of malaria.

    David J. Rogers;Sarah E. Randolph;Robert W. Snow;Robert W. Snow;Simon I. Hay;Simon I. Hay

  • Quantifying the Number of Pregnancies at Risk of Malaria in 2007: A Demographic Study

    Stephanie Dellicour;Andrew J. Tatem;Andrew J. Tatem;Carlos A. Guerra;Robert W. Snow

  • Insecticide‐treated bednets reduce mortality and severe morbidity from malaria among children on the Kenyan coast

    C G Nevill;E S Some;V O Mung'ala;W Mutemi

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdisalan M. Noor
Abdisalan M. Noor World Health Organization
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Kevin Marsh
Kevin Marsh University of Oxford
Andrew J. Tatem
Andrew J. Tatem University of Southampton
Peter W. Gething
Peter W. Gething Telethon Kids Institute
Brian Greenwood
Brian Greenwood London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Simon Brooker
Simon Brooker Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mike English
Mike English Wellcome Trust
David L. Smith
David L. Smith University of Washington
Philip Bejon
Philip Bejon University of Oxford

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