Staff Accomplishments 2023

75th Anniversary Principal’s Research Awards for 2020 to 2023 on July 26, 2023

Kwesi Marshall
Research Project Attracting the Most Research Funds 2020

• Marshall, K., Howell, S., Badaloo, A., Reid, M., McFarlane-Anderson, N., & McKenzie, C. (2018). Exploring putative genetic determinants of inter-individual phenotypic heterogeneity in sickle cell disease: A cross sectional Jamaican cohort based study. Blood Cells, Molecules and Diseases, 73, 1-8.

Suzanne Soares-Wynter
Best Research Publication 2021

• Soares-Wynter S., Aiken-Hemming S, Hollingsworth B, Miles DR, Ng SW. Applying nutrient profiling systems to packaged foods and drinks solid in Jamaica. Foods January 2020: 9(1): 65

Marshall Tulloch-Reid
Most Outstanding Researcher 2021

• Jackson, M.D., Tulloch-Reid, M.K., McCaw-Binns, A.M., Aiken, W., Ferguson, T.S., Bennett, N.R., Harrison, L., Badaloo, A., McGrowder, D., Grindley, A. and Walker, E., 2020. Central adiposity at diagnosis may reduce prostate cancer-specific mortality in African- Caribbean men with prostate cancer: 10 year follow-up of participants in a case – control study. Cancer causes & control, 31, pp651-662. “Trends in cardio metabolic risk factors in the Americas between 1980 and 2014: a pooled analysis of population based surveys”
• NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol. Nature. 2020 Jun; 582(7810):73-77
• NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Long term and recent trends in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in 12 high- income countries: an analysis of 123 nationally representative surveys.
• Duncan, J.P., Tulloch-Reid, M.K., Reid-Jones, H. and Figueroa, J.P., 2020. Use of a simplified clinical audit tool to evaluate hypertension and diabetes management in primary care clinics in Jamaica. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 22(7), pp.1275-1281
• Briker, S.M., Hormenu, T., DuBose, C.W., Mabundo, L.S., Chung, S.T., Ha, J., Sherman, A., Tulloch-Reid., M.K., Bergman, M. and Sumner, A.E., 2020. Metabolic characteristics of Africans with normal glucose tolerance and elevated 1-hour glucose: insight from the Americas in America study. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 8(1), p.e000837.

Georgiana Gordon-Strachan (Collaboration with the Faculty of Science & Technology)
Research Project Attracting the Most Research Funds 2021

• Climate studies Group Mona (EDS.) 2020. “The State of the Caribbean Climate”. Produced for the Caribbean Development Bank. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.16732.92808

Trevor Ferguson
Most Outstanding Researcher 2022

• Hypertension and Cardiovascular Health in Afro Caribbean Populations: Identifying Determinants and Potential Interventions.

Angela Rankine-Mullings
Best Research Publication 2022

• Rankine-Mullings., A., Reid, M., Soares, D., Taylor-Bryan, C., Wisdon-Phipps, M., Aldred, K., Latham, T., Schultz, W.H., Knight-Madden, J., Badaloo, A., Lane, A., Adams, R.J. and Ware, R.E. (2021), Hydroxycarbamide treatment reduces transcranial Doppler velocity in the absence of transfusion support in children with sickle cell anemia, elevated transcranial Doppler velocity, and cerebral vasculopathy: the EXTEND trial. Br J Haematol, 195: 612-620.

Helen Baker-Henningham
Research Project with the Greatest Impact on Policy 2022

• Helen Baker-Henningham, Marsha Bowers, Taja Francis, Susan Walker The Irie Classroom Toolbox: a universal violence-prevention teacher-training programme in Jamaican preschools

Georgiana Gordon-Strachan (Collaboration with the Faculty of Science & Technology)
Research Project with the Greatest Impact on Policy 2022

• Risk/Vulnerability Assessments and Preparation of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies/Plans for Five Priority Sectors.

Debbie Thompson
Best Research Publication 2023

• Thompson, D., S., Royal-Thomas, T.Y., Tennant, I. A., Soares, D. P., Byrne, C. D., Forrester, T.E., Gluckman, P.D. & Boyne, M.S. (2022). Liver fat in adult survivors of severe acute malnutrition. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 3690.

Georgiana Gordon-Strachan (Collaboration with the Faculty of Science & Technology)
Best Research Publication 2023

• Francis S, Frank C, Buchanan L, Green S, Stennett-Brown R, Gordon-Strachan G, Rubio-Palis Y, Grant C, Alexander-Lindo RL, Nwokocha C Robinson D, Delogoda R. (2021) Challenges in control of neglected insect vector diseases of human importance in the Anglo-Caribbean. (2021, Dec 1). One Health. 13:100316