Dr Evans A Asamane

Evans Asamane

Institute of Applied Health Research
Research Fellow/Project Manager

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+44 (0)7835781821
Email
e.a.asamane@bham.ac.uk
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@Evans_atiah
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Murray Learning Centre
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Asamane is a nutritionist and worked previously as a district nutrition officer with the Ghana Health service for 5 years in the areas of maternal and child health nutrition.

As a Marie-Sklodowska Curie early stage researcher at the University of Birmingham (UK), Dr Asamane obtained his PhD exploring nutrition and physical function of ethnic older minorities, using mixed methods. Afterwards, he worked as an applied qualitative health researcher at Keele University (UK) on two randomised controlled trials: Increasing Physical activity In Older People with Chronic Pain (iPOPP) and the PROvision of braces for Patients with knee OsteoArthritis (PROP OA) trials.  

Presently, he is working as a research fellow/project manager on the Maachiwara project (cluster RCT) a low-cost, scalable, and adaptable community intervention to reduce diarrhoea and improve the growth of young children in urban-poor and rural Mali.

Dr Asamane’s primary research interests are in maternal and child health, dietary assessment techniques, community-based evaluations and interventions, ethnic minority health and ageing.

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Qualifications

  • PgCert in Higher Education, University of Birmingham, 2019
  • PhD in Public Health Nutrition, University of Birmingham, 2019
  • MMedSci Human Nutrition, University of Sheffield, 2015
  • BSc (Hons) in Community Nutrition, University for Development Studies, Ghana, 2010

Biography

Dr Evans Asamane is a native of Bongo-Soe, in Ghana, West Africa. He completed his bachelor’s degree in community nutrition at the University for Development Studies (Ghana) in 2010. Afterwards, Dr Asamane worked as a district nutrition officer with the Ghana Health service for 5 years in the areas of maternal and child health nutrition. As a nutrition lead, he collaborated with international organisations to design, implement and evaluate numerous community-based interventions/projects.

In 2014, he won the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship to study for his master’s degree in Human Nutrition at the University of Sheffield (UK). As part of this master's dissertation, he conducted a research in Zambia to explore the importance of meat consumption among men in urban and rural communities.

Subsequently, he was recruited as a Marie-Sklodowska Curie early stage Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham (UK). While working as an early career researcher, Dr. Asamane obtained his PhD exploring nutrition and physical function of ethnic older minorities.

Dr Asamane later joined Keele University as an applied qualitative health researcher on two randomised controlled trials, where he led the process evaluations and other qualitative research aspects within these projects.

Presently, at the University of Birmingham, he is working as a research fellow/project manager on the Maachiwara project (cluster RCT) a low-cost, scalable, and adaptable community intervention to reduce diarrhoea and improve the growth of young children in urban-poor and rural Mali. 

Dr Asamane’s primary research interests are in public health nutrition and physical activity, dietary assessment techniques, community-based evaluations and interventions, ethnic minority health and ageing. Dr. Asamane has presented his research findings to the general public and academic audiences at several international conferences all over the world and has several peer reviewed publications.

Publications

Asamane EA,Marinda PA, Khayeka-Wandabwa C, Powers HJ. Nutritional and social contribution of meat in diets: Interplays among young urban and rural men. Appetite. 2020 Sep 11:104959. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1blC%7EiVKTX240

Asamane E.A, Greig C.A, Thompson, J.L. The association between nutritional status, nutrient intake and physical function of community-dwelling ethnically diverse older adults: A longitudinal study. BMC Nutrition 16, 1021 (2020). DOI: 10.1186/s40795-020-00363-6

Doody P, Aunger J.A, Asamane E.A, Lord JM, Greig C.A, Whittaker A.C. Frailty Levels in Geriatric Hospital paTients (FLIGHT) - The prevalence of frailty amongst geriatric populations within hospital ward settings: A systematic review protocol” BMJ Open 2019;9:e030147. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030147

Aunger J.A, Asamane E.A, Davis E.T, Greaves C, Greig CA. A novel behavioral INTErvention to Reduce Sitting Time versus usual care in older adults undergoing orthopedic surgery (INTEREST): results of a randomized controlled feasibility study. Annals of behavioural Medicine 2020 doi: 10.1007/s40520-020-01475-6

Asamane E.A, Greig C.A, Thompson, J.L. Social networks and their influences on nutrient intake, nutritional status and physical function in community-dwelling ethnically diverse older adults: A mixed-methods longitudinal study. BMC Public Health 20, 1011 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09153-y. https://rdcu.be/b5dFi

Asamane, E.A.; Greig, C.A.; Aunger, J.A.; Thompson, J.L. Perceptions and Factors Influencing Eating Behaviours and Physical Function in Community-Dwelling Ethnically Diverse Older Adults: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study. Nutrients 2019, 11, 1224. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11061224

Rodrigues B, Asamane EA, Magalhães R, Sousa N, Thompson JL, Santos NC. The association of dietary patterns with cognition through the lens of neuroimaging—a systematic review. Ageing Research Reviews. 2020 Aug 17:101145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2020.101145

Whittaker AC, Asamane EA, Aunger JA, Bondarev D, Cabbia A, Doody PD, et al. Physical Activity and Nutrition INfluences in Ageing: Current Findings from the PANINI Project. Adv Geriatr Med Res. 2019;1:e190005. https://doi.org/10.20900/agmr20190005

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