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Ellis Owusu-Dabo
Born (1968-04-30) 30 April 1968 (age 56)
Kumasi, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
EducationKNUST (BSc. MB ChB, MSc.) University of Nottingham (PhD)
OccupationPublic Health Expert

Ellis Owusu-Dabo is a Ghanaian academic and pro-vice-chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.[1][2]

Education

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Owusu-Dabo attended the St. John's School, Sekondi , and then proceeded to St. Augustine's College (Cape Coast). He then had his BSc. human biology and MB ChB-medicine and surgery from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He went on to obtain an MSc. in health services planning and management from the same institution. His admirable passion and commitment to academia and health motivated him further towards the acquisition of a PhD in epidemiology and public health from the University of Nottingham, UK.[3]

Career

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As a professor of epidemiology and global health, his area of expertise is in medical epidemiology and applied public health technologies, and is a former director of the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research.[4][5][6][7] His research interest is in mainly non-communicable diseases in low-income country settings and also has considerable interest in population genomics of pulmonary tuberculosis. Ellis has secured and managed multimillion United States dollar research grants from principal granting institutions such as the European Union, National Institutes of Health, World Bank Group , and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as well as many bilateral organizations. He serves on several boards at both local and international levels. Owusu-Dabo has published over 200 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and is an international scholar at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.[8][9] He jointly developed patentable knowledge regarding the use of Granzyme B serum levels as biomarker to discriminate between sepsis and severe malaria (BNI009). He has been one of the leading voices on Ghana's Coronavirus fight in terms of advancing data-driven research on the subject.[10][11][12][13][14] In September 2022, he was re-elected as the Pro Vice-chancellor.[15]

Awards

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Owusu-Dabo has received awards from the Africa Network for Drug and Diagnostic Initiative (ANDI), KCCR, Seeding Labs/Novartis, Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund (World Bank Award) and a PhD Fellowship from Cancer Research UK.[3] He was awarded the Africa Role Model in Academic Excellence Lifetime Achievement at the 13th Transform Africa Conference & Africa Role Model Awards in September 2022.[16]

Professional memberships and affiliations

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Owusu-Dabo is a fellow of the West African College of Physicians, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Convention of Biomedical Research, Ghana (CobreG), Ghana Medical and Dental Council and the Ghana Medical Association.[3]

Books and selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ "Prof Owusu-Dabo elected Pro Vice-Chancellor of KNUST". GhanaWeb. 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  2. ^ Okyere, Gertrude (2020-09-28). "KNUST appoints new Pro-Vice-Chancellor". Adomonline. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  3. ^ a b c "Profile of Prof. Ellis, Owusu-Dabo - Staff Web Directory, KNUST". KNUST Web apps.
  4. ^ "Profile of Ellis, Prof. Owusu-Dabo - Staff Web Directory, KNUST". KNUST Web apps. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  5. ^ "KNUST mobile phone-based health info system to curb under-5 mortality". MyJoyOnline. 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  6. ^ "KCCR attains global recognition in Buruli ulcer diagnostics". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  7. ^ "Asantehene urges more funding for research into tropical medicine". GhanaWeb. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  8. ^ Website and Mobile Development Services (http://uits.knust.edu.gh). "Profile of Ellis, Prof. Owusu-Dabo - Staff Web Directory, KNUST". KNUST Web apps. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  9. ^ "Ellis Owusu-Dabo, MB ChB, PhD | Center for Global Health | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania". University Of Pennsylvania Medicine Department. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  10. ^ "Prof. Owusu-Dabo - The silent loud voice in Ghana's coronavirus fight". GhanaWeb. 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  11. ^ "Practice 'contact tracing' technique in food sharing. – Prof. Ellis Owusu-Dabo to govt". GhanaWeb. 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  12. ^ "Covid-19: 'The Ghana Story so far' by KNUST academics". MyJoyOnline. 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  13. ^ "KNUST debunks assertion many Ghanaians will die from coronavirus outbreak". MyJoyOnline. 2020-03-17. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  14. ^ "Making critical decisions on Covid-19; perspective from Ghana". MyJoyOnline. 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  15. ^ "Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo re-elected as Pro-VC of KNUST". Myjoyonline.
  16. ^ "KNUST VC et al honoured at 13th Transform Africa Conference & Africa Role Model Awards". 9 September 2022.
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