- Researcher in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Oxford
Wakithi is a medical doctor who completed his MBChB at the University of Cape Town. His clinical interest in psychiatry has seen him work at various levels of mental health care in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, South Africa. His background prompted a pivot to postgraduate studies in epidemiology and the clinical neurosciences at the University of Oxford, from where his research interest into child and adolescent mental health developed and continues.
Experience
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2024–2024Postdoctoral researcher, University of Giessen
Education
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2024University of Oxford, MSc Clinical & Therapeutic Neuroscience
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2023University of Oxford, MSc Global Health Science & Epidemiology
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2019University of Cape Town, Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery
Publications
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2024Exploring the Relationship Between Public Social Media Accounts, Adolescent Mental Health, and Parental Guidance in England: Large Cross-Sectional School Survey Study, JMIR
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2020The burden of depression and anxiety amongmedical students in South Africa: A cross-sectionalsurvey at the University of Cape Town, SAMJ
Professional Memberships
- International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions
- South African Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions
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- Location: Giessen, Germany
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