Prof. Alexander Yaw Debrah

Professor


Dept: Medical Diagnostics
Dean's Office, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, UPO, PMB, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

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Research Areas/Interests

Medical Parasitology Immunology Immuogenetics...~more


Achievements

The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Senior fellowship, 2020-2024

German Momentos Prize Award for Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015

European Foundation Initiative on Neglected Tropical Diseases, Senior Fellowship Award,   2012-2015

European Foundation Initiative on Neglected Tropical Diseases, Junior Fellowship Award, 2008-2012

Wolfgang Stille Award of the Paul-Ehrlich Society of Microbiology (Germany), 2012

World Young Promising Scientist Award to meet and interact with Nobel Laureates in Lindau (Germany), 2010 (First Ghanaian to be invited for this meeting)

International Congress on Parasitology (ICOPA) Travel Award to attend XIIth ICOPA   Meeting and Co-chair a Symposium in Melbourne, Australia, 2010

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Travel Award to attend 56th ASTMH  Meeting in Philadelphia, USA, 2007

Wolbachia Travel Award to attend 4th International Wolbachia Meeting in Puerto Rico, Caribbean, 2006

German Academic Exchange Service (D.A.A.D.) Sandwich Scholar for PhD programme, 2003-2006

Chairman: The planning committee of Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) of the American Society of Microbiology (First African to be appointed onto this committee), 2013-2016

Chairman: Travel Grant Award committee of Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) of the American Society of Microbiology, 2015-2016

Member: Scientific Review Panel for European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), 2017-date

Overall Coordinator/Chairman: German Federal Ministry of Education, Research networks for health innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa Consortium, 2018-date

Member: Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for Medicines Development for Global Health, Australia, 2019-date

Member: Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for DOLF IDA Clinical Trial for Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 2019-date

Member: Intra Country Coordinating Committee (ICCC) of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Unit of Ghana Health Service, 2020-date

External Examiner for School of Graduate Studies of the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, 2019-date

External Assessor: Assessment of promotion documents for University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2019

External Examiner: University of Cape Coast, 2016 – date

External Examiner for School of Graduate Studies of the University of Ghana, 2016

Chairman: Board of Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, KNUST, 2014- 2020

Chairman: Board of Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, KNUST, 2014- 2020

Cognate representative: College of Science Board, 2017-date

Chairman: Curriculum Review Committee-Family Health University College, 2019

Member: Brew-Hammond Energy Centre Management Board, 2019-date

Member: A search committee to appoint a Provost for the College of Health Sciences, 2017

Member: The Vice Chancellor’s special committee to consider thepossibility of making the University hospital the foundation centre of the KNUST Teaching Hospital, 2014

Cognate member: Board of Institute of Distance Learning of KNUST, 2007-2009

Dean, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, KNUST 2014- date

Head of Department, Medical Diagnostics, KNUST,  2009-2012


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