Dr. Philip A. Ogutu

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Dr Philip A. Ogutu

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Department of Biological Sciences

School of Natural Sciences (MMUST)

P.O. Box 190-50100

Kakamega, KENYA

Office no. SPD Block B Room 310

Kakamega-Webuye Road

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/000-0003-4802-2180

ResearcherID: ACF-7412-2022

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               Dr Philip A. Ogutu

Dr Ogutu is a senior Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences and holds a doctorate degree in Zoology with bias in Animal Physiology/Immunobiology and patho-physiology of invertebrates. He also holds a master of Science  degree in Zoology with special bias to Vermitechnology, and bachelor of Science  degree in Zoology, Botany and Chemistry.

Dr Ogutu also holds  Certificate of Proficiency Senior Management Course, from the Kenya Institute of Management. His areas of academic and research interest are in the fields of medicinal plants & complementary medicine, immunobiology of invertebrates, parasitology/malaria & vector biology and vermitechnology.

He currently serves as  Chairman of the  Department of Biological Sciences, in the  School of Natural Sciences. He also serves as the Secretary, Institutional Ethics Review Committee, MMUST.

Some of his key publications include: -

  1. John G. Mwaura, Clabe Wekesa, Kiprotich Kelvin, Ang’ienda Paul, Philip A. Ogutu and Patrick Okoth. Pangenomics of the cichlid species(Oreochromis niloticus) reveals genetic admixture ancestry with potentialfor aquaculture improvement in Kenya. Published on 8th October 2023 in The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s41936-023-00346-6.pdf. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41936-023-00346-6
  2. John Gitau Mwaura,Clabe Wekesa,Philip A. Ogutu and Patrick Okoth. Whole Transcriptome Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes in Cultured Nile Tilapia (O. niloticus) Subjected to Chronic Stress Reveals Signaling Pathways Associated with Depressed Growth. Published on 25th March 2023 in Molecular Genetics and Genomics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14040795
  3. Davis Kipcho Mukabane, Nicholas Kitungulu, Philip A Ogutu, Jackson Cheruiyot Korir, David Hughes Mulama. Assessment of knowledge of malaria and its control practices in mining and sugarcane growing regions of Western Kenya highlands.Published: 29 July 2022. African Health Sciences. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ahs/article/view/228871
  4. Kipcho Mukabane∗ , Nicholas Kitungulu, Philip Ogutu, Jackson Cheruiyot, Ndombi Tavasi, David Mulama. Bed net use and malaria treatment-seeking behavior in artisanal gold mining and sugarcane growing areas of Western Kenya highlands. Scientific African. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01140.
  5. Kipcho D. Mukabane , Nicholas L. Kitungulu , Philip A. Ogutu , Jackson K. Cheruiyot , Ndombi S. Tavasi , David H. Mulama. Bed net use and malaria treatment-seeking behavior in artisanal gold mining and sugarcane growing areas of Western Kenya highlands.Scientific African.25 February 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01140.
  6. James G. Kiboche, Philip A. Ogutu and Anne Naliaka Mutsami. Assessment of Uptake of Cervical cancer Screening services among Women of Reproductive Age in Khwisero Sub-County, Kakamega County, Kenya. Int. J. Comm. Medicine & Public Health. 2021 Jan; 8(1) :111-118.  http://www.ijcmph.com      DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20205684.
  7. Roselyne Asiko Abwalaba, Philip Ogutu and Samuel Ng’arng’ar. Nurses’ competence on intravenous Fluid Therapy in Under Fives with dehydration in Kakamega County. J. of Nursing  and Health Science.2018;7(2): 41-48 DOI:https://doi.org/10.9790/1959-o702084148.

  8. Mulambalah Chrispinus Siteti, Siamba Donald Namasaka, Ogutu Philip Ariya,Siteti Darwin Injete and Wekesa Antony Wanyonyi. Anaemia in pregnancy: Prevalence and   possible risk factors in Kakamega county, Kenya. Science Journal of Public Health. 2014; 2(3): 216 – 222. http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com.  DOI:https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20140203.23.

  9. Mulambalah Chrispinus Siteti, Siamba Donald Namasaka , Ogutu Philip Ariya. Safety profile of concomitant administration of Artemisinin based therapy and calcium compounds in laboratory animals. DOI:https://doi.org/10.7897/2230-8407.04521

  10. Ogutu Philip, P. Mullainadhan, S. Mulambalah Chrispinus and N. Siamba Donald. Characteristics of serum agglutinins in marine crab Scylla serrata (Forskal) and their interaction with various bacteria species. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. Appl. Sci.(2013) 2 (10): 31 – 43. http://www.ijcmas.com

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