Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- Ethnicity inequallities in health with major focus on non-communicable disease
- Migrants Health
- Epidegentics and cardiovascular diseases
- Non-communicable diseases in low and middle-income countries
specialisation
Public Health
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
The Lancet Racial Equality Advisory Board
2021 → 2023
Scientific Chair, Global Society of Migration, Ethnicity, Race & Health
1 Aug 2020 → …
Vice President, European Public Health Association, Migrant Health Section
1 Nov 2011 → 1 Nov 2023
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
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Ethnicity and COVID-19: epidemiology and control measures
Lok, A., Stronks, K., Prins, M., Agyemang, C., van den Born, B. H., Moll van Charante, E. & Zwinderman, K.
1/07/2020 → …
Project: Research
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Agyemang C.O.: Ethnic Inequalities in Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors
Agyemang, C., Beune, E., Zafarmand, H., Boateng, L., Adjei, D., Anujuo, K., Bodewes, A., Meeks, K. & Nyaaba, G.
1/07/2012 → …
Project: Research
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Kunst A.E.: Social epidemiology
Bodewes, A., Bosdriesz, J., Mitratza, M., Mulyanto, J., Nuyts, P., Perini, W., Schreuders, M., Septiono, W., Kunst, A., Agyemang, C., Kuipers, M., Jansen, T., Kuijpers, T., Veldhuizen, E. & Troelstra, S.
1/03/2010 → 25/01/2017
Project: Research
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Diabetes prevalence in populations of South Asian Indian and African origins: a comparison of England and the Netherlands
Agyemang, C., Kunst, A. E., Bhopal, R., Anujuo, K., Zaninotto, P., Nazroo, J., Nicolaou, M., Unwin, N., van Valkengoed, I., Redekop, W. K. & Stronks, K., 2011, In: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.). 22, 4, p. 563-567Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
56 Citations (Scopus) -
Educational inequalities in metabolic syndrome vary by ethnic group: Evidence from the SUNSET study
Agyemang, C., van Valkengoed, I., Hosper, K., Nicolaou, M., van den Born, B-J. & Stronks, K., 2010, In: International journal of cardiology. 141, 3, p. 266-274Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
31 Citations (Scopus) -
Trends in diabetes
Agyemang, C., 2007, In: Lancet. 369, 9569, p. 1256-1257Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Dutch versus English advantage in the epidemic of central and generalised obesity is not shared by ethnic minority groups: comparative secondary analysis of cross-sectional data
Agyemang, C., Kunst, A., Bhopal, R., Zaninotto, P., Nazroo, J., Nicolaou, M., Unwin, N., van Valkengoed, I., Redekop, K. & Stronks, K., 2011, In: International journal of obesity (2005). 35, 10, p. 1334-1346Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
25 Citations (Scopus) -
Hypertension and cardiovascular disease endpoints by ethnic group: the promise of data linkage
Agyemang, C. & Bhopal, R., 2013, In: Heart (British Cardiac Society). 99, 10, p. 675-676Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Academic › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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Supplementary table 4. Investigating DNA Methylation as the link between migration and the major non-communicable diseases. The RODAM study
Chilunga, F. (Creator), Henneman, P. (Creator), Venema, A. (Creator), Meeks, K. A. (Creator), Gonzalez, J. R. (Creator), Ruiz-Arenas, C. (Creator), Requena-Méndez, A. (Creator), Beune, E. (Creator), Spranger, J. (Creator), Smeeth, L. (Creator), Bahendeka, S. (Creator), Owusu-Dabo, E. (Creator), Klipstein-Grobusch, K. (Creator), Adeyemo, A. (Contributor), Mannens, M. (Creator) & Agyemang, C. (Creator), Future Science Group, 2021
DOI: 10.25402/epi.14473257, https://future-science-group.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_table_4_Investigating_DNA_Methylation_as_the_link_between_migration_and_the_major_non-communicable_diseases_The_RODAM_study/14473257
Dataset
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Supplementary table 6. Investigating DNA Methylation as the link between migration and the major non-communicable diseases. The RODAM study
Chilunga, F. (Creator), Henneman, P. (Creator), Venema, A. (Creator), Meeks, K. A. (Creator), Gonzalez, J. R. (Creator), Ruiz-Arenas, C. (Creator), Requena-Méndez, A. (Creator), Beune, E. (Creator), Spranger, J. (Creator), Smeeth, L. (Creator), Bahendeka, S. (Creator), Owusu-Dabo, E. (Creator), Klipstein-Grobusch, K. (Creator), Adeyemo, A. (Contributor), Mannens, M. (Creator) & Agyemang, C. (Creator), Future Science Group, 2021
DOI: 10.25402/epi.14473272.v1, https://future-science-group.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_table_6_Investigating_DNA_Methylation_as_the_link_between_migration_and_the_major_non-communicable_diseases_The_RODAM_study/14473272/1
Dataset
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Additional file 1: of An epigenome-wide association study in whole blood of measures of adiposity among Ghanaians: the RODAM study
Meeks, K. A. C. (Creator), Henneman, P. (Creator), Venema, A. (Creator), Burr, T. (Creator), Galbete, C. (Creator), Danquah, I. (Creator), Schulze, M. B. (Creator), Mockenhaupt, F. P. (Creator), Owusu-Dabo, E. (Creator), Rotimi, C. N. (Creator), Addo, J. (Creator), Smeeth, L. (Creator), Bahendeka, S. (Creator), Spranger, J. (Creator), Mannens, M. (Creator), Zafarmand, H. (Creator), Agyemang, C. (Creator), Adeyemo, A. (Contributor) & Mannens, M. (Creator), Figshare, 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3886561_d1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_1_of_An_epigenome-wide_association_study_in_whole_blood_of_measures_of_adiposity_among_Ghanaians_the_RODAM_study/5432491
Dataset
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Supplementary table 1. Investigating DNA Methylation as the link between migration and the major non-communicable diseases. The RODAM study
Chilunga, F. (Creator), Henneman, P. (Creator), Venema, A. (Creator), Meeks, K. A. (Creator), Gonzalez, J. R. (Creator), Ruiz-Arenas, C. (Creator), Requena-Méndez, A. (Creator), Beune, E. (Creator), Spranger, J. (Creator), Smeeth, L. (Creator), Bahendeka, S. (Creator), Owusu-Dabo, E. (Creator), Klipstein-Grobusch, K. (Creator), Adeyemo, A. (Contributor), Mannens, M. (Creator) & Agyemang, C. (Creator), Future Science Group, 2021
DOI: 10.25402/epi.14473239.v1, https://future-science-group.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_table_1_Investigating_DNA_Methylation_as_the_link_between_migration_and_the_major_non-communicable_diseases_The_RODAM_study/14473239/1
Dataset
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Supplementary file 1. Investigating DNA Methylation as the link between migration and the major non-communicable diseases. The RODAM study
Chilunga, F. (Creator), Henneman, P. (Creator), Venema, A. (Creator), Meeks, K. A. (Creator), Gonzalez, J. R. (Creator), Ruiz-Arenas, C. (Creator), Requena-Méndez, A. (Creator), Beune, E. (Creator), Spranger, J. (Creator), Smeeth, L. (Creator), Bahendeka, S. (Creator), Owusu-Dabo, E. (Contributor), Klipstein-Grobusch, K. (Creator), Adeyemo, A. (Contributor), Mannens, M. (Creator) & Agyemang, C. (Creator), Future Science Group, 2021
DOI: 10.25402/epi.14473194, https://future-science-group.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_file_1_Investigating_DNA_Methylation_as_the_link_between_migration_and_the_major_non-communicable_diseases_The_RODAM_study/14473194
Dataset
Activities
- 1 Editorial activity
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Internal and Emergency Medicine (Journal)
Charles Agyemang (Editor)
2019Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Editorial activity
Press/Media
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Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC
2/10/2017
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Why many young Africans are becoming overweight
11/01/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media