Lecturer in Adult Nursing

My journey in academia started in 2013, two years after I graduated from the university as a registered nurse and midwife. I spent the two years of practice after graduation mainly in maternity which to a greater extent informed my choice to become a lecturer. Few years into my role as a lecturer, I moved to the UK for MSc in Advanced Nursing.

Just before completing my MSc in 2015, I joined the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register as an adult nurse and thereafter secured a job as a staff nurse with Luton and Dunstable Hospital in gastro-hepatology ward. My time in this department sparked a newfound passion for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) which letter led to a change of job to endoscopy. I spent the rest of my career in the NHS as IBD research nurse/coordinator where I had the opportunity to contribute to novel national clinical trials in IBD.

Qualifications

• MSc Advanced Nursing Study – University of Bedfordshire
• BSc Nursing Science – University of Maiduguri, Nigeria

Professional Registration

• Registered Adult Nurse – NMC UK
• Registered General Nurse – NMC Nigeria
• Registered Midwife – NMC Nigeria

Research Interests

• Long-time coping strategy with Crohn’s and colitis
• Faith-based health interventions
• Quality improvement in nursing practice

Publications

• Dathini, H., Kever, R. T., Dawa, K.K., Habu, H., Babaji, M. & Inna, A. K. (2014). Prevailing occupational health hazards and the use of protective devices among nurses in university of Maiduguri teaching hospital. International Journal of advanced research in social engineering and development strategy, 2(1).
• Dawa, K., Kever, R. T., Dathini, H., Babaji, M. & Garba, M. (2014). Assessment of Risk Factors Influencing The Development Of Urinary Tract Infections Among Catheterized Patients In University Of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (Umth). IOS Journal of Nursing and Health research,3(4), 64-71.
• Kever, R. T., Habu, H., Dawa, K. K. & Dathini, H. (2014). Knowledge and Practice of Plasmodiasis Prevention among Pregnant Women in Maiduguri, Borno State. West African Journal of Nursing, 25 (2), 52-62.
• Maigari, B., Inuwa, A., Muhammad, R., Kever, R. T., Jidda, U. M., Habu, H. Dawa, K. K. (2015). Attitude and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Female Lecturers In University Of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. Research journali’s Journal of Public Health, 1(3).

Contributions

• Kennedy, N. A., Heap, G. A., Green, H. D., Hamilton, B., Bewshea, C., Walker, G. J., Thomas, A., Nice, R., Perry, M. H., Bouri, S., Chanchlani, N., Heerasing, N. M., Hendy, P., Lin, S., Gaya, D. R., Cummings, J. R. F., Selinger, C. P., Lees, C. W., Hart, A. L., Parkes, M., Sebastian, S., Mansfield, J. C., Irving, P. M., Lindsay, J., Russell, R. K., McDonald, T. J., McGovern, D., Goodhand, J. R., Ahmad, T.; UK Inflammatory Bowel Disease Pharmacogenetics Study Group. (2019). Predictors of anti-TNF treatment failure in anti-TNF-naive patients with active luminal Crohn's disease: a prospective, multicentre, cohort study. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol, 4(5), 341-353.
• RECOVERY Collaborative Group. (2021). Aspirin in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. Lancet, 399(10320):134-151.
• RECOVERY Collaborative Group. (2021). Azithromycin in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. Lancet, 397(10274):605-612.
• Sebastian, S., Patel, K. V., Segal, J. P., Subramanian, S., Conley, T. E., Gonzalez, H. A., Kent, A. J., Saifuddin, A., Hicks, L., Mehta, S., Bhala. N., Brookes, M. J., Lamb, C. A., Kennedy, N. A.; PROTECT ASUC collaborators, Walker, G. J. (2022). Ambulatory care management of 69 patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis in comparison to 695 inpatients: insights from a multicentre UK cohort study. BMJ Open Gastroenterol, 9(1).
• Sebastian, S., Walker, G. J., Kennedy, N. A., Conley, T. E., Patel, K. V., Subramanian, S., Kent, A. J., Segal, J. P., Brookes, M. J., Bhala, N., Gonzalez, H. A., Hicks, L. C., Mehta, S. J., Lamb, C. A.; PROTECT-ASUC Study Group. (2021) Assessment, endoscopy, and treatment in patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis during the COVID-19 pandemic (PROTECT-ASUC): a multicentre, observational, case-control study. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol, 6(4), 271-281.

Posters

• Dhar, A., Dawa, K. K., Johnson, M., Maw, F. & Pollock, R. (2021). Economic analysis of intravenous iron infusion in IBD and IDA: real world data from UK Gut, 1(70).

Contact Details

E: kasamudawa.kabiru@beds.ac.uk