Eric Ohuma (updated)

Professor Eric Ohuma, MSc, PhD

Director of Statistics and Impact Evaluation

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London, England

Eric brings over 15 years of experience in research, medical statistics, and impact evaluation of complex interventions in Africa, with a deep focus on maternal, newborn, and child health. He serves as Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he supervises MSc and PhD students and contributes to ongoing research and practical applications of clinical prediction modeling in global health. Previously, he was lead statistician of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project, which resulted in international growth standards during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum that contributed to changes in clinical practice. Eric holds a PhD from University of Oxford and an MSc in Medical Statistics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Featured Publications

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Conceptual and statistical considerations for producing global estimates of health indicators: learnings from perinatal health estimates

September 16, 2026

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Modelling gestational weight gain trajectories and risk of adverse birth outcomes using super imposition by translation and rotation: findings from two Brazilian cohort studies

August 11, 2026

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Counting missing babies in Tanzania: Neonatal mortality data quality from Tanzania's District Health Information System across 28 Regional and 7 Tertiary hospitals (2015-2024)

August 3, 2026

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