Dr. Kofi Akohene Mensah

Senior Lecturer


Dept: Health Policy, Management and Economics
School of Public Health
Room No: 15

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Research Areas/Interests

Health policy and systems strengthening, Health Services Leadership and Management, Human Resource Management in the Health Sector, Digital Health, Me...~more

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Positions Held & Hold

Coordinator, School of Public Health Grants and Research Team, December, 2017

MSc/MPH Academic Advisors: Academic advisor to residents of the MSc/MPH programmes, November, 2017

Programme Coordinator : MSc/MPH Health Services Planning and Management Programme, School of Public Health, August, 2017-July, 2018

Programme Coordinator : MSc/MPH Health Services Planning and Management Programme, School of Public Health, August, 2016-July, 2017

External Examiner for the school of Public Health, August 2017

Member of the  Strategic Plan Implementation Oversight Committee: School of Public Health nominee of the University Strategic Plan Implementation Oversight Committee, May, 2017                                                                           

Programme Coordinator : MSc/MPH Health Services Planning and Management Programme, School of Public Health, February, 2016-July, 2016 

Member of Admission Interview Panel for MSc Disability and Rehabilitation Studies of the Department of Community Health, SMS, July, 2016

Co-ordinator: Seminars for postgraduate public health students. I invite and host speakers of national and international repute, August 2014 – July, 2015.

Head, Department of Health Policy, Management and Economics, School of Public Health, KNUST, 2020 -2021

Chairman, Procurement sub-Commitee, School of Public Health, KNUST, 2020-2021

Member: College Retreat Planning Committee, College of Health Sciences, KNUST, 2024

Pillar Lead: Health Employment, Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative, KNUST, 2024

Chairman: Protocol Committee for the for the 2024 Annual Convening Arica Higher Education Health Collaborative to be held in Ghana in October, 2024

Member: Accommodation Committee for the for the 2024 Annual Convening Arica Higher Education Health Collaborative to be held in Ghana in October, 2024

Member: College of Health Sciences Excellence Awards Planning Committee, KNUST, 2023

Head of Department:  Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety, KNUST for the 2023/2024 academic year, 2023

Member: Steering committee, Mastercard Health Collaborative, KNUST, 2023

Chairperson: Committee to develop curriculum for new short course in Quality Healthcare Management, KNUST, 2023

Member: Review committee for proposal for sandwich programmes in the Department of Nursing, 2022

Member: Scientific conference committee, College of Health Sciences, 2022

Head of Department: Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety, KNUST from November 01, 2022 to October 31, 2023 - 2022

Member: College Retreat Planning Committee, College of Health Sciences, KNUST, 2022

Moderator: BSc. Health Information Management programme, Anglican University College of Technology, 2022

Member: Institutional assessment for renewal of affiliation for the Mountcrest University College, an affiliate of KNUST, 2022

Reviewer: KReF Scientific Review Committee, Office of Grants and Research, KNUST, 2022

Member: Advisory Board of the Office of Grants and Research, KNUST, 2022

Member: Staff and leadership committee for Staff Welfare Work Stream in the College of Health Sciences, KNUST, 2021

Member: Curriculum Review Committee to review proposal received from the Ensign College of Public Health, Kpong for affiliation for one (1) year Master of Public Health Programme, 2021

Head of Department: Department of Health Policy, Management and Economics, KNUST from July 31, 2021, to December 31, 2021, 2021

Member: Committee for Review of proposals to mount programmes at the School of Veterinary Medicine, KNUST, 2021

Chairman: Quality Assurance Sub-Committee, School of Public Health, 2020

Head of Department: Department of Health Policy, Management and Economics, School of Public Health from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021, 2020

Member: KNUST-SPH Strategic Planning Committee, 2018

External Assessor for Promotion: Assessor of promotion document to Senior Lecturer for the University of Cape Coast, 2023

External Assessors of postgraduate programmes: Assessment exercise for two (2) postgraduate programmes at the University of Ghana Business School, Accra for Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, 2023

Team Member: Stakeholder Consultative Meeting to draft NHIA research Policy and Agenda, National Health Insurance Authority, 2023

Member: National Technical Committee for Healthcare Organisation Management -ISO TC 304, 2021

Health Employment Pillar Chair: Health Employment Pillar Advisory Committee chair for the Africa Higher Education for Health Collaborative involving 9 higher institutions, eight of which are from Africa and the University of Toronto, 2023

Health Employment Pillar Chair: Health Employment Pillar Advisory Committee chair for the Africa Higher Education for Health Collaborative involving 9 higher institutions, eight of which are from Africa and the University of Toronto, 2023


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