Dr Isaac Danat PhD, MPH, MBA, B. Pharm, PGCAP, RPA, SFHEA
Senior Lecturer in Public Health
- Sheffield Institute of Social Sciences
- Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology
- Social and Economic Research Institute
Summary
I am a Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Leader of the Foundations of Epidemiology (FOE A). I hold a PhD degree in public health (Epidemiology and statistics), a Master of Public Health (MPH), an MBA and a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree (B.Pharm). I also have a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education (PGCAP). I am a UKAT Recognised Practitioner in Academic Advising (RPA) and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). I started my career as a registered pharmacist with experience in community pharmacy practice and the pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria before switching to academic public health practice after my MPH (2014) and PhD degrees in the UK (2020)
About
As a Senior lecturer in public health at Sheffield Hallam University, I lead the Foundations of Epidemiology module (FOE A) and teach across other M.Sc. Public health modules, including applied epidemiology (FOE B) and dissertation modules. As an Inspirational Teaching University award winner, I make learning exciting for our students by bringing into teaching my experience from public health practice in developed and developing country settings, including advanced knowledge and skills in epidemiology, statistics and quantitative research. I also transform the lives of our students through well-planned implementation of academic advising and tutoring practice, including mentorship of colleagues and students on the Accomplish Study Programme in Research Excellence (ASPIRE).
I am into research, and my expertise is in epidemiology and statistics, focusing on the determinants and health effects of body weight, dementia risk factors, and all-cause mortality in older adults. My broader research interests include cognitive health, mental health issues, cognitive frailty, dementia protective and risk factors, body weight (like underweight, overweight and obesity) and chronic diseases like cardiovascular diseases and cancers in younger and older adults. I am also interested in research on food insecurity and maternal and under-5 mortality.
I am versatile in using different statistical and related software for research, including SPSS, Stata, and R-statistical programming software. I am interested in quantitative research using longitudinal data (e.g., UK data service, UK biobank, CPRD data), other secondary data (e.g., Demographic and Health Survey data) and advanced statistical methods, including machine learning techniques, to detect or predict health risks and survival. I am also interested in Mixed-method research.
Teaching
Sheffield Institute of Social Sciences
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Subject area:
- Institute of Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Public health
Courses taught: MSc Public Health
Modules taught:
- Foundations of Epidemiology (FOE A)
- Applied epidemiology (FOE B)
- Public health dissertation
Research
Relevant projects:
- Impact of depression and related mental health issues on dementia
- Impact of hybrid teaching on the mental health and wellbeing of university staffs in the UK.
- Interventions for Cognitive Frailty: developing a Delphi consensus with multidisciplinary and multisectoral experts.
- The impact of extended induction on public health students.
Publications
Journal articles
Airemen, I., & Danat, I.M. (2024). Factors associated with under-5 mortality in the south-south region of Nigeria. Discover Public Health, 21 (1). http://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00316-5
Braimoh, T., Danat, I., Abubakar, M., Ajeroh, O., Stanley, M., Wiwa, O., ... Lam, F. (2021). Private health care market shaping and changes in inequities in childhood diarrhoea treatment coverage: evidence from the analysis of baseline and endline surveys of an ORS and zinc scale-up program in Nigeria. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01425-2
Danat, I., Clifford, A., Partridge, M., Zhou, W., Bakre, A.T., Chen, A., ... Chen, R. (2019). Impacts of Overweight and Obesity in Older Age on the Risk of Dementia: A Systematic Literature Review and a Meta-Analysis. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 70 (s1), S87-S99. http://doi.org/10.3233/jad-180763
Bakre, A.T., Chen, R., Khutan, R., Wei, L., Smith, T., Qin, G., ... Ni, J. (2018). Association between fish consumption and risk of dementia: a new study from China and a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Public Health Nutrition, 21 (10), 1921-1932. http://doi.org/10.1017/S136898001800037X
Bakre, A.T., Song, Y., Clifford, A., Chen, A., Smith, T., Wan, Y., ... Chen, R. (2018). Determinants of fish consumption in older people: a community-based cohort study. Journal of Aging Research and Lifestyle, 163-175. http://doi.org/10.14283/jarcp.2018.27
Lang, L., Clifford, A., Wei, L., Zhang, D., Leung, D., Augustine, G., ... Chen, R. (2017). Prevalence and determinants of undetected dementia in the community: a systematic literature review and a meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 7 (2). http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011146
Okafor, I.S., & Danat, I.M. (n.d.). The influence of granulating solvents on drug release from tablets containing grewia gum. Journal of Pharmacy & Bioresources, 1 (1). http://doi.org/10.4314/jpb.v1i1.32053
Other activities
Reviewer for Springer Nature journals: BMC, Contraception and Reproductive Medicine
Postgraduate supervision
I supervise MSc and PhD projects. I have supervised numerous MSc Public health dissertations. I am currently supervising one PhD student and I welcome research proposals from prospective PhD students.