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Prof. Vincent O. Onywera Ph.D, ISAK 2

Position/Status

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Outreach

E-mail Address

vonywera@kcau.ac.ke

Academic Qualification

  • 2004 -2007: Kenyatta University (Ph.D)

    • Title of Thesis: “The African Running Phenomenon. The Role of Genetics, Nutrition and Demographic Factors in Explaining the Success of Kenyan Runners in International Distance Running”

  • 2000-2002: Kenyatta University (Master of Education: Physical Education and Health)

    • Title of Thesis: “Analysis of Acute Injuries incurred by Players during the 2001 Moi Golden Cup Soccer Tournament”

  • 1995-1999: Kenyatta University {B. Ed} (Physical and Health Education) – First Class Honors

Professional work and courses related to my area

  • 2011: Kenyatta University – Kinanthropometry (ISAK 2)
  • 2009: Visiting Scholar, Healthy Active Living and Obesity (HALO) Research Group – Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
  • 2007: Stellenbosch University, South Africa
    Course: Kinanthropometry (ISAK 1)
  • 2004: University of Glasgow
    Course: Laboratory Techniques in Exercise Physiology, Literature review etc.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations

  • Member, International Physical Activity and the Environment Network (IPAN)
  • Member, American College of Sports Medicine(ACSM)
  • Member, International Union for Health Promotion and Education(IUHPE)
  • Member, Consortium for Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) Prevention and Control in sub-Saharan Africa (CNCD-Africa
  • Member, International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICHPER·SD) Research.
  • Member, African Physical Activity Network(AFPAN)
  • Member, Canadian Obesity Network
  • Founder member, Kenya International Development Study-Canadian Activity Needs (KIDS-CAN)Research Alliance
  • Member, Africa Association of Health, PE, Recreation, Sport and Dance-(AAHPERSD)
  • Member, the Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance in Kenya (NCDAK)

Profile

Professor Vincent O. Onywera is the Pioneer Deputy Vice Chancellor Research, Innovation and Outreach at KCA University, Kenya. He is a Professor of Exercise and Sports Science with over twenty-two (22) years of teaching and research experience, twelve (12) of which he has served at senior level in University Management. He holds a PhD (Exercise and Sports Science) where his research focus was on the role of genetics, nutrition and sociocultural factors in explaining the phenomenon performance of Kenyan middle and distance runners, M.Ed in Physical and Health Education and a Bachelor of Education (First Class Honors) in Physical and Health Education from Kenyatta University. He is a Physical Activity and Active Transport Researcher with extensive national and international research networks. Vincent has worked as the Director of the Center for International Programmes and Collaboration at Kenyatta University. He has served as the pioneer Registrar in-charge of Research, Innovation and Outreach at Kenyatta University for more than 8 years. He is a former Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor Research, Innovation and Outreach at Kenyatta University. Prof.Onywera was instrumental in the establishment of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Academy at Kenyatta University as well as the establishment of the blueprint for a Kenyatta University Sports Complex complete with a stadium and recreation centre. Vincent has published over 165 publications comprising 120 articles in refereed journals, 3 book chapters, 4 conference proceedings, and 35 conference abstracts. He has competitively secured over Ksh. 150,000,000 (Ksh.150 million) worth of research and development grants from various international funding agencies. As Director for the Centre for International Programmes and Collaboration, he was successful in fundraising over 3,999,125 Euros (Approximately Ksh. 519,886,250) jointly with other collaborating institutions through the European Union Intra-ACP academic mobility scheme. Vincent is involved in a number of national, regional and international academic endevours aimed at capacity building, surveillance and research focusing on healthy active living in the greater Eastern Africa and Great Lakes Region (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi and Southern Sudan) and beyond. He is/was involved in various research endeavors and collaborations such as:

  • The Kenya healthy diet and active Lifestyle Infrastructure for the Next generation (Kenya-LINX). The project aims at integrating social, exercise and health sciences, education and engineering disciplines to quantify the features and quality of physical
    activity for health and wellness.
  • Building higher education and research capacity to address the physical activity and nutrition transition in Kenya: the Kenya-Finland education and research alliance (KENFIN-EDURA).
  • Assessment of physical activity and active transport among school children in Eastern, Western and Southern Regions of Africa: The case of Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria. This is a 3 year IDRC funded research project.(The PAAT Study).
  • The Kenyan International Development Study- Canadian Activity Needs (KIDS-CAN) Research Alliance. This is an alliance that brings together two countries (Kenya and Canada) to fight childhood obesity and promote physical activity.
  • The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) Research Group whose aim is to is to determine the relationship between lifestyle characteristics and obesity in a large multi-national study of children, and to
    investigate the influence of behavioural settings, and physical, social and policy environments on the observed relationships from over 14 countries from six major regions of the world (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and the
    Pacific)
  • The African Higher Education Leadership in Advancing Inclusive Innovation for Development project (AHEAD). A partnership between 4 HEIs from Europe (Romania, Poland, UK, and Italy), 1 SME from Bulgaria, 5 HEIs from Kenya, 2 HEIs from Tanzania and 3 HEIs from Uganda. The project seeks to enhance the management, governance, teaching, research and evaluation capacities of Partner Country HE Is in view of enabling them to implement the knowledge triangle and better integrate their research,
    education and innovation functions in support of innovation for sustainable development and inclusive growth.
  • The Knowledge, Integration and Transparency in Education (KITE) project. A capacity building project funded by the European union to support staff and student academic mobility in the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries of Cameroon, Republic
    of Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Namibia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Gambia, Cape Verde, Senegal, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Coordinated by Masaryk University in the Czech Republic.
  • The Canada and Mexico Battling Childhood Obesity (CAMBIO) Research Group which was a multidisciplinary, international network of investigators participating in a project to enhance research capacity in the field of Childhood Obesity;

Deputy Vice Chancellor Research, Innovation and Outreach has a citation index of 9001, h-index of 40 and i10-index of 94.
Prof. Vincent is a mentor, academic advisor and supervisor to several undergraduate and graduate students within the Eastern African Region and beyond.

  • 2023 to date: Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Innovation and Outreach
  • 2015 to 2022: Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, Exercise and Sports Science, Kenyatta University.
  • 2010 to 2015: Senior Lecturer, Department of Recreation Management and Exercise Science, Kenyatta University.
  • 2013-2016: Affiliate Investigator, The Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (CHEO RI).
  • 2010: Appointed Associate Professor, Centre for Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science, University of Venda, South Africa (Declined)
  • 2006 -2010: Lecturer, Department of Recreation Management and Exercise Science, Kenyatta University
  • 2006: Deputy Director, IAAF Athletics Academy, Kenyatta University
  • 2002 – 2005: Tutorial Fellow, Department of Exercise, Recreation and Sport Science, Kenyatta University
  • 2000 – 2002: Graduate Assistant, Department of Exercise, Recreation and Sport Science
  • 1999-2000: Head of PE and Sports: Augustana Academy, Nairobi

Research Interest

  • Physical Activity and active transportation for health and well-being
  • Kinanthropometry
  • The remarkable performance of Kenyan runners
  • Fitness Testing and Exercise prescription for various populations

Area of Specialization:

  • Exercise and Sports Science

Project / Research Grants

S/No. Researcher Year Title Granting Body Funding US$/CAN $/€
1. Gareth Stratton, Vincent Onywera, Joy Wachira, George Owino, Sinead Brophy, Huw Summers and  Nils Swindell. 2019-2021 Kenya healthy diet and active Lifestyle Infrastructure for the NeXt generation (Kenya-LINX) British Academy   £299,429
2. Mikael Fogelholm and Vincent Onywera 2017-2020 Building higher education and research capacity to address the physical activity and nutrition transition in Kenya: the Kenya-Finland education and research alliance (KENFIN-EDURA) Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland   € 517,500
3. Vincent Onywera 2016-2017 Active Cities As Catalysts For Well-Being In Africa: The Case Of Nairobi, Accra And Johannesburg The International Olympic Committee(IOC) through the Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme   $ 19,500
4. Vincent Onywera, Mark Tremblay and Richard Larouche 2013 Assessment of physical activity and active transport among school children in eastern, western and southern regions of Africa: the case of Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria. International Development Research Centre (IDRC)   $ 449,200
5. Vincent Onywera and Mark Tremblay 2012 Assessment of physical activity and active transport among school children in Sub-Saharan Africa: Development of a research framework International Development Research Centre (IDRC) $16,000
6. Vincent Onywera 2012 Travel grant to enable me attend the 13th World Congress on Public Health in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 23-27 April 2012. International Development Research Centre (IDRC)   $1,970
7. Vincent Onywera  and Mark Tremblay 2011-2014 International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE). Pennington Biomedical Research Centre. $ 140,000
8. A.W. Sheel, B. Wilson J. Rupert V. Onywera 2009-11 Kenyan running: lungs, genes, sport and peace Martha Piper Research Fund $25,000
9. Onywera Vincent 2011 Support to attend the 14th Biennial South African Sports Medicine Congress. 18 – 20 October, 2011, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. UCT/IUHPE $ 2,000
10. Vincent Onywera,Mark Tremblay, Stella Muthuri and Lucy Joy Wachira 2011 Assessment of selected Non-Communicable Disease risk factors among school-aged children in Kenya   African Initiative $ 10,000
(Declined)
11. Vincent Onywera, Mark Tremblay, Ian Jansen and Juan Lopez 2010-2011 Strengthening CAMBIO – KIDS-CAN Collaboration to fight childhood obesity in Canada, Mexico and Kenya through joint research, publication and related academic activities. CAMBIO – Teasdale-Corti Research Team on Childhood Obesity (Canada –Mexico) $ 7,000.
12. Andrew William Sheel, Brian Wilson, James Rupert and Vincent Onywera 2010-2011 Kenyan Running: Lungs, Genes, Sport and Peace The University of British Columbia Martha Piper Research Fund $ 25,000
13. Onywera Vincent 2009 Visiting scholar grant HALO Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; University of Ottawa, Kenyatta University $ 13,000
14. Onywera Vincent 2008 Kinathropometry Centurion Kit Ross Craft President’s Mini Grant $ 5,000
15. Mark S. Tremblay, Kristi Adamo, Vincent Onywera, Bill Sheel,Mike Boit and Judith Waudo 2007-2008 Kenyan International Development Study-Canadian Activity Needs Research Alliance(KIDS-CAN) Canadian Institutes of Health Research $ 25,000
16. Mike Boit, V.Onywera, F.Kiplamai and G.Theuri 2007 Mombasa International Athletics Conference (Co-Investigator)   Mombasa International Athletics Conference $ 11,300
17. Mike Boit and V.Onywera, F.Kiplamai and G.Theuri 2007 IAAF IAAF Elite Coach Course for Anglophone Africa $11,300
18.  Mike Boit,V.Onywera, F.Kiplamai and G.Theuri (Co-investigator) 2007 IAAF IAAF Elite Coach Course for Anglophone Africa $15,000
19. Barry W. Fudge, Klaas R. Westerterp, Festus K. Kiplamai, Vincent O. Onywera, Michael K. Boit, Bengt Kayser and Yannis P. Pitsiladis 2005 An application of state-of-the-art technologies to the study of elite east African runners: The effects of an ACSM recommended fluid replacement strategy on thermoregulation and running performance in elite Kenyan distance runners. SUUNTO Oy, Vantaa, Finland €3,000
20. Vincent O. Onywera, Barry W. Fudge, Klaas R. Westerterp, Festus K. Kiplamai, Michael K. Boit, Bengt Kayser and Yannis P. Pitsiladis 2005 Demographic characteristics of elite Kenyan endurance runners The Royal Society Small Project Grant €1,050
21. Barry W. Fudge, Klaas R. Westerterp, Festus K. Kiplamai, Vincent O. Onywera, Michael K. Boit and Yannis P. Pitsiladis 2004 Could a hypocaloric diet be responsible for the success of Kenyan endurance runners in world athletics? The Carnegie Trust of Scotland €750
22. Njororai, S, Andanje, M and Onywera, V 2004-2005 Factors Affecting the Growth and Development of Soccer in East Africa FIFA $17,000

Courses Taught At Both Undergraduate And Postgraduate Levels

  • Foundations of Sports Science
  • Functional Human Anatomy
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Kinanthropometry
  • Physical Fitness and Evaluation
  • Nutrition and Sport Performance
  • Applied Exercise Physiology
  • Principles of Training and Conditioning
  • Sports Performance and Ergogenic Aids
  • Laboratory Methods in Human Movement and Performance

Postgraduate Supervision

  • Sylvester William Onyango Hayker (H87/23270/2010), Determinants of Active Transportation Among 10-12 Years Old School Children in Nairobi City County, Kenya. Graduated with a Ph.D in 2020.
  • Michael David Otieno (E88/52224/2017), Influence of Socio-Cultural Environment on Talent Identification for Rugby Players in Rugby Clubs in Kenya. Graduated with a Ph.D in 2020.
  • Peter Bukhala. Enhancing the Physical Activity Level of Learners With Intellectual Disability Through Peer Tutoring: The Case of Special Olympics Clubs in Nairobi County –Kenya. Graduated with a PhD in 2012.
  • Sandra Kasoma-I84/10306/06: Effect Of Regular Physical Activity on Functional Independence In The Elderly In Uganda: The Case Of The Bakateyamba Home. Graduated with a PhD in 2011.
  • Constance A. N Nsibambi – I84/10304/06: Assessment of health-related fitness of 6 to 9 year old primary school pupils in Mukono and Wakiso districts, central Uganda. Graduated with a PhD in 2010.
  • Francis Mundia Mwangi (H87/13314/2009). Assessment of Lung Capacity and Pulmonary Function Parameters of Kenyan Elite Distance Runners During Maximal and Sub-Maximal Endurance Exercise Performance. Graduated with a PhD in 2013.
  • Lucy Joy Muthoni Wachira (H87/20079/10).Assessment of Physical Activity, Dietary Patterns and Screen time habits  among children  in Nairobi County, Kenya. Graduated with a PhD in 2014.
  • Ismail Nathaniel Pangani (H87/21876/2010).Assessment of Overweight, Obesity and Their Risk Factors Among Primary School Children In Tanzania: The Case of Dar Es Salaam City Council. Graduated with a PhD in 2015.
  • Esther Nduku Muia (H87/13269/2009). Prevalence of the female athlete triad among junior female long distance runners in Iten, Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya. Graduated with a PhD in 2015.
  • Selina Chebet (H87/21947/2010). Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Doping Among Elite Kenyan Middle and Long Distance Runners. PhD: Graduated with a PhD in 2014.
  • Maureen Awuor Okoth (H60/12702/2009). Assessment ff Overweight, Obesity, Physical Activity and Dietary Practices among Adolescents Attending Day Secondary Schools in Kisumu East District. Graduated with an MSc in 2013.
  • Lydia Cherono Talai-N50/OL/15945/06: Occupational Accidents, Awareness and Prevention in Hotels within Eldoret Town. Graduated in 2011
  • Wandera Besweri (2006/HD06/MSS).Assessment of Selected Physical Fitness Components of the Uganda National Soccer Team –The Cranes.Graduated 2011.
  • Janet Achieng Otin (REG.NO.H60/12707/09). Overweight and Obesity among Pre-School Children in Kibera Slums in Relation to Feeding Practices and Physical Activity. Second Year
  • Angela Wamucii Nduru(H108/10484/08).Assessment Of Physical Activity Participation And Snacking During Recess By Children In Selected Private Primary Schools in Westlands Division, Nairobi County. MSc. Second year
  • Lucy Joy Wachira –I56/13740/05: Use of Exercise Therapy in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus by adult Diabetics at Kenyatta National Hospital. MSc. Graduated in 2008
  • Julia Githanga-I56/13056/05: Metabolic Equivalents for old persons living in the homes for the aged in Kenya. MSc. Graduated in 2008
  • Luka Waiganjo-I56/10309/06: Assessment of Employee’s Awareness of Exercise Ergonomics in Banking Institutions in Nairobi. MSc, Graduated in 2008.
  • Lewis Ramsey– I56/10308/06: Management of Middle and Long Distance Athletes in Kenya. MSc, Graduated in 2008
  • Charles Ahenda– D53/OL/13370/04: Management of Soccer: The case study of Siaya District. MBA: Graduated, 2008
  • Julius Kirwa. Managing athletes in transition. IAAF Finished, 2008
  • Rehema Apio. Hydration patterns of Ugandan Athletes. IAAF Finished, 2008.
  • Francis Njeru Karugu ( H108/CE/15681/2008). Self- Regulation of Energy Intake and Expenditure in Prevention and Management of Overweight and Obesity among University Students in Nairobi Province. Graduated with an MSc in 2014.
  • Mureithi Purity Kagwiria (I56/CE/11784/2007). Determinants of women’s participation in recreation activities in Kibera slums, Nairobi, Kenya. Awaiting graduation with an MSc.

Selected Publications: Books, Refereed publications & Non Refereed publications

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  • Lang JJ, Zhang K, Agostinis-Sobrinho C, Andersen LB, Basterfield L, Berglind D, Blain DO, Cadenas-Sanchez C, Cameron C, Carson V, Colley RC, Csányi T, Faigenbaum AD, García-Hermoso A, Gomes TNQF, Gribbon A, Janssen I, Jurak G,
    Kaj M, Kidokoro T, Lane KN, Liu Y, Löf M, Lubans DR, Magnussen CG, Manyanga T, McGrath R, Mota J, Olds T, Onywera VO, Ortega FB, Oyeyemi AL, Prince SA, Ramírez-Vélez R, Roberts KC, Rubín L, Servais J, Silva
    DAS, Silva DR, Smith JJ, Song Y, Stratton G, Timmons BW, Tomkinson GR, Tremblay MS, Wong SHS, Fraser BJ. Top 10 International Priorities for Physical Fitness Research and Surveillance Among Children and Adolescents: A Twin-Panel
    Delphi Study. Sports Med. 2023 Feb;53(2):549-564. doi: 10.1007/s40279-022-01752-6. Epub 2022 Aug 24. PMID: 36001291; PMCID: PMC9399984.
  • Ramírez Varela, A., Hallal, P. C., Mejía Grueso, J., Pedišić, Ž., Salvo, D., Nguyen, A., Klepac, B., Bauman, A., Siefken, K., Hinckson, E., Oyeyemi, A. L., Richards, J., Salih Khidir, E. D., Inoue, S., Amagasa, S., Jauregui, A.,
    da Silva, M. C., Lee, I., Ding, M., Kohl, H. W., III, Ekelund, U., Heath, G. W., Powell, K. E., Foster, C., Memon, A. R., Doumbia, A., Rather, A. R., Razzaque, A., Diouf, A., Hino, A. 6 A., Damasceno, A., Abebe, A. D., Florindo,
    A. A., Mannocci, A., Aringazina, A., Juričan, A. B., Poffet, A., Decelis, A., Carlin, A., Enescu, A., Ochoa Avilés, A. M., Kontsevaya, A., Somhegyi, A., Vuillemin, A., El Hamdouchi, A., Théodore, A. A., Masanovic, B., Lynch,
    B. M., Medina, C., del Campo, C., Abdeta, C., Moreways, C., Ranasinghe, C., Howitt, C., Cameron, C., Jurakić, D., Martinez-Gomez, D., Tladi, D., Diro, D. T., Adlakha, D., Mitić, D., Bjelica, D., Biernat, E., Chisati, E. M.,
    Lambert, E. V., Cerin, E., Lee, E., Riso, E., Cañete Villalba, F., Assah, F., Lovrić, F., Araya-Vargas, G. A., La Torre, G., Cruz, G. I. N., Baltaci, G., Al Sabbah, H., Nalecz, H., Nashandi, H. L., Park, H., Revuelta-Sánchez,
    I., Nusurupia, J. J., Zamora, J. L., Kopcakova, J., Brazo-Sayavera, J., Oppert, J., Nie, J., Spence, J. C., Bradley, J. S., Mota, J., Mitáš, J., Chen, J., Hylton, K. S., Fromel, K., Milton, K., Borodulin, K., Moustapha, K.
    A., MartinezFolgar, K., Nasreddine, L., Christiansen, L. B., Malisoux, L., Malete, L., Grepo-Jalao, L. C., Monteiro, L. Z., Al Subhi, L. K., Dakskobler, M., Alnaji, M., Garro, M. C., Hagströmer, M., Murphy, M. H., Mclaughlin,
    M., Rivera-Morales, M., Scheinowitz, M., Shkodra, M., Piątkowska, M., Chaudhury, M., Alrashdi, N. Z., Mutrie, N., Murphy, N., Ahmad, N. H., Obeidat, N. A., Gómez, N. Y. R., Liangruenrom, N., Arnesto, O. D., Flores-Flores, O.,
    Incarbone, O., Chimeddamba, O., Bovet, P., Magalhães, P., Jousilahti, P., Katewongsa, P., Gómez, R. A. L., Shihab, R. A., Ocansey, R., Veress, R., Marine, R., Carrizales-Ramos, R., Saeed, S. Y., El-Ashker, S., Green, S., Kasoma,
    S., Beretervide, S., Baldew, S., Nichols, S., Khoo, S., Hosseini, S. A., Goenka, S., Gholamalishahi, S., Kosen, S., Compernolle, S., Enescu, S. P., Popovic, S., Paudel, S., Andrade, S., Titze, S., Davidson, T., Dusingizimana,
    T., Dorner, T. E., Kolbe-Alexander, T. L., Huong, T. T., Sychareun, V., Jarevska-Simovska, V., Puloka, V. K., Onywera, V., Wendel-Vos, W., Dionyssiotis, Y., & Pratt, M. (2022). Status and Trends of Physical
    Activity Surveillance, Policy, and Research in 164 Countries: Findings from the Global Observatory for Physical Activity—GoPA! 2015 and 2020 Surveys. Journal of Physical Activity and Health (published online ahead of print
    19 Dec 2022). Retrieved Jan 12, 2023, from https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jpah/aop/article-10.1123-jpah.2022-0464/article10.1123-jpah.2022-0464.xml
  • Wachira LJ, Hayker SO, Larouche R, Oyeyemi AL, Prista A, et al. (2022) Physical activity and active transportation behaviour among rural, peri-urban and urban children in Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria: The PAAT Study. PLOS ONE
    17(1): e0262768. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262768.
  • Wachira, L-J., Arena, R., Sallis, J.S., Lambert, E.V., Ong’wen, O.M., Laddu, D.R., Onywera, V., Oyeyemi, A.L.(2022). Why are COVID-19 effects less severe in Sub-Saharan Africa? Moving more and sitting less may
    be a primary reason. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. Available online 27 April, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2022.04.012.
  • Lucy-Joy Wachira, Stella Muthuri, Sophie Ochola, Vincent Onywera & Mark Tremblay(2021). Association between dietary behaviours and weight status of school children: results from the International Study of Childhood
    Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) -Kenya, Child and Adolescent Obesity, 4:1, 1-22,DOI: 1080/2574254X.2020.1842014
  • Julia K. Zakrzewski-Fruer, Fiona B. Gillison, Mark S. Trambley, Onywera. “Association between breakfast frequency and physical activity and sedentary time: a cross-sectional study in children from 12 countries” BMC Public Health (2019) 19:222
  • Qian Xiao, MPH, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Timothy Olds, Mikael Fogelholm, Gang Hu, MD, Estelle V. Lambert, Carol Maher, Jose Maia, Vincent Onywera, Olga L. Sarmiento, Martyn Standage, Mark S. Tremblay, Catrine Tudor-Locke, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, “Sleep characteristics and health-related quality of life in 9- to11-year-old children from 12 countries” for the ISCOLE Research Group, Elsevier, Journal of National Sleep Foundation, Nov. 2019.
  • Vitti, Ambra, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Elias Villiger, Vincent Onywera, and Beat Knechtle. “The “New York City Marathon”: participation and performance trends of 1.2 M runners during half-century.” Research in Sports Medicine(2019): 1-17.
  • Barreira T.V., S.T. Broyles, C. Tudor-Locke, J.-P. Chaput, , M. Fogelholm, G. Hu, R. Kuriyan, E.V. Lambert, C. Maher, J. Maia, T. Olds, Onywera, O.L. Sarmiento, M. Standage, M.S. Tremblay, and P.T. Katzmarzyk for the ISCOLE Research Group. Epidemiological transition in physical activity and sedentary time in children. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2019.
  • Onywera VO, Larouche R, Oyeyemi AL, Prista A, Akinroye KK, Heyker S, Owino GE, Tremblay MS. Development and convergent validity of new self-administered questionnaires of active transportation in three African
    countries: Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria. BMC public health. 2018 Dec;18(1):1018.
  • Wachira LM, Muthuri SK, Ochola SA, Onywera VO, Tremblay MS. Screen-based sedentary behaviour and adiposity among school children: Results from International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE)-Kenya. PloS one. June 2018;13(6):e0199790.
  • Chaput JP, Barnes JD, Tremblay MS, Fogelholm M, Hu G, Lambert EV, Maher C, Maia J, Olds T, Onywera V, Sarmiento OL. Inequality in physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep duration and risk of obesity in children:
    a 12‐country study. Obesity Science & Practice. April 2018.
  • Silva DA, Chaput JP, Katzmarzyk PT, Fogelholm M, Hu G, Maher C, Olds T, Onywera V, Sarmiento OL, Standage M, Tudor-Locke C, Tremblay MS. Physical Education Classes, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior in
    Children. Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 2018 May;50(5):995-1004.
  • Mugo JW, Onywera V, Waudo J, Otieno OG. Functionality of Elderly Persons: A Comparison Between Institutionalized and Non–Institutionalized Elderly Persons in Nairobi City County, in Kenya. World Journal of Public Health. 2018 Mar 23;3(1):9.
  • Chaput, J. P., Barnes, J. D., Tremblay, M. S., Fogelholm, M., Hu, G., Lambert, E. V., … & Katzmarzyk, P. T. (2018). Inequality in physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep duration and risk of obesity in children: a 12‐country study. Obesity science & practice, 4(3), 229-237.
  • Chaput JP, Tremblay MS, Katzmarzyk PT, Fogelholm M, Mikkilä V, Hu G, Lambert EV, Maher C, Maia J, Olds T, Onywera V. Outdoor time and dietary patterns in children around the world. Journal of Public Health. 2018
    Apr 19.
  • Chaput JP, Barnes JD, Tremblay MS, Fogelholm M, Hu G, Lambert EV, Maher C, Maia J, Olds T, Onywera V, Sarmiento OL. Thresholds of physical activity associated with obesity by level of sedentary behaviour in children. Pediatric obesity. 2018 Mar 24.
  • Larouche, R., Mire, E. F., Belanger, K., Barreira, T. V., Chaput, J. P., Fogelholm, M., … & Tremblay, M. S. (2019). Relationships between outdoor time, physical activity, sedentary time, and body mass index in children: A 12-country study. Pediatric exercise science, 31(1), 118-129.
  • Barreira T.V., S.T. Broyles, C. Tudor-Locke, J.-P. Chaput, , M. Fogelholm, G. Hu, R. Kuriyan, A. Kurpad, E.V. Lambert, C. Maher, J. Maia, V. Matsudo, T. Olds, Onywera, O.L. Sarmiento, M. Standage, M.S. Tremblay, P. Zhao and P.T. Katzmarzyk for the ISCOLE Research Group. Epidemiological transition in physical activity and sedentary time in children from 12 countries. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.
  • Gomes TN, Katzmarzyk PT, Hedeker D, Fogelholm M, Standage M, Onywera V, Lambert EV, Tremblay MS, Chaput JP, Tudor-Locke C, Sarmiento O. Correlates of compliance with recommended levels of physical activity in children. Scientific reports. 2017 Nov 28;7(1):1-1.

Conferences & Chapters

Participation / Attendance of conference/ Workshops

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  • 2019 Kenya Academy of Sports Workshop, Naivasha, 9th October 2019
  • 2019 Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), presentation on Strategies for identification and equipping institutions for the CBC pathways with special reference to Arts and Sports Pathway. 8th October 2019
  • 2019 Kenyatta University Biennial Research and Innovation Conference, 23rd – 25th October 2019
  • 2018 2nd Universal Health Coverage conference, Nyeri county, September 11th – 13th , 2018.
  • 2018 The 3rd International Conference on Physical Activity and Sports for Health and Development in Africa (PASHDA), The University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana,19th -21st September 2018.
  • 2018 The 5th Obesity Africa Annual Symposium 2018 November 24, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • 2016 2nd International Conference on Physical Activity and Sports for Health and Development in Africa (PASHDA) Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya,21st – 23rd September 2016
  • 2016 Research, Technology and Innovation Workshop for Academic Members of staff, Machakos University College, 15th – 16th September 2016
  • 2016 Fourth International Annual Scientific Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Science in Africa, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya,24th – 26th August 2016
  • 2016 Universities And Research Institutions 1st Biennial Conference on the State of Higher Education in Kenya Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, 22nd – 25th August 2016
  • 2016 University Data Validation Workshop, Egerton University, 27th – 28th June 2016.
  • 2016 ACU Development Research Uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa(DRUSSA) Leadership and Benchmarking Conference, Reduit, Mauritius, from 25-27 April 2016
  • 2015 3rd Federation of African Nutrition Societies Conference, Arusha, Tanzania, 28th – 30th May, 2015; paper presented: The Balance of Nutrition and Physical Activity to Manage NCD Risk Factors
  • 2015 Research Project Meeting and SASMA Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 19th – 24th October 2015.
  • 2014 Kenyatta University culture week seminar, October 22,2014
  • 2014 25th Congress of the Nutrition Society of South Africa and the 13th Congress of the Association for Dietetics in South Africa,Johannesburg,South Africa, September 16-19, 2014
  • 2014 Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children, Toronto, Canada in May 19-22 2014.
  • 2014 Kenya Medical Association 42nd Annual Scientific Conference 23-26 April 2014. Watamu, Malindi, Kenya
  • 2013 The IUNS 20th International Congress of Nutrition, held in Granada, Spain between September 15-20, 2013.
  • 2013 Workshop on Neighbourhood Environment Walkability Scale(NEWS)-African Training held between August 19-21,2013 at Kenyatta University, Kenya

Presentation of papers at academic and professional conferences

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21 – 40
41 – 68

Presenter(s) Title of Paper presented
Vincent Onywera Towards promotion of physical activity for good health and long life. A paper presented during the 5th  Obesity Africa Annual Symposium 2018 November 24, Nairobi, Kenya.
Vincent Onywera Thinking Globally and Acting Locally: The Need to Promote Physical Activity to Preserve Africa’s Pride. A keynote presentation made during the 3rd International Conference on Physical Activity and Sports
for Health and Development in Africa (PASHDA) held at The University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana  from 19th -21st September 2018.
Vincent O. Onywera, Richard Larouche, Adewale L. Oyeyemi, Antonio Prista, Kingsley K. Akinroye, Sylvester Heyker, George E. Owino and Mark S. Tremblay

 

 Development and convergent validity of new self-administered questionnaires of active transportation in three African countries: Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria. A paper presented during the 3rd International
Conference on Physical Activity and Sports for Health and Development in Africa (PASHDA) held at The University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana from 19th -21st September 2018.
Vincent Onywera Non-Communicable Diseases
Risk Factors- Physical Activity. A paper presented during the second universal health coverage conference held  at the green hills hotel, Nyeri county, September 11 – 13, 2018.
Vincent Onywera and Mark Tremblay Towards Addressing the Physical Activity Transition in Africa; The KIDSCAN Research Alliance.  A paper presented during the 2nd International Conference on Physical Activity and Sports for Health and
Development in Africa (PASHDA) Kenyatta University, 21st – 23rd September 2016
Vincent Onywera Strategic partnership for enhanced research, innovation and uptake in Africa: The KIDSCAN Research Alliance. A paper presented during the Fourth International Annual Scientific Conference of the Society for the
Advancement of Science in Africa, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya,24th – 26th August 2016
Vincent Onywera Facilitating Research Through E-resources and How to Write a Publishable Paper: From the Title to Reference. Papers presented during the Research, Technology and Innovation Workshop for Academic Members of staff,
Machakos University College, 15th – 16th September 2016
Vincent Onywera  Strategic partnership for enhanced research, innovation and uptake in Africa: The KIDSCAN Research Alliance. Paper presented during the Commission For University Education In Collaboration With: Universities And
Research Institutions 1st Biennial Conference On The State Of Higher Education In Kenya Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, 22

nd – 25th August 2016
Vincent Onywera  Facilitating Research through e-resources, Elsevier Science and Technology e-resources forum, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya 9th August 2016.
Vincent Onywera  Fanning the old flame: Towards promoting and supporting sports culture in Kenya KNATCOM, UNESCO and Kenyatta University’s Culture symposium, Kenyatta University, 3rd – 5th August 2016
James Sallis, Adewale Oyeyemi, Vincent Onywera, Kingsley Akinroye, Sandra Kasoma, Rufus Adedoyin, Tracy Kolbe-Alexander, Mark Tremblay. In Symposium: Measuring Physical Activity Environments in Africa:
NEWS-Africa. 		NEWS-Africa: Developing a Built Environment Survey Measure for Africa. In Symposium: Measuring Physical Activity Environments in Africa: NEWS-Africa. Presented during the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition
and Physical Activity. Cape Town, South Africa. June 9, 2016.
Vincent Onywera  Towards promotion of physical activity for healthy living: The Need For An Intersectoral Approach. A keynote paper delivered at the University of Mauritius on 20th November 2015. 
Vincent Onywera  Physical Activity Programs among School Children in Kenya. A paper presented at the African Population and Health Research Centre on 25th November, 2015
Vincent Onywera  Exercise is Medicine in Kenya: Prospects and promise. A paper presented during the SASMA 2015 Congress at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on 20-22 October 2015.
Vincent Onywera  New and emerging cultural trends: the need for healthy, active lifestyles in order to protect Kenya’s sporting excellence and promote health and wellbeing. A paper presented during the Kenyatta University culture
week seminar, October 22
nd 2014.
Vincent Onywera  Is Africa ready for the current Physical Activity Transition? A paper presented at the JOINDAF2014 Conference, The Pedagogical University, Maputo, Mozambique, September 18th-19th 2014.
Vincent O.Onywera , Lucy J. Wachira , Stella K. Muthuri  and Mark S. Tremblay The ISCOLE study:  Methods and preliminary results from Kenya. 25th Congress of the Nutrition Society of South Africa and the 13th Congress of the Association for Dietetics in South Africa to be held in Johannesburg
on September 16-19, 2014
Tremblay MS, Boyer C, Muthuri SK, Wachira L-J, Onywera VO, Longmuir PE, Okinda F, Leduc G, Chaput J-P. Comparison of child physical literacy scores between Canada and Kenya. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Annual Scientific Conference (St. John’s), October, 2014.
Lucy-Joy M. Wachira, Stella K. Muthuri, Mark S. Tremblay, Vincent O. Onywera. Association Between BMI and Percent Body Fat Status and Screen-Based Sedentary Activity of Kenyan Urban School Children: Results From ISCOLE-Kenya. Presented at the Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children,
Toronto, Canada, Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2014; 11(Supp 1): S126-S198.

Symposia / Workshop/conference Organization

  • Secretary, Kenyatta University Biennial Research and Innovation Conference, Kenyatta University, 23rd – 25th October 2019.
  • Chairman LOC, Committee on the 6th RUFORUM 2018 Biennial Conference, KICC, 22nd – 27th October 2018.
  • Co-Organizer: 1st International colloquium in physical education, Exercise and Sports Science, Kenyatta University,8th November 2018.
  • Coordinator: Scientific workshop and launch of the adolescent food atlas, Kenyatta University, 9th November 2018.
  • Chairman LOC: 2nd International Conference on Physical Activity and Sports for Health and Development in Africa (PASHDA) Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya,21st – 23rd September 2016
  • Committee Member: Fourth International Annual Scientific Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Science in Africa, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya,24th – 26th August 2016
  • Committee Member: Universities and Research Institutions 1st Biennial Conference on the State of Higher Education in Kenya Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, 22nd – 25th August 2016
  • Co-Coordinator: Workshop on the ‘Assessment of physical activity and active transport among school children in Eastern, Western and Southern regions of Africa: the case of Kenya, Nigeria, and Mozambique’ held in September 18th – 22nd Maputo, Mozambique.
  • Coordinator: The NEWS-Africa Training Workshop, held in August 19-21, 2013 at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Scientific Committee: Physical Activity and Sports for Health and Development in Africa. Maputo, Mozambique, March 25-29, 2014.
  • Mark Tremblay, Vincent Onywera, Shuichi Obuchi and Esko Malkia. Global physical activity transitions: Emerging measurement and therapeutic opportunity? The World Confederation of Physical Therapists Congress 20th – 23rd June, 2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Coordinator, Nestle Nutrition Institute Africa (NNIA) ISAK Level 1 and 2 Training Workshop held at Kenyatta University from January 31st to February 4th, 2011.
  • Chairman LOC, 2010 East Africa University Pre-Games International Symposium held at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya on the 16th -18th November, 2010.
  • Chair of Scientific Program Committee and Local Organizing Committee member: 17th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Comparative Physical Education and Sport (ISCPES), Nairobi/Kenya 6-8 June 2010
  • Deputy symposium Director: The IAAF/KU Symposium to coincide with the 35th edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Mombasa, Kenya, 19th-24th March 2007. Title: Nutrition for athletic performance.
  • Deputy Symposium Organizer: “East African Running: A Cross Discipline Perspective”, Glasgow, 15th May 2004. 1st International Centre for East African Running Science (ICEARS).

Papers In Conference Proceedings

  • Wandera, B., Ddumba, R., Nsibambi, C. A. N., Onywera, V and Thompson. Trunk flexibility levels of Uganda national football team –The Cranes. Proceedings of the 9th Biennial Conference for African Association for Health,
    Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (AFAHPER-SD), 13th -15th September 2011.
  • Muthoni, W. J. and Onywera, O.V. Factors affecting participation in physical activity and adherence to exercise programmes by persons living with diabetes mellitus. Proceedings of the 9th Biennial Conference for African
    Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (AFAHPER-SD), 13th -15th September, 2011.
  • M.S. Tremblay, V. Onywera, K.B. Adamo. A child’s right to healthy active living – Building capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa to curb the impending physical activity transition: The KIDSCAN Research Alliance. In S. Bennett and
    M. Pare (Eds.) 20th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, STM Learning, Inc. Publishers, p. 97-110, 2010.
  • Onywera V.O, Mwisukha A and Njororai. W.W.S (2001): Sports as a means of resolving conflicts in Institutions of Higher Learning in East Africa. Higher Education in Africa: Issues in Management and Leadership: Selected Proccedings of the 1st International Congress on Transformation of Higher Education Management and Leadership for Efficacy in Africa, August 17th – 21st, 2001, Nairobi, Kenya.

Chapters in Books

  • Vincent O. Onywera and Michael K.Boit (2010).Kenyan Runners: Their way of Living.  Title of the book: Traditional and Indigenous Games and Sports in Africa. Editors: L.O. Amusa & A.L.  Toriola. Publishers: WWW Publishing (PTY) LTD, MOKOPANE, South Africa. ISBN 978-32467-8-1
  • Onywera VO and Boit  MK. East African runners: Their genetics, lifestyle and athletic prowess. Medicine and Sport Science 54:102-109, 2009.
  • Robert A. Scott, William H. Goodwin, Bezabhe Wolde, Vincent O. Onywera, Mike K. Boit, William O’Connell and Yannis P. Pitsiladis (2007). Evidence For The ‘Natural’ East African Athlete. In Pitsiladis Y.P., J Bale, C Sharp, T Noakes (Editors) East African Excellence in Distance Running – Nature or Nurture? Routledge Taylor & Francis Group

Publications (Abstracts)

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21 – 40

  • Larouche R, Mire EF, Belanger K, Barreira TV, Chaput JP, Fogelholm M, Hu G, Lambert EV, Maher C, Maia J, Olds T, Onywera V, Sarmiento OL, Standage M, Tudor-Locke C, Katzmarzyk PT, Tremblay MS. (2018). Relationships
    between outdoor time, physical activity, sedentary behavior and obesity in children: a 12-country study. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 15 (Suppl. 1), S71.
  • Chaput JP, Katzmarzyk PT, LeBlanc AG, Tremblay MS, Barreira TV, Broyles ST, Fogelholm M, Hu G, Kuriyan R, Kurpad A, Lambert EV, Rae DE, Maher C, Maia J, Matsudo V, Onywera V, Sarmiento OL, Standage M, Tudor-Locke
    C, Zhao P, Church TS, Olds T. Associations between sleep patterns and lifestyle behaviors in children: an international comparison. Obesity Facts 2015; 8 (Suppl. 1): 112 (European Congress on Obesity, Prague, Czech
    Republic).
  • Lang JJ, Longmuir P, LeBlanc A, Chaput JP, Lambert EV, Muthuri S, Onywera V, Wachira LJ, Tremblay MS. Correlates of objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in Canadian,
    Kenyan, and South African children. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 40(S1):S37, 2015.
  • Katzmarzyk P.T., T.S. Church, J.P. Chaput, G. Hu, A. Kurpad, E.V. Lambert, J. Maia, V. Matsudo, T. Olds, V. Onywera, O.L. Sarmiento, M. Standage, M.S. Tremblay, C. Tudor-Locke and P. Zhao. The International Study
    of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE). Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2012;15; 6(Suppl.):62. Fourth International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health. Sydney, Australia,
    October 2012.
  • Lang J.J., P. Longmuir, A.G. LeBlanc, J.-P. Chaput, E.V. Lambert, S. Muthuri, V. Onywera, L.J. Wachira and M.S. Tremblay. Correlates of objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and cardiorespiratory
    fitness in Canadian, Kenyan, and South African children. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism 2015;40(S1):S37. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Annual General Meeting, Hamilton, Ontario, October 2015.
  • Wachira L.J., S. Muthuri, V. Onywera and M.S. Tremblay. The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE-Kenya): Protocols, Experiences, and Advice for African Countries. Physical
    Education and Sport Think-Tank and Exercise Medicine Ghana Annual Conference, Accra, Ghana, June 2013.
  • Barreira T.V., J. Schuna Jr, C. Tudor-Locke, J.P. Chaput, T.S. Church, M. Fogelholm, G. Hu, R. Kuriyan, A. Kurpad, E.V. Lambert, C. Maher, J. Maia, V. Matsudo, T. Olds, V. Onywera, O.L. Sarmiento, M. Standage,
    M.S. Tremblay, P. Zhao and P.T. Katzmarzyk. Reliability of accelerometer-determined moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in children: A 12 country study. International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity
    and Movement (ICAMPAM), Limerick, Ireland, June 2015.
  • Odindo F.O., S.K. Muthuri, L-JM. Wachira and V.O. Onywera and M.S. Tremblay. Assessment of health related physical fitness and motor skill ability of 9-11 year old school children in Nairobi County, Kenya. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2014;11(Suppl.1):S179.
    Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children, Toronto, ON, May 2014.
  • Wachira L-J. M., S.K. Muthuri, M.S Tremblay and V.O. Onywera. Association between BMI and percent body fat status and screen-based sedentary activity of Kenyan urban school children: Results from ISCOLE-Kenya.
    Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2014;11(Suppl.1):S196. Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children, Toronto, ON, May 2014.
  • Muthuri SK, L-J. M. Wachira, V.O. Onywera and M.S. Tremblay. Socioeconomic differences in objectively measured overweight/obesity and physical activity in Kenyan school children: Results from ISCOLE-Kenya. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2014;11(Suppl.1):S178.
    Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children, Toronto, ON, May 2014.
  • LeBlanc A.G., P.T. Katzmarzyk, J.-P. Chaput, M. Fogelholm, G. Hu, A. Kurpad, E.V. Lambert, C. Maher, J. Maia, V. Matsudo, T. Olds, V. Onywera, R. Kuriyan, O.L. Sarmiento, M. Standage, C. Tudor-Locke, P. Zhao and
    M.S. Tremblay. National representativeness of the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism 2014;39(S1):S27. Canadian Society for Exercise
    Physiology Annual General Meeting, St. John’s, Newfoundland, October 2014.
  • LeBlanc AG, P.T. Katzmarzyk, T.V. Barreira, S.T. Broyles, J.-P. Chaput, T.S. Church, M. Fogelholm, G. Hu, R. Kuriyan, A. Kurpad, E.V. Lambert, C. Maher, J. Maia, V. Matsudo, T. Olds, V. Onywera, O.L. Sarmiento,
    M. Standage, C. Tudor-Locke, P. Zhao and M.S. Tremblay. Correlates of sedentary behaviour across 12 countries: The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE).  International Society of
    Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Conference. Abstract Booklet: 216. Edinburgh, UK, June 2015.
  • Barreira T.V., S.T. Broyles, J.-P. Chaput, M. Fogelholm, G. Hu, R. Kuriyan, A. Kurpad, E.V. Lambert, J. Maia, V. Matsudo, C. Maher, T. Olds, V. Onywera, O.L. Sarmiento, M. Standage, M.S. Tremblay, C. Tudor-Locke,
    P. Zhao, T.S. Church and P.T. Katzmarzyk.  Relationship between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and social economic status across 12 countries: The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment
    (ISCOLE). International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Conference. Abstract Booklet: 216. Edinburgh, UK, June 2015.
  • Chaput J.-P., P.T. Katzmarzyk, A.G. LeBlanc, M.S. Tremblay, T.V. Barreira, S.T. Broyles, M. Fogelholm, G. Hu, R. Kuriyan, A. Kurpad, E.V. Lambert, D.E. Rae, C. Maher, J. Maia, V. Matsudo, V. Onywera, O.L. Sarmiento,
    M. Standage, C. Tudor-Locke, P. Zhao, T.S. Church and T. Olds. Associations between sleep patterns and lifestyle behaviors in children: an international comparison. Obesity Facts 2015;8(Suppl.1):112. European Congress
    on Obesity, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2015.
  • Qiao Y., J. Ma, Y. Wang, P.T. Katzmarzyk,, J.P. Chaput, M. Fogelholm, W.D. Johnson, R. Kuriyan, A. Kurpad, E.V. Lambert, C. Maher, J. Maia, V. Matsudo, T. Olds, V. Onywera, O.L. Sarmiento, M. Standage, M.S. Tremblay,
    C. Tudor-Locke, T.S. Church, P. Zhao and G. Hu. Birth weight and childhood overweight: A 12-country study. 1st International Congress on Childhood Obesity and Hypertension (COH), Beijing, China, May 2015.
  • Vepsäläinen H., V. Mikkilä, M. Erkkola, S.T. Broyles, J.-P. Chaput, G. Hu, R. Kuriyan, A. Kurpad, E.V. Lambert, C. Maher, J. Maia, V. Matsudo, T. Olds, V. Onywera, O.L. Sarmiento, M. Standage, M.S. Tremblay, C.
    Tudor-Locke, P. Zhao, T.S. Church, P.T. Katzmarzyk and M. Fogelholm. Association between home and school food environments and dietary behaviours among 9-11 year-old children in 12 countries.  International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods.
    Brisbane, Australia, September 2015.
  • Tremblay MS, Boyer C, Muthuri SK, Wachira L-J, Onywera V.O, Longmuir PE, Okinda F, Leduc G, Chaput J-P. Comparison of child physical literacy scores between Canada and Kenya. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 39(S1):S45-46, 2014.
  • Katzmarzyk P.T., T. Church, J.-P. Chaput, G. Hu, A. Kurpad, E.V. Lambert, J. Maia, V. Matsudo, T. Olds, V. Onywera, O.L. Sarmiento, M. Standage, M.S. Tremblay, C. Tudor-Locke and P. Zhao. The International Study
    of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE). Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 15; 6 (Supplement): 62. Fourth International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health. Sydney, Australia,
    October 2012.
  • Sheel AW, Foster GE, Koehle MS, Dominelli PB, Mwangi F, Onywera V. O, Boit MK, Tremblay JC and Boit C.  Pulmonary gas exchange and the mechanics of breathing during exercise in Kenyan runners.  Canadian Society
    for Exercise Physiology Annual Meeting, Regina, 2012.  Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism 37:S34, 2012.
  • Onywera Vincent. Regional initiatives for physical activity and health in children through sport: The Kenyan Healthy Active Kids Report Card.14th Biennial South African Sports Medicine Congress. 18 –
    20 October, 2011,Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Scientific Reports

  • Esther Anono, Hanna Walsh, Noora Kanerva, David Mubasu, Victor Okoth, Bill Clinton, Aliisa Hyvönen, Sophie Ochola, Maijaliisa Erkkola, Vincent Onywera and Mikael Fogelholm. Photographic Food Atlas For Kenyan Adolescents (9 – 14 Years),
    2018.
  • Vincent O Onywera, Stella K Muthuri, Sylvester Hayker, Lucy-Joy M Wachira, Florence Kyallo, Robert O Mang’eni, Peter Bukhala, Caleb Mireri. Kenya’s 2016 Report Card on the Physical Activity and Body Weight of Children and Youth, Apr
    2016.
  • Stella Muthuri, Lucy Wachira, Mark Tremblay, Vincent Onywera. Kenya’s 2014 Report Card on the Physical Activity and Body Weight of Children and Youth, Apr 2014.
  • Vincent Onywera, Mark Tremblay, Rachel Colley, Kristi Adamo, Stella Muthuri. Kenya’s 2011 Report Card on the Physical Activity and Body Weight of Children and Youth, May 2011.

Book

  • Elvis Onyango, Lucy-Joy Wachira, Yasmin Goodwin, Luka Waiganjo, Victor Okoth, Vincent Onywera (In Press). Physical Education and Fundamental Movement Skills for Early Year (Pre-School to Grade 3).  A teachers’ guide and collection of activities for teaching fundamental movement skills

External Examination

  • 2017 to date: External Examiner, Department of Sports Science, Kyambogo University, Uganda.
  • 2015 – 2018: External Examiner, Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Bindura University of Science Education, Bindura,    Zimbabwe.
  • 2012 -2016: External Examiner, Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, School of Education, University of Dar es Salaam,    Tanzania.
  • 2012 – 2014: External Examiner: Department of Physical Education and Sports, University of Nairobi

Thesis

I have examined thesis for the following candidates:

  • External Examiner for Melkamu Dugassa Kassa: PhD Thesis entitled, “Health Information and Physical Exercise for non-communicable disease prevention in the Ethiopian Healthcare system”
  • External Examination Report for Aldeam Leroy Faceys’ Thesis entitled: The Use of Lactate as a Novel Indicator of Metabolic Dysfunction and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Athletics and Non-Athletics.
  • External Examination Report for Karani Magutah’s Phd Thesis entitled, “Comparison Of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Between Short And Long Bouts Of Moderate Intensity Exercise In Sedentary Kenyan Adults Aged At Least 50 Years”
  • Festus Kaino Kiplamai: Ph.D Thesis entitled, “Prevalence of type II diabetes and its risk factors in relation to physical activity and dietary practices among the Luo and the Kipsigis of the Lake Victoria basin.”
  • Kalyan Kumar: Ph.D Thesis entitled, “Analysis of the effect of aerobic training and detraining on the blood lipid profile among youngmen in India”
  • Mrs.Kristen M. Konkol:  Ph.D Thesis entitled, “ Salivary Biomarkers Of Mucosal Immunity And Sympathetic Activation In Children: Effects Of Body Composition,Cardio-Respiratory Fitness And Exercise.”
  • Lilian Adhiambo Aballa: M.SC Thesis entitled, “Prevalence of obesity and factors influencing its occurrence among school aged children in Nairobi Province”
  • Mbochi Regina Wambui’s: M.Sc Thesis entitled, “Overweight and obesity prevalence and associated socio-economic factors, physical activity and dietary intake among women in Nairobi Province, Kenya.”
  • Johan Pretorius: M.Sc Thesis entitle: “A Comparative Study Of Maximal Oxygen Uptake In Wheelchair Male Athletes”
  • Daga Makaza: M.Phil Thesis Entiled,“ Body composition,somatotype,physical-physiological performance and playing ability of male Zimbabwean league basketball players.”
  • Daniel T Goon: D. Tech. Thesis entitled, “A Principal components analysis of anatomical fat patterning in South African children.”

Consultancy

  • Consultancy worth USD,12,000 Funded by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2014 to conduct a desk review of existing literature, policies and guidelines issued by public authorities on national anti-doping
    frameworks and provisions.
  • Consultancy worth USD.4,0000 Funded by The Kenya National Commission entitled,“Training of Trainers (TOTs) on anti-doping within the East Africa Community (EAC)”.

Networking and Collaboration With External Organizations

I have research and academic collaborations with the following academic institutions and organizations:

  • Healthy Active Living and Obesity (HALO) Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (CHEORI) where we collaborated on a project called Kenyan International Development Study – Canadian Activity Needs Research Alliance KIDS-CAN)
  • International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE)
  • Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre
  • Canada-Mexico Battling Childhood Obesity (CAMBIO)
  • Assessment of physical activity and active transport among school children in Eastern, Western and Southern Regions of Africa (The PAAT Study).
  • Building higher education and research capacity to address the physical activity and nutrition transition in Kenya: the Kenya-Finland education and research alliance (KENFIN-EDURA).
  • The Kenya healthy diet and active Lifestyle Infrastructure for the Next generation (Kenya-LINX). The project aims at integrating social, exercise and health sciences, education and engineering disciplines to quantify the features and quality of physical activity for health and wellness.
  • The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) Research Group whose aim is to is to determine the relationship between lifestyle characteristics and obesity in a large multi-national study of children, and to investigate the influence of behavioural settings, and physical, social and policy environments on the observed relationships from over 14 countries from six major regions of the world (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and the Pacific)
  • The African Higher Education Leadership in Advancing Inclusive Innovation for Development project (AHEAD). A partnership between 4 HEIs from Europe (Romania, Poland, UK, and Italy), 1 SME from Bulgaria, 5 HEIs from Kenya, 2 HEIs from Tanzania and 3 HEIs from Uganda. The project seeksto enhance the management, governance, teaching, research and evaluation capacities of Partner Country HEIs in view of enabling them to implement the knowledge triangle and better integrate their research, education and innovation functions in support of innovation for sustainable development and inclusive growth.
  • The Knowledge, Integration and Transparency in Education (KITE) project. A capacity building project funded by the European union to support staff and student academic mobility in the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries of Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Namibia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Gambia, Cape Verde, Senegal, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Coordinated by Masaryk University in the Czech Republic.

Professional, National and International Recognition

  •  Kenyatta University, Vice Chancellor’s Exemplary performance award 2012
  • Appointed to the Board of Director of the Alpha Upsilon Chi: The international honor society for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance:2012-To-date.
  • Distinguished Researcher – Listed among the top 50 distinguished researchers at Kenyatta University in September 2007.
  • Secretary, Kenya Anti-Doping Agency (KADA): 2009-2010
  • Invited Speaker: Workshop on Capacity Strengthening of Policy Makers and Programme Managers for Prevention & Control of Non-communicable Diseases held on 29th April to 2nd May, 2009. Zanzibar Beach Resort, Zanzibar.
  • Invited Speaker: Sports Management and Nutrition Clinic, Kenyatta University, Department of Sports and Games.16th April 2007.
  • Invited Speaker: Kenyatta University Postgraduate Seminar, 30th March, 2007.
  • Invited speaker: Possible Explanations of the Success of Kenyan Endurance Runners; Nature or Nurture – 8th March, 2003, University of Glasgow.
  • Invited speaker: Lifestyle habits of members of the Health and Fitness Centre of Kenyatta University. The 1st International Scientific Congress of EAFAHPER-SD, December 13th-19th, 2001, Kampala, Uganda
  • Invited speaker: Controlling the Spread of HIV/AIDS through Sports. The 1st International Scientific Congress of EAFAHPER-SD, December 13th – 19th, 2001, Kampala, Uganda.

Reviewer/Editorial Board

  • 2013 to date:        Global Health Promotion
  • 2013 to date:         Anthropology Open Access journal
  • 2013 to date:         South African Journal of Education
  • 2013 to date:         National Research Foundation of South African
  • 2012 to date:        Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
  • 2012 to date:         Annals of Human Biology
  • 2011 to date:         Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
  • 2010 to date:         International Journal of Obesity
  • 2010 to date:         WHO 2010 Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health.
  • 2010 to date:         Journal of Physical Activity and Health(JPAH)
  • 2008 to date:         Editorial Board, African Journal of Applied Human Sciences
  • 2007 to date:         African Journal of Education Studies
  • 2007 to date          Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance (EAJHPER-SD).
  • 2005 to date:         International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance (ICHPER·SD) Journal of   Research.
  • 2003 to date:         East African Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance (EAJHPER-SD)
Prof. Vincent O. Onywera Ph.D, ISAK 2
Prof. Vincent Onywera DVC-RIO-
vonywera@kcau.ac.ke