Staff Profile

Chioma completed her BSc in Public Health at Babcock University, Nigeria, and then proceeded to Finland where she had her masters and doctoral studies in Health Sciences at Tampere University.

Chioma has several years of experience in designing and executing quantitative research projects addressing different public health problems (e.g., sickness absence, unemployment, alcohol abuse among women, etc.) within the field of Social Epidemiology. She has worked with large survey and register data in both Finland and Sweden (Gothenburg University). Her latest research work before joining Newcastle University focused on identifying factors underlying increased risk of COVID-19 outcomes among immigrants in high income countries (with special focus on immigrant essential workers in Sweden). Chioma’s areas of interest include migration and health, work and health, intersectionality and health inequalities, social determinants of health, and health and labour market attachment. 

Chioma has been engaged in teaching MPH courses (e.g., migration and health, health sociology) and she has supervised several MPH students’ theses. 

• Articles

  • Nwaru C, Huiqi L, Bonander C, Santosa A, Franzén S, Rosvall M, Nyberg F. Occupational role and COVID-19 among foreign-born healthcare workers in Sweden: a registry-based study. European Journal of Public Health 2023, 33(2), 202-208.
  • Spetz M, Lundberg L, Nwaru C, Li H, Santosa A, Leach S, Gisslen M, Hammar N, Rosvall M, Nyberg F. The social patterning of Covid-19 vaccine uptake in older adults: A register-based cross-sectional study in Sweden. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2022, 15, 100331.
  • Nwaru C, Santosa A, Franzén S, Nyberg F. Occupation and COVID-19 diagnosis, hospitalisation and ICU admission among foreign-born and Swedish-born employees: a register-based study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2022, 76(5), 440-447.
  • Spetz M, Lundberg L, Nwaru C, Li H, Santosa A, Ng N, Leach S, Gisslen M, Hammar N, Nyberg F, Rosvall M. An intersectional analysis of sociodemographic disparities in Covid-19 vaccination: A nationwide register-based study in Sweden. Vaccine 2022, 40(46), 6640-6648.
  • Nwaru C, Berglund T, Hensing G. Occupational prestige and sickness absence inequality in employed women and men in Sweden: a registry-based study. BMJ Open 2021, 11(6), e050191.
  • Nwaru C, Lövestad S, Gunnarsdóttir H, Sundh V, Hensing H. Determinants of non-response in a longitudinal study of participants in the Women and Alcohol in Gothenburg project. Women & Health 2021, 61(5), 452-460.
  • Nwaru C, Peutere L, Kivimäki M, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Virtanen P. Chronic diseases as predictors of labour market attachment after participation in subsidised re-employment programme: a 6-year follow-up study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2017, 71(11), 1101-1106.
  • Nwaru C, Nygård C-H, Virtanen P. Musculoskeletal pain and re-employment among unemployed job seekers: a three-year follow-up study. BMC Public Health 2016, 16, 531.