AREA OF INTEREST

• Paediatric Infectious Diseases
• Qualitative Research Statistics
• Quantitative Research Statistics
• Adolescent Health

AREA OF SPECIALTY

• Child Health/Paediatrics
• Adolescent HIV
• Adolescent TB

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Childhood HIV
• Childhood TB

INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED

• West Africa Post Graduate Medical College ,Accra ,Ghana
• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, School of Medical Sciences,Kumasi ,Ghana
• Liverpool School for Tropical Science and Medicine (Distant Learning)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Science (Human Biology) B.Sc.- 1981
• Bachelor of Medicine (M.B)-1984
• Bachelor of Surgery (Ch.B)-1984
• Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS)-2000
• Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS) 2000
• Fellow Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (FGCS) 2004

EMPLOYMENT & POSITION HELD/HOLD

• Paediatrician, National TB Control Programme
• Member, National Paediatric TB Working Group
• Member, WHO Childhood Tuberculosis subgroup
• President, Paediatric society of Ghana-Ashanti Region

ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

• Member, European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
• Member, The Union (International lung disease)
• Member, Ghana Medical Association

HONOURS, AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

• Established the childhood TB clinic 2004-KATH
• Established Adolescents HIV Clinic, 2011-KATH

PROFESSIONAL / TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrator Department of child Health:2005-2010
• Part time lecturer:2010-2013
• Lecturer: 3013

PUBLICATIONS

• The antibiotic resistance and prescribing in European Children project: a neonatal and pediatric antimicrobial web-based point prevalence survey in 73 hospitals worldwide.Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jun;32(6):e242-53. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318286c612 
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• Variant G57E of mannose binding lectin associated with protection against tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium africanum but not by M. tuberculosis.PLoS One. 2011;6(6):e20908. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020908. Epub 2011 Jun 10 
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• Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa.Nat Genet. 2009 Jun;41(6):657-65. doi: 10.1038/ng.388. Epub 2009 May 24 
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• A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of malaria.Nature. 2008 Dec 11;456(7223):732-7. doi: 10.1038/nature07632. 
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• Reappraisal of known malaria resistance loci in a large multicenter study.Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network; Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network.Nat Genet. 2014 Nov;46(11):1197-204. doi: 10.1038/ng.3107. Epub 2014 Sep 28 
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• Multidrug resistant tuberculosis-We are all at risk.Daily Graphic ,November 4 2006;No.149888,Pg 10
• HIV/TB Co-infection-An Emerging Clinical State.,Daily Graphic 18 January 2007
• Tuberculosis:A millennium Challenge,Daily Graphic,World TB day,March 24 2007
• Kangaroo Mother Care –an alternate to standard care for babies, Daily Graphic January 22 2008
• Are we losing the battle against rabies?.Daily Graphic June 5 2008