Emmanuel Peprah

Associate Professor of Global and Environmental Health

Professional overview

Dr. Emmanuel Peprah’s research interests lie at the confluence of understanding what, why, and how some evidence-based interventions work in some populations and not others. The programattic focus of his research is understanding the contextual factors that influence the burden of co-morbidity in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH), with a particular focus on cardiovascular disease risk factors and mental health. As the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continues to increase, there is an opportunity to integrate NCD management into HIV care with implemention strategies that leverage the global infrasturcture designed to improve care delivery for PLWH. Dr. Peprah has built collaborations with multidisciplinary teams of investigators, both nationally and internationally, to address the high burden of comorbidity in PLWH globally.  He is also the founder of the Baakoye Foundation, a nonprofit philanthropic organization dedicated to serving people in sub-Saharan Africa, and co-founder of the Washington Leaders Index (WLI), which aims to empower the next generation of emerging leaders through active, innovative, and inclusive leadership programs. Both nonprofit organizations serve the needs of children and people globally within the domains of education and health.

Before joining GPH, Dr. Peprah was a senior program official at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he worked with senior leadership to oversee strategic planning, initiative development, and implementation of research priorities in the areas of translational research, implementation science, and global health. He led and managed HIV/AIDS programs and a $10 million portfolio as part of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Program. He was instrumental in launching the Human, Heredity, and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Initiative, a multimillion trans-NIH program, and served on its executive board. Dr. Peprah has received several awards for strategic planning, management, and implementation of large-scale NIH programs.

Education

BS, Biology, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX

PhD, Molecular Biology & Biomedical Science, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN

Honors and awards

NIH Director’s Award for Leadership H3Africa Stage II Team: For exceptional leadership and dedication in implementing Stage II of the Human Heredity and Health in Africa program (2018)

NHLBI’s Director's for Outstanding Service (2018)

NHLBI’s Director's for Outstanding Service Partnership/Collaboration Award for bringing multiple disciplines together to understand HIV-related co-morbidities and prepare for the challenges presented by the complex conditions of the new HIV era (2018)

NHLBI’s Director's for Outstanding Translational Science Award for demonstrating exemplary leadership and service in advancing translation research (2017)

Federal Service Career Promotion (2016)

NHLBI’s Director's for Outstanding Translational Science Award as part of the Center for Translational Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS) Leadership Team for demonstrating exemplary leadership and service in advancing CTRIS’s translation (2016)

NHLBI’s Director's for Breath of Fresh Air (Innovation) award for exemplary work evaluating NHLBI’s support for multi-project research grants and proposing creative and innovative enhancements to the NHLBI’s program project grants (PPG) (2016)

NHLBI’s Director's for Learning Environment Award for fostering a learning environment through effective administration, knowledge sharing, and thoughtful implementation of the NHLBI R35 Program (2016)

NHLBI’s Director's for Partnership/Collaboration in recognition of outstanding collaborative efforts in developing a conceptual framework for the NHLBI R35 program to provide greater funding stability and flexibility to investigators (2015)

NIH Director's Common Fund Leadership Award for the NIH Common Fund Early Independence Award Program (2013)

NIH Director's Award as a member of the Common Fund Global Health Leadership Team for outstanding service in the coordination of the Common Fund Global Health Initiatives (2012)

Certificate of Appreciation for Invited Presenter, NIH Seminar Series, STEM Careers (2012)

Certificate of Appreciation for Invited Presenter, Washington Mathematics Science Technology Public Charter High School, Washington, DC (2012)

Leadership Award, Postdoctoral Fellows Research Symposium Committee, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (2008)

Areas of research and study

Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-based Programs

HIV/AIDS

Implementation science

Inter-organizational Networks

Translational science

Publications

Publications

Mapping age- and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2018

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Mapping age- and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2018

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Mapping age- and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2018

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Temitope Ojo, Joyce Gyamfi, Nessa Ryan, Emmanuel Peprah. Development of the Contextual Index of Feasibility for Early-Stage Implementation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (CATALYTIC Tool). 15th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and

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The overlapping burden of the three leading causes of disability and death in sub-Saharan African children

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Toward a Theory of the Underpinnings and Vulnerabilities of Structural Racism : Looking Upstream from Disease Inequities among People Who Use Drugs

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Using a Syndemics Framework to Understand How Substance Use Contributes to Morbidity and Mortality among People Living with HIV in Africa : A Call to Action

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2021 APHA Conference 
•       APHA Conference Moderator - HIV and Gender Oct 24, 2021
•       Moderated guest presenters on HIV, gender and syndemics

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An emerging syndemic of smoking and cardiopulmonary diseases in people living with HIV in Africa

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Applying the WHO ICD-MM classification system to maternal deaths in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria : A retrospective analysis from 2014–2018

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Assess : A comprehensive tool to support reporting and critical appraisal of qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods implementation research outcomes

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Characterization of Medical Conditions of Children with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States : Findings from the 2007-2018 National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS)

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Characterization of Neurological Complications Among Children with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States : Findings from the 2007-2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

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Evidence-based interventions implemented in low-and middle-income countries for sickle cell disease management : A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

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Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

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Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health : all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

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Global, regional, and national sex-specific burden and control of the HIV epidemic, 1990–2019, for 204 countries and territories : the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019

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Implementation science research for the scale-up of evidence-based interventions for sickle cell disease in africa : a commentary

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Joyce Gyamfi, Emmanuel Peprah, Gbenga Ogedegbe. Mapping implementation strategies for delivering evidence-based hypertension interventions in low-middle income countries: Evidence from a multi-country consortium for hypertension control. American Public

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Joyce Gyamfi, Siphra Tampubolon, Justin Lee, Farha Islam, Temitope Ojo, Jumoke Opeyemi, Yuki Qiao, Andi Mai, Dorice Vieira, Emmanuel Peprah. Characterization of Medical Conditions of Children with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States: Findings from t

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Joyce Gyamfi, Siphra Tampubolon, Justin Lee, Farha Islam, Temitope Ojo, Jumoke Opeyemi, Yuki Qiao, Andi Mai, Dorice Vieira, Emmanuel Peprah. Characterization of Neurological Conditions of Children with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States: Findings f

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Mapping subnational HIV mortality in six Latin American countries with incomplete vital registration systems

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Nessa Ryan, Anya Snyder, Siphra Tampubolon, Emmanuel Peprah. Successes and challenges of intervention and implementation strategies addressing maternal health and racism in the US: A scoping review. International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

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Nessa Ryan, Dorice Vieira, Dena Goffman, Evan Chioma Egekeze, Anya Snyder, Magdalena Lyimo, Obiageli Nnodu, Emmanuel Peprah. Successes and challenges of intervention and implementation strategies addressing maternal health and racism in the US: A scoping

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Nessa Ryan, Dorice Vieira, Temitope Ojo, Joyce Gyamfi, Emmanuel Peprah. Validating ASSESS: A comprehenSive tool to Support rEporting and critical appraiSal of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods implementation reSearch outcomes. American Public

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