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ACADEMIC STAFF PROFESSIONAL PROFILE FORM

1. Personal Data

Name: Dr. Francisca Atieno O. Ongecha

Title/Qualifications: Dr./ MBChB, M.Med (Psychiatry)

Department/Unit/Section: Medicine, Therapeutics, Dermatology & Psychiatry

Contact Address: P. O. Box 34646-00100 NAIROBI, KENYA

Position: Lecturer

Area of Specialization: Psychiatry

Research Interests:

Psychotrauma

Substance use related issues & Research management

HIV /AIDS & women’s mental health

1. Conference Presentations

S/No Presenter Title of Paper presented

City/Country Date of Conference

Funding (US$)

1. Dr. FA Ongecha Owuor

Substance abuse among Motor vehicle accidents survivors attending Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

ARUSHA, TANZANIA

2004 Self/ Glaxo Smithkilme Kenya (GSK)

2. Poster-Dr. FA Ongecha Owuor

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among motor vehicle accident survivors attending orthopaedic clinic, Nairobi, Kenya

USA, MARYLAND

2010 Fogarty International Centre, NIH

2. Research

S/ No

Researcher Year Title Donor Funding (US$)

1. Prof. David Ndetei/Dr. Francisca Ongecha/ Dr. Donald Kokonya/Ms. Victoria Mutiso-Nairobi Psychotherapy Institute

2001-2003

„The Information,

Needs and

Resources Analysis

(INRA) Survey‟, to

establish Kenya‟s

capacity for

collecting

information on drug

abuse

UNODCCP

2

2. Dr. Francisca Ongecha 2004 Posttraumatic stress

disorder among

motor vehicle

accident survivors

(MVA) attending

the orthopaedic and

trauma clinic at

Kenyatta National

Hospital in Nairobi

Kenya

Self

3. Prof. Ndetei, Dr. Francisca Ongecha, Dr. Kokonya, Ms. Victoria Mutiso, Mr. Gideon Odhiambo(Africa Mental Health Foundation)

2004 „Linkages between

drug abuse and

HIV/AIDS in

Kenya”

UNODC 16000

4. Africa Mental Health Foundation

2004 Audit of Psychiatric

Morbidity among

in-patients at

Mathari Hospital

AMHF

5. Africa Mental Health Foundation

2005 „Mental health

issues and

associated factors

among students in

public secondary

schools in Nairobi,

Kenya”, 2005.

AMHF

6. Prof. David Ndetei/Dr. Francisca Ongecha/ Dr. Donald Kokonya/Ms. Victoria Mutiso/Dr. Lynn Khasakhala -Africa Mental Health Foundation

2006 „Mental Health In

General Hospitals

And Facilities And

The Attitudes Of

The Staff‟

WHO

7. Ms. Alison Drake,

Dr. Francisca

Ongecha, Prof.

Carey Fraquhar,

Dr.James Kiarie,

Dr.Alison Roxby,

2007-2010

“HSV-2 suppression

to reduce HIV-1

RNA levels during

pregnancy and

breastfeeding: a

randomized double-

Puget

Sound

Partners

for Global

Health &

NIH-FIC

3

Richardson Barbara,

Dr.Grace John-

Stewart, prof.Mbori

Dorothy Ngacha

blind clinical trial”

8. Dr. Francisca

Ongecha, Dr. James

Kiarie, Prof. carey

Farquhar

2010-2011

“Prevalence of

undiagnosed

Psychiatric

Morbidity and Its

Impact on

Adherence and

Utilization of

Prevention of

Mother to Child

Transmission

(PMTCT) services”.

NIH/FIC 16500

9. Prof. Patrick Kenya,

Dr. Francisca

Ongecha, Mr.

Francis Oguya

2010-2011

The Assessment Of

HIV Prevalence

And Related Risk

Behaviour Among

Injecting drug Users

In Nairobi And

Coast Provinces Of

Kenya

UNODC 48000

3. Funded projects

S/ No Researcher Year Title Granting Body Funding (US$)

Dr. Francisca Ongecha & Dr. Stephen Mutiso

2012/3 Initiative on Research Innovation and Management(MEPI-iRIM)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

92,463

As above

4. Publications :

A. Author of Sixteen (16) chapters in THE AFRICAN TEXTBOOK OF CLINICAL

PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH. Editor: Professor David Musyimi Ndetei,

Assisted by Prof. Christopher P. Szabo, Prof. Tarek Okasha and Dr. John Mburu

Together with: Dr. Benson Gakinya, Prof. Gad Kilonzo, Prof. Duncan Ngare, Dr. Anne

Obondo, Dr. Francisca Ongecha-Owuor, Prof. Ruthie Rono, Prof. Mohamedi Boy

Sebit, B.

S/No. Author Year Title Journal ISBN/ISSN

4

Reference No.

1. Ongecha-

Owuor FA., Kathuku D.,

Othieno C.,

and Ndetei

D.M.

2004 Posttraumatic

stress

disorder

among motor

vehicle

accident

survivors

(MVA)

attending the

orthopaedic

and trauma

clinic at

Kenyatta

National

Hospital in

Nairobi

Kenya

East Africa Medical Journal

2. Ndetei D.M,

Gakinya B.,

Ongecha

FA., Omar

A., et al.

2004 Traumatic

grief among

bereaved

parents of a

school fire

tragedy

World psychiatric Journal

3. Ndetei D.M.,

Othieno C.J,

Mutiso V.,

Ongecha

FA.,

Kokonya

D.A. et al.

2006 Psychometric

properties of

an African

Symptoms

Check List

Scale: The

Ndetei-

Othieno-

Kathuku

Scale.

East Africa Medical Journal

4. Ndetei D.M.,

Ongecha F.,

Malow

R.M.,

Onyancha J.,

Mutiso V.,

Kokonya

D.A., et al.

2006 Next

Priorities for

Intervention

in Kenya:

Results from

a Cohort

Study of

Drug Use,

HIV and

HCV

Patterns in

International Psychology

Reporter

5

Five Urban

Areas. 5. Ndetei DM.,

Khasakhala

L.,

Ongecha F.,

Mutiso V.,

and Kokonya

D.

.

2007 Outcome of a

working

diagnosis of

“psychosis”

in relation to

DSM-IV

diagnostic

criteria in a

Kenyan in-

patient

cohort at

Mathari

hospital,

Nairobi

African Health Sciences

6. Ndetei DM.,

Ongecha-

Owuor F.,

Khasakhala

L., Syanda

J., Mutiso

V., Othieno

CJ.,

Odhiambo

G., and

Kokonya D.

2007 Bullying in

public

secondary

schools in

Nairobi,

Kenya

Journal of Child and

Adolescent Mental Health

7. Ndetei DM.,

Ongecha-

Owuor F.,

Khasakhala

L., Mutiso

V.,

Odhiambo

G., and

Kokonya D.

2007,

2007 Traumatic

experiences

of Kenyan

secondary

school

students.

Journal of Child and

Adolescent Mental Health

8. DM Ndetei,

FA

Ongecha, V

Mutiso, M

Kuria, LI

Khasakhala,

DA Kokonya

2007 The

challenges of

human

resources in

mental health

in Kenya.

South Africa Psychiatry Rev

6

9. Ndetei DM.,

Khasakhala

L.,

Ongecha-

Owuor F.,

Kuria M.,

Mutiso V.,

Syanda J.,

and Kokonya

D.

2008 Attitudes

toward

Psychiatry:A

Survey of

Medical

Students at

the

University of

Nairobi,

Kenya.

Academic Psychiatry,

http://ap.psychiatryonline.org

10. Ndetei DM.,

Khasakhala

L., Maru H.,

Pizzo M.,

Mutiso V.

,Ongecha-

Owuor FA.,

and Kokonya

D.

2008 Clinical epidemiology in

patients admitted at Mathari

Psychiatric Hospital, Nairobi,

Kenya.

Social

Psychiatry

Epidemiology

11. Alison

Drake,

Francisca

Ongecha,

Alison

Roxby,James

Kiarie, Anna

Wald et al

2011 Valacyclovir Suppressive

Therapy Reduces HIV-1

RNA Levels During

Pregnancy: Results of a

Randomized Clinical Trial

12. Consultancy and community service

S/No. Consultant (s)

Consulting Person/ Body/ Organization

Year Title Consultancy Service

Payment (US$)

1. Several Population Council 2002 Translation into

Swahili and

cultural

adaptation of the

Beck‟s

Depression

Inventory (BDI)

and Quality of

Life (QOL) tools

and pilot testing

2. Dr. Francisca Ongecha & Prof. David

United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda(UNICTR)

2004-2006 Training on Psychotrauma and basic counseling skills

7

Ndetei for staff of UNICTR

3. Dr. Francisca Ongecha

International Criminal Court 2008-2010 Psychosocial Expert for victims/witnesses of genocide & war in DRC & CAR

4. Dr. Francisca Ongecha

Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS./Kenya Prisons Services

2009 Behavioural

Change and

Communication

Training of

Trainers for the

Prevention of

drug abuse and

HIV in prisons

settings

5. Prof. Patrick Kenya, Dr. Francisca Ongecha, Mr. Francis Oguya

UNODC/NASCOP/NACC 2010/2011 Rapid situation assessment of injecting drug abuse and HIV related risk behaviours

6. Prof. Patrick Kenya, dr. Francisca Ongecha, Mr. Francis Oguya

NASCOP/WHO/UNODC 2011/2011 Developing National guidelines for people who use drugs in Kenya

13. Affiliation to Professional Bodies

S/No Name of professional body

1. Kenya Medical Association

2. Kenya Psychiatric Association

3. Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)

14. National and International awards and Recognitions

S/No Name of award or Recognition

Awarding Organization/Body Year

1.

2. Fogarty International Scholar

National Institute of Health, FIC 2007

3. Fogarty International Fellow

National Institute of Health, FIC 2008/09 & 2009/10

4. Outstanding work on

behalf of those affected by

the August 7th, 1998 Bomb

USAID 2002

8

Blast

5. Successful delivery of a

training program on

„Psycho-Trauma And

Basic Counseling Skills

UNICTR 2006

15. External Examination (if any)

S/No Institution Year

None

16. Supervision of postgraduate students (if any)

S/No Name of student

Thesis title Status of project(e.g.First year etc)

1. Mr. James Okwatch

Patient satisfaction among adult patients at Mathari Hospital

Proposal defense- 2nd year

2. Mr. James Chembeni

Community Mental health Proposal development-2 nd year

3. Mrs. Veronica Ogada

Stress and

coping among

Kenyatta

University 1st

year regular

undergraduate

students: A

case study of

Main

Campus,

Nairobi’

Proposal defense-First year

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11. Patents (if any)

S/No None

12. Administrative positions held to date Departmental Academic advisor-2011 to date