Ernest Obbie Zulu

Full Name
Ernest Obbie Zulu
Email Address
obbiernestATgmail.com
Role
Academic Staff
Research Interests
Data Mining
Biography

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Ernest Obbie Zulu, (MBChB, BScHB – UNZA) is currently at the University Teaching Hospitals (UTHs) -- Adult Hospital, Department of Radiology where he is pursuing a Specialty Training Programme (STP) in Radiology.

He graduated from the University of Zambia, School of Medicine and previously worked at UTH as a Junior Resident Medical Officer before enlisting into the Zambia Army. Upon commissioning from the Zambia Military Academy he worked for 2 years at Tug Argan camp hospital in Ndola as Garrison Medical Officer. He was then posted to Northern Command Military Hospital within Ndola and whilst there, in 2017-2018, he was sent to the Central African Republic under the Zambian UN peace mission as a Contingent Company Medical Officer, where he also worked at Rwanda's Level II field hospital in the mission area.

Publications
2026
Chibuta, Peter, Lighton Phiri, Ernest Obbie Zulu, and Malaizyo Muzumala. 2026. “Global South Health Practitioners’ Awareness and Perceptions of Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Radiological Workflows: A Quantitative Nationwide Study in Health Facilities in Zambia”. In Medical Image Computing in Resource Constrained Settings, 175-84. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-032-13654-1_18.
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2025
Muzumala, Malaizyo, Ernest Obbie Zulu, Peter Chibuta, Mayumbo Nyirenda, and Lighton Phiri. 2025. “Evaluating Perceived Workload, Usability and Usefulness of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Low-Resource Settings: Semi-Automated Classification and Detection of Community Acquired Pneumonia”. In Applications of Medical Artificial Intelligence (AMAI 2024), 116-26. Marrakech, Morocco: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-82007-6_12.
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2024
Shawa, Andrew, Elijah Chileshe, Brighton Mwaba, John Mwanza, Wilkins Sikazwe, Ernest Obbie Zulu, and Lighton Phiri. 2024. “User Centred Design and Implementation of Useful Picture Archiving and Communication Systems for Effective Radiological Workflows in Public Health Facilities in Zambia”. In Annual Conference of South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (SAICSIT 2024), 175-89. Gqeberha, South Africa: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-64881-6_10.
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2023
Mwaba, Brighton, John Mwanza, Wilkins Sikazwe, Andrew Shawa, Ernest Obbie Zulu, Elijah Chileshe, and Lighton Phiri. 2023. “User Centred Design and Implementation of Useful Picture Archiving and Communication Systems for Effective Radiological Workflows in Public Health Facilities in Zambia”. In Proceedings of the 4th African Human Computer Interaction Conference (AfriCHI 2023). East London, South Africa.
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Mahlaza, Zola, Ernest Obbie Zulu, and Lighton Phiri. 2023. “Radiology Report Terminology to Characterise Reports in Southern Africa”. In Research Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR 2023), 147-54. Milan, Italy: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-65990-4_12.
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