Amina Abubakar
Alma materKenyatta University
Tilburg University
AwardsRoyal Society Pfizer Award 2016
Scientific career
InstitutionsKenya Medical Research Institute

Lancaster University

Utrecht University

Amina Abubakar is a Kenyan associate Professor of Psychology and Public Health at Pwani University. She is a research fellow at the Kenya Medical Research Institute. Her research considers the developmental delay in children who have HIV, malnutrition and malaria. She is an honorary fellow at the University of Oxford.

Early life and education

Abubakar earned a Bachelor of Education at Moi University, then studied educational psychology at Kenyatta University.[1] She completed her PhD at Tilburg University in 2008. Her research looked at factors that contributed to risk and resilience of infants in Sub-Saharan Africa.[2] She was a postdoctoral fellow at Utrecht University and the Kenya Medical Research Institute.[3][4][5]

Research and career

In 2014 Abubakar joined Lancaster University as a Marie Curie Fellow.[6] She holds a Medical Research Councill Department for International Development African Research Leaders award.[7] She has developed strategies to identify, monitor and rehabilitate at-risk children.[7] She conducted a study of how contextual factors influence well-being in over 7,000 adolescents across 24 countries.[8][9] She has identified successful interventions to support the psychological development of HIV positive children in East Africa.[10] She found that there was no correlation between the depressive symptoms of mothers and health outcomes of African children.[11]

Abubakar was appointed associate professor at Pwani University in 2016.[12] She is the lead of the neuroscience research group in Kilifi.[13] She was the 2016 winner of the Royal Society Pfizer Award.[14] In 2017 she published the Handbook of Applied Developmental Science in Sub-Saharan Africa.[15] That year she was appointed a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Culture and Human Development". International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. Archived from the original on 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  2. ↑ Abubakar, Amina; Van De Vijver, Fons J.R.; Mithwani, Sadik; Obiero, Elizabeth; Lewa, Naomi; Kenga, Simon; Katana, Khamis; Holding, Penny (May 2007). "Assessing Developmental Outcomes in Children from Kilifi, Kenya, Following Prophylaxis for Seizures in Cerebral Malaria". Journal of Health Psychology. 12 (3): 417–430. doi:10.1177/1359105307076230. ISSN 1359-1053. PMC 4825880. PMID 17439993.
  3. ↑ Abubakar, Amina; Holding, Penny; Van de Vijver, Fons J.R.; Newton, Charles; Van Baar, Anneloes (2009-11-27). "Children at risk for developmental delay can be recognised by stunting, being underweight, ill health, little maternal schooling or high gravidity". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 51 (6): 652–659. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02193.x. PMC 2919164. PMID 19951363.
  4. ↑ Abubakar, Amina; Holding, Penny; Van Baar, Anneloes; Newton, Charles R. J. C.; Van de Vijver, Fons J. R.; Espy, Kimberly Andrews (2013-09-04). "The Performance of Children Prenatally Exposed to HIV on the A-Not-B Task in Kilifi, Kenya: A Preliminary Study". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 10 (9): 4132–4142. doi:10.3390/ijerph10094132. PMC 3799506. PMID 24008985.
  5. ↑ "Handbook of African Educational Theories and Practices" (PDF). Human Development Resource Centre. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  6. ↑ Safdar, Saba; Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza (2015-04-29). Psychology of gender through the lens of culture : theories and applications. Safdar, Saba F.,, Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza. Cham. p. 408. ISBN 9783319140056. OCLC 908336077.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. 1 2 "Prof. Amina Abubakar - Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders, IDeAL". Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders, IDeAL. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  8. ↑ Globally, Forum on Investing in Young Children; Board on Children, Youth; Health, Board on Global; Medicine, Institute of; Council, National Research (2014-08-18). Participant Biographies. National Academies Press (US).
  9. ↑ "Measurement Invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Student's Life Satisfaction Scale Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults Across 23 Cultural Contexts - Forskning - Aarhus Universitet". pure.au.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  10. ↑ "Invited Speakers". www.issbd2014.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  11. ↑ "African children better off - study | IOL Lifestyle". Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  12. ↑ "Meet The Team | Neuro Development". neurodev.kemri-wellcome.org. Archived from the original on 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  13. 1 2 "AAS Fellows in Kenya". African Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  14. ↑ "2016 Royal Society Pfizer Award Seminar with Dr Amina Abubakar". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  15. ↑ Abubakar, Amina; Van De Vijver, Fons J.R (2017-11-17). Handbook of Applied Developmental Science in Sub-Saharan Africa. Abubakar, Amina,, Van de Vijver, Fons J. R. New York, NY. ISBN 9781493973286. OCLC 1017978244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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