Researcher
Dr. Dorothy Oluoch
Post - Doc
KEMRI | Wellcome Trust
About
A Wellcome Mid-Career Research Fellow in the Health Systems and Research Ethics (HSRE) Department, she is a medical anthropologist by training. She leads research examining family and staff experiences of maternal and neonatal care, including childbirth-related vulnerabilities. Her current research focuses on the post-discharge experiences of caregivers of preterm babies and the healthcare providers who care for them. A core component of this work applies Experience-Based Co-Design to develop strategies for strengthening the quality and continuity of post-discharge care for preterm babies in resource-limited settings. Her research integrates participatory approaches, implementation science and research ethics to understand experiences of care and inform improvements in the delivery of maternal and neonatal health care services.
See moreCurrent Work
Her current project is focused on exploring the potential for using mothers’ experiences narratives and digital stories of pre-term birth in Kenya as educational tools to improve people-centered care in LMICs. She is also a Co-Investigator on a project Learning to Harness Innovation in Global Health for Quality Care (HIGH – Q). This project seeks to evaluate how the introduction of essential neonatal technologies coupled with the increase in nursing numbers in the neonatal units affects the quality of care provided. She is co-leading work on patients' and staff experiences of introduction of new technologies and workforce interventions. She has previously worked on the Inter-bio 21st study, leading the qualitative component of this project, where she assessed the perceptions and experiences of the use of ultrasound screening services for women attending routine antenatal clinics (ANC) in Kilifi County Hospital (KCH).
Recent Publications
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2026
Mapping the conceptualisation, contributing factors and interventions of moral distress among healthcare providers in Africa: a scoping review
BMJ Glob Health. 2026; 11
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2026
Correction: Beyond survival: The impact of birth complications on postpartum wellbeing for mothers, babies, and households in Kenya
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026; 6:e0006536
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2024
Engaging stakeholders in embedded newborn health services/systems research in Kenya; a continuous process involving multiple actors
NIHR Open Res. 2024; 4:73
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2026
A framework and practical approach to identify and address ethical issues arising in interventional health systems research
Int J Nurs Stud. 2026; 174:105263
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2026
Support for the wellbeing of frontline healthcare workers should be incorporated in health emergency preparedness planning
Commun Med (Lond). 2026; 6:31