Dr Elizabeth Kpozehouen

Dr Elizabeth Kpozehouen

Research Associate

MBBS, Mph, MHM, PhD

Medicine & Health
The Kirby Institute

Elizabeth is a medical doctor trained in China; she has completed, Master of Public Health, Master of Health Management and PhD in Public Health programs at UNSW. Dr Kpozehouen has over 12 years of experience in infectious disease epidemiology research and project management. Elizabeth has experience working as a research associate and project manager at the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in - Immunisation in understudied and special risk populations and CRE in Integrated Systems for Epidemic Response at UNSW. She has published seven peer-reviewed papers on vaccinology as the first author.

In the past 6 years, Dr  Kpozehouen has done research on patient and provider determinants of vaccination in people with cardiovascular disease. She has experience as a clinical trial coordinator for a multi-country randomised clinical trial, “Influenza vaccination after Myocardial Infarction” (IAMI trial), the first and largest RCT to evaluate the effect of in-hospital influenza vaccination on death and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with myocardial infarction. She has published 5 peer-reviewed papers on determinants of vaccination in people with cardiovascular disease as the first author.

She currently works as a Research Associate for the Epiwatch. This AI-driven open-source outbreak observatory captures early epidemic signals globally and rapid epidemic detection. She has published one peer-reviewed paper on artificial intelligence as the first author. Elizabeth also works as a research associate for a randomised clinical trial, “Bushfire smoke, asthma, lung disease and masks (BREATHE trial)”.

Phone
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  • Journal articles | 2024
    Benedict Kpozehouen E; Raina Macintyre C; Tan TC, 2024, 'Coverage of influenza, pneumococcal and zoster vaccination and determinants of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination among adults with cardiovascular diseases in community', Vaccine, 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.05.051
    Journal articles | 2024
    Chen R; Kunasekaran M; Moa A; Lim S; Chughtai AA; Kpozehouen EB; Chen X; Quigley A; Macintyre CR, 2024, 'Respiratory illness of unknown cause as an early signal of the COVID-19 pandemic', Global Biosecurity, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.253
    Journal articles | 2023
    Benedict Kpozehouen E; Arrudsivah B; Tan TC; Raina Macintyre C, 2023, 'Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health care workers in a cardiology department on influenza vaccination', Vaccine, 41, pp. 2349 - 2356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.070
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kpozehouen EB; Tan T; Macintyre CR, 2022, 'Uptake of influenza, pneumococcal and herpes zoster vaccines among people with heart failure and atrial fibrillation', Vaccine, 40, pp. 7709 - 7713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.10.090
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kpozehouen E; Arrudsvah B; Macintyre R; Tan T, 2020, '447 Attitudes of Healthcare Workers Towards Influenza Vaccination and Its Impact on Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. S238 - S238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.454
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kpozehouen E; Tan T; Macintyre C, 2020, '745 Patient, Family and Provider Determinants of Influenza, Pneumococcal and Zoster Vaccination in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. S371 - S371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.752
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kpozehouen EB; Chen X; Zhu M; Macintyre CR, 2020, 'Using Open-Source Intelligence to Detect Early Signals of COVID-19 in China: Descriptive Study (Preprint)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.18939
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kpozehouen EB; Chen X; Zhu M; Macintyre CR, 2020, 'Using open-source intelligence to detect early signals of COVID-19 in China: Descriptive study', JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/18939
    Journal articles | 2017
    Kpozehouen E; Heywood AE; Kay M; Smith M; Paudel P; Sheikh M; MacIntyre CR, 2017, 'Improving access to immunisation for migrants and refugees: recommendations from a stakeholder workshop', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41, pp. 118 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12602
  • Conference Papers | 2023
    Kpozehouen EB; Heywood AE; Menzies R; Seale H; Brotherton J; Raina Macintyre C, 2023, 'Informing the design of a whole of life immunisation register for Australia', in Vaccine, pp. 3011 - 3018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.03.037
    Conference Papers | 2018
    MacIntyre CR; Kpozehouen E; Kunasekaran M; Harriman K; Conaty S; Rosewell A; Druce J; Martin N; Heywood AE; Gidding HF; Wood J; Nicholl S, 2018, 'Measles control in Australia – threats, opportunities and future needs', in Vaccine, pp. 4393 - 4398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.06.022
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Kpozehouen E; Shaibu A, 2017, 'Micro Finance Scheme in Tunduru', in Micro Finance Scheme in Tunduru, Science, Technology and Management Crest Australia (STAMCA), Sydney Australia, presented at 1 st International Conference on Business Research and Ethics, 20-22 Nov 2017, Sydney, Australia, Sydney Australia, 20 November 2017 - 22 November 2017, http://www.icsbe.net.au/Proceedings.aspx
    Conference Papers | 2014
    MacIntyre RR; Menzies R; Kpozehouen E; Jackson Pulver LR; Poulos CJ; Travaglia J, 2014, 'Equity in disease prevention: Vaccines for the older adults – Proceedings of a workshop, Melbourne, Australia 20 June 2014', in Vaccine, Elsevier: 12 months, Lakeside 3, Bayview on the Park Hotel, Melbourne, pp. 5463 - 5469, presented at Equity in disease prevention: vaccines for the elderly, Lakeside 3, Bayview on the Park Hotel, Melbourne, 20 June 2014 - 20 June 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.09.039