AREA OF INTEREST

• Male infertility
• Effects of environmental pollutants on semen quality
• Effects of plant extracts on semen quality

AREA OF SPECIALTY

• Reproductive Physiology

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Effects of environmental and exogenous substances on reproductive function

INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED

• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
• University of Birmingham, UK

QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc (1987)
• MPhil (1993)
• PhD (2006)

EMPLOYMENT & POSITION HELD/HOLD

• Head of Physiology January 2015-present
• Head of Sonography- August 2014 – January 2015
• Coordinator of Basic Sciences (Currently)
• Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physiology
• Coordinator-Sonography Programme - August 2012-July 2014

ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

• Ghana Science Association

HONOURS, AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

• He was engaged as a teaching assistant in the same department for a brief period after which he registered in MPhil programme in the same department

PROFESSIONAL / TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Been teaching physiology to undergraduate Medical, Nursing, Medical Laboratory Technology, Sonography, Herbal Medicine students and MPH students. Have been teaching since 1993.

PUBLICATIONS

• Ngala, R. A., Yakass, M. B., Bedu-Addo, K., Hiadzi, E. K., (2015). Effects of basal gonadotropins, prolactin, and anthropometry as predictive markers of ovarian response in patients seeking assisted reproduction. Trends in Med. Res 10 (4): 75-86
• Opoku, A., Boateng, D., Quansah, D. Y., Bedu-Addo, K., Ankobea-Krokoe, F., (2014). Semen Characteristics of Male Infertile Couples in the Kumasi Metropolis: A Study of Primary and Secondary Infertile Couples. British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research 4(6): 1432-1441, 2014
• Ntim, E. A., Bedu-Addo, K., (2013). Effect of HIV-1 and Antiretroviral Therapy on Semen Quality. Journl Gh. Sci Ass. 15(1): 30 - 41
• Bedu-Addo, K, Publicover, S. (2010). Potassium ions improve the Progesterone¬- induced [Ca2+]i increase in Human Spermatozoa. Journl Gh. Sci Ass. 12(1): 166 – 177