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Dewi Nur Aisyah

Dewi Aisyah

Dewi Nur Aisyah is an epidemiologist working at Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Disease – Health Policy Research Group, Universitas Indonesia. She has been awarded Indonesia Presidential Scholarship at 2014 and currently undertaking PhD Fellowship at Institute of Health Informatics, University College London. She was previously assigned as Program Development Manager at INDOHUN (Indonesia One Health University Network) and led many multidisciplinary projects, including Global Health True Leaders that was conducted in 4 Asian countries. After several years’ experiences in some research centers in Indonesia, she built networks and involved in many international collaboration researches across Southeast Asia and some European countries. 

Current Research

The overall aim of Dewi's research is to improve the understanding of hepatitis C epidemiology aiming to inform public health strategies working towards HCV eradication. This project includes a case study of hepatitis C which is currently being conducted in Guernsey, which is chosen due to its well-established health care infrastructures, the opportunity to treat the HCV patients with the new treatment funded by the government, and supported by a well characterised high risk populations on the area with little migration that creates fantastic opportunity to assess the feasibility of hepatitis C eradication in closed population on a larger scale. The study will investigate the true prevalence of hepatitis C among high-risk individuals who access clinical services in Guernsey and use full-length viral genome sequencing assess the HCV transmission and viral evolution on the island to inform future work around treatment and eradication.

Awards

  • National Winner of Imagine Cup Student Competition in World Citizenship Category (April 2016)
  • Indonesia Presidential Scholarship from Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education       (2014-2018)
  • Master Program Studentship from Indonesia Ministry of Higher Education (2011-2012)
  • The Most Outstanding Student in Public Health Faculty, Universitas Indonesia (April 2009)  
  • Finalist of Imagine Cup Student Competition in Design for Development Category (July 2009)
  • Altech Young Scientist Award (May 2009)

Research Output

Dewi N Aisyah, Laura Shallcross, Alice J. Hully, Andrew Hayward. 2016. Understanding Factors Associated with Hepatitis C Spontaneous Viral Clearance: A Meta-Analysis. Conference Proceeding. European Association for Study of the Liver (EASL) Special Conference. Paris, 23-24 September 2016. 

DN Aisyah, L Shallcross, A O’ Brien, AJ Hully, A Hayward. Assessing Hepatitis C Spontaneous Clearance and Understanding Associated Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (Submitted to Lancet Infectious Disease)