CCRG’s Dr Nchafatso Obonyo wins national APA accolade

5 Dec

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CCRG Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Nchafatso Obonyo has been named as the African Australian Professional of the Year at the 2023 African Professionals of Australia (APA) Awards, in recognition for outstanding professional excellence and for making a significant contribution to his community, economy and profession.

“I appreciate this award so much and thank APA for creating such a vibrant and supportive community for professionals in Australia, away from our homelands in Africa,” said Dr Obonyo.

“I am passionate about supporting students and young researchers by offering them the same guidance I was so fortunate to receive when I first moved to Australia. This award, and the community that APA has created, will allow me to do just that, it gives great joy and hope to Africa’s youth.”

Dr Obonyo, a recipient of the 2023 Africa Top 40 Under 40 Awards, specialises in cardiac critical care and leads CCRG’s sepsis research programme. He is affiliated with the American College of Cardiology, the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, and the American Society for Echocardiology.

“I would like to thank my colleagues at the Critical Care Research Group and peers in both Australian and across Africa for their on-going support, as well as The Common Good, an initiative of The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation, who have supported my research for sometime.”

With an estimated incidence of 49 million cases annually of sepsis and a 20% death rate in the developed world, sepsis research has enormous implications for the health outcomes of millions of people.

African Professionals of Australia’s membership currently includes professionals originally from Australia, Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Chad, Sudan, South Africa, Botswana and many other African countries.

Learn more about Dr Obonyo’s research here

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Catalysing global surgery: a meta-research study on factors affecting surgical research collaborations with Africa

Thomas O. Kirengo, Hussein Dossajee, Evans M. Onyango, Reema H. Rachakonda, Bailey Schneider, Declan P. Sela, Zahra Hosseinzadeh, Zohaib Nadeem & Nchafatso G. Obonyo

A novel speckle-tracking echocardiography parameter assessing left ventricular afterload

Sato K, Wildi K, Chan J, Palmieri C, Obonyo NG, Heinsar S, Liu K, Livingstone S, Sato N, Ainola C, Abbate G, Bouquet M, Wilson E, Passmore M, Hyslop K, Platts DG, Suen J, Bassi GL, Fraser JF.

Cardiovascular Health Priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa

Obonyo NG, Etyang AO.

Effects of transfusing older red blood cells and platelets on obstetric patient outcomes: A retrospective cohort study

Obonyo N.G.; Lu L.Y.; White N.M.; Sela D.P.; Rachakonda R.H.; Teo D.; Tunbridge M.; Sim B.; See Hoe L.E.; Fanning J.P.; Tung J.-P.; McKnoulty M.; Bassi G.L.; Suen J.Y.; Fraser J.F.

The effects of nitric oxide on coagulation and inflammation in ex vivo models of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and cardiopulmonary bypass

Malfertheiner MV, Garrett A, Passmore M, Haymet AB, Webb RI, Von Bahr V, Millar JE, Schneider BA, Obonyo NG, Black D, Bouquet M, Bartnikowski N, Suen JY, Fraser JF

A Novel Speckle-Tracking Echocardiographic Parameter Assessing Left Ventricular Loading During VA ECMO in a Pre-clinical Model of Cardiogenic Shock

Sato K, Heinsar S, Obonyo N, Wildi K, Liu K, Farah S, Ainola C, Sato N, Ijuin S, Ro SK, Fior G, Gandini L, Bouquet M, Wilson E, Passmore M, Hyslop K, Chan J, Platts D, Scalia G, Suen J, Bassi GL, Fraser J

Donor heart ischemic time can be extended beyond 9 hours using hypothermic machine perfusion in sheep

See Hoe LE, Li Bassi G, Wildi K, Passmore MR, Bouquet M, Sato K, Heinsar S, Ainola C, Bartnikowski N, Wilson ES, Hyslop K, Skeggs K, Obonyo NG, Shuker T, Bradbury L, Palmieri C, Engkilde-Pedersen S, McDonald C, Colombo SM, Wells MA, Reid JD, O'Neill H, Livingstone S, Abbate G, Haymet A, Jung JS, Sato N, James L, He T, White N, Redd MA, Millar JE, Malfertheiner MV, Molenaar P, Platts D, Chan J, Suen JY, McGiffin DC, Fraser JF.

Assessment and diagnosis of right ventricular failure—retrospection and future directions

Sun Kyun Ro, Kei Sato, Shinichi Ijuin, Declan Sela, Gabriele Fior, Silver Heinsar, Ji Young Kim, Jonathan Chan, Hideaki Nonaka, Aaron C. W. Lin, Gianluigi Li Bassi, David G. Platts, Nchafatso G. Obonyo, Jacky Y. Suen and John F. Fraser

Interleukin-6 inhibitors in non-COVID-19 ARDS: analyzing the past to step into the post-COVID-19 era

Gandini L, Fior G, Schibler A, Obonyo N.G, Li Bassi G, Suen JY, Fraser JF

A novel speckle-tracking echocardiographic parameter considering left ventricular loading condition in cardiogenic shock during VA ECMO

Kei Sato, Silver Heinsar, Karin Susanne Wildi, Nchafatso Obonyo, Keibun Liu, Samia Farah, Carmen Ainola, Noriko Sato, Gabriele Fior, Sun Kyun Ro, Lucia Gandini, Shinichi Ijuin, Mahe Bouquet, Emily Wilson, Margaret Passmore, Kieran Hyslop, Jonathan H. Chan, David Platts, Jacky Suen, Gianluigi Li Bassi, John Fraser

Exploration of the Utility of Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography During Mechanical Ventilation and Mechanical Circulatory Support

Sato, Kei; Chan, Jonathan; Appadurai, Vinesh; Obonyo, Nchafatso; See Hoe, Louise; Suen, Jacky Y.; Fraser, John F.

Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Patients with Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Implantation—Implications for Physiotherapists

Yu Peng-Ming, Wang Yu-Qiang, Luo Ze-Ruxing, Tsang Raymond C. C., Tronstad Oystein, Shi Jun, Guo Ying-Qiang, Jones Alice Y. M.

Impact of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibition on mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients with pre-existing hypertension: A prospective cohort study

Kei Sato, Nicole White, Jonathon P. Fanning, Nchafatso Obonyo, Michael H. Yamashita, Vinesh Appadurai, Anna Ciullo, Meryta May, Elliott T. Worku, Leticia Helms, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Dafsah A. Juzar, Jacky Y. Suen, Gianluigi Li Bassi, John F. Fraser, Rakesh C. Arora on behalf of COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium Investigators

Brain stem death induces pro-inflammatory cytokine production and cardiac dysfunction in sheep model

Walweel, K., Boon, A. C., See Hoe, L. E., Obonyo, N. G., Pedersen, S. E., Diab, S. D., Passmore, M. R., Hyslop, K., Colombo, S. M., Bartnikowski, N. J., Bouquet, M., Wells, M. A., Black, D. M., Pimenta, L. P., Stevenson, A. K., Bisht, K., Skeggs, K., Marshall, L., Prabhu, A., James, L. N., … Fraser, J. F. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2021.10.007

A clinically relevant sheep model of orthotopic heart transplantation 24 h after donor brainstem death.

See Hoe, L.E., Wildi, K., Obonyo, N.G. et al. A clinically relevant sheep model of orthotopic heart transplantation 24 h after donor brainstem death. ICMx 9, 60 (2021).

Compromised right ventricular contractility …

Wells, M. A., et al. (2021). "Compromised right ventricular contractility in an ovine model of heart transplantation following 24 h donor brain stem death." Pharmacological Research 169: 12.

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