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Dr. Owusu, Ewurama Dedea Ampadu

Dr. Owusu, Ewurama Dedea Ampadu
Senior Lecturer/ HOD
edampadu@ug.edu.gh

 

Personal Information:

 

Name: Owusu, Ewurama Dedea Ampadu

[PhD, PMP®]

Title(s)/ Position(s): Head of Department

Primary Department: Department of Audiology, Speech and Language Therapy

Current Academic Rank: Senior Lecturer

Primary Discipline: Infectious Diseases

 

Degrees and Other Credentials:

PhD, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  2018

MPhil, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. 2009

BSc Hons. University of Ghana. 2005

 

Other credentials currently held or training completed:

Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute (PMI), USA

 

Appointment with the College or School

Type of appointment: 2010, Full time Senior Member                   :                                                                      

 

Teaching responsibilities (current academic year): Undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the different departments of the School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences.

Undergraduate Courses include:

Microbiology II

Cell Biology Theory

Cell Biology Practical

Functional Histology Theory

Functional Histology Practical

General Anatomy Theory

General Anatomy Practical

Advanced Anatomy Theory

Advanced Anatomy Practical

Neuroscience

General Anatomy Theory

General Anatomy Practical

Anatomy for Dietitians

 

Postgraduate Courses include:

Head and Neck Anatomy and Physiology for SLT

General Microbiology

Advanced Topics in Virology

Human Anatomy and Physiology

Anatomy, Physiology, Metabolism of Auditory Systems And Speech Mechanisms

Head and Neck Anatomy and Physiology For Speech and Language Therapists

 

 

 

College, School, or University committee assignments:

1.         Coordinator, Accreditation and Special Programmes, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, (2019 to date)

 

2.         Coordinator, Faculty DTAC Assessment, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana (2020 to date)

 

3.         Student Admission Interview Panel Member, Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana (2020/2021 academic year)

 

 

4.         Member, Laboratory Modernisation Committee, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana (2019 to date)

 

 

Research, Scholarly, Professional and Scientific Activity:

Current professional/scientific interests, memberships, and activities:

1.         Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2018 to date)

2.         Member, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2018 to date)

3.         Member, International Society for Infectious Diseases (2016 to date)

4.         Member, Ghana Neuroscience Society (2018 to date)

5.         Member, Anatomical Society of Ghana, 2017 to date

6.         Member, Ghana Science Association, 2005 to date

 

Scientific/Research interests:

Clinical Trials (Audiology & Speech and Language Therapy, Infectious diseases)

Diagnostics

Capacity building

 

Publications

  1. Yerlikaya S, Owusu EDA, Frimpong A, DeLisle RK, Ding XC. A Dual, Systematic Approach to Malaria Diagnostic Biomarker Discovery. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Jan 7;74(1):40-51. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab251. PMID: 34718455; PMCID: PMC8752250
  2. Owusu EDA, Campillo A, Daily J, Ding XC. Acceptance and perceived value of non-invasive malaria diagnostic tests in malaria-endemic countries. Malar J. 2021 Sep 24;20(1):379. doi: 10.1186/s12936-021-03911-y. PMID: 34560899; PMCID: PMC8461884.
  3. Djonor SK, Ako-Nnubeng IT, Owusu EDA, Akuffo KO, Nortey P, Agyei-Manu E, Danso-Appiah A. Determinants of blood glucose control among people with Type 2 diabetes in a regional hospital in Ghana. PLoS One. 2021 Dec 22;16(12):e0261455. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261455. PMID: 34936668; PMCID: PMC8694475.
  4. Arko-Boham B, Afriyie Owusu B, Aryee NA, Blay RM, Owusu EDA, Tagoe EA, Adams AR, Gyasi RK, Adu-Aryee NA, Mahmood S. Prospecting for breast cancer blood biomarkers: Death-Associated Protein Kinase 1 (DAPK1) as a potential candidate. Disease Markers 2020;1-7. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6848703
  5. Blay RM, Pinamang AD, Sagoe AE, Owusu EDA, Koney NK, Arko-Boham B. Influence of Lifestyle and Environmental Factors on Semen Quality in Ghanaian Men. Int J Reprod Med. 2020 Oct 21;2020:6908458. doi: 10.1155/2020/6908458. PMID: 33150165; PMCID: PMC7603604.
  6. Arko-Boham B, Aryee NA, Blay RM, Owusu EDA, Tagoe EA, Doris Shackie ES, Debrah AB, Adu-Aryee NA. Circulating cell-free DNA integrity as a diagnostic and prognostic marker for breast and prostate cancers. Cancer Genetics 2019;235-236:65-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cancergen.2019.04.062
  7. Frimpong A, Thiam LG, Arko-Boham B, Owusu EDA, Obeng Adjei G. Safety and effectiveness of antimalarial therapy in sickle cell disease: systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases 2018;18(1):650-670. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3556-0
  8. Owusu EDA, Djonor SK, Brown CA, Grobusch MP, Mens PF. Plasmodium falciparum diagnostic tools in HIV-positive under-5-year-olds in two ART clinics in Ghana: are there missed infections? Malaria Journal 2018;17(1):92-99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2231-7
  9. Owusu EDA, Cofie NSA, Nai EA, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Brown CA, Mens PF, Grobusch MP. Malaria, sickle cell disease, HIV, and co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: An observational study.  International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2018;69:29-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.031
  10. Owusu EDA, Cremers AL, Brown CA, Mens PF, Grobusch MP. Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding malaria in people living with HIV in rural and urban Ghana. Acta Tropica 2018;181:16-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.01.016
  11. Owusu EDA, Brown CA, Grobusch MP, Mens PF. Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and non-P. falciparum infections in a highland district in Ghana, and the influence of HIV and sickle cell disease. Malaria Journal 2017;16:167-175. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1823-y
  12. Arko-Boham B, Lomotey JT, Tetteh EN, Tagoe EA, Aryee NA, Owusu EDA, Okai I, Blay RM and Clegg-Lamptey JN.Higher serum concentrations of vimentin and DAKP1 are associated with aggressive breast tumour phenotypes in Ghanaian women. Biomarker Research 2017;5:21-30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40364-017-0100-0
  13. Owusu EDA, Buabeng V, Dadzie S, Brown CA, Grobusch MP, Mens P. Characteristics of asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. parasitaemia in Kwahu-Mpraeso, a malaria endemic mountainous district in Ghana, West Africa. Malaria Journal 2016;15 (1):38-48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-1066-8
  14. Owusu EDA, Visser BJ, Nagel IM, Mens PF, Grobusch MP (2014) The interaction between sickle cell disease and HIV infection: a systematic review. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2014;60 (4):612-626. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu832