Mrs. Faustina Obu Mensah

Part Time Senior Lecturer


Dept: Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Aboagye Menyeh Science Complex Block
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Send quick mail

Research Areas/Interests

Non-communicable diseases, Research in nutrition, pica in pregnancy...~more


Positions Held & Hold

Secretary                         Departmental Board                                       1982-1987    Hall Fellow/Counselor    Africa Hall (Female hall of KNUST)                1985 – 1999

Assistant Examiner         WAEC, GCE ‘O’ Level Biology Paper I                  1985 - 1990

Seminar Organizer          Dept. of Biochemistry                                    1985 - 1992

Treasurer                         University Teachers Association of Ghana   1987 – 1989

Team Leader                   WAEC, GCE ‘O’ Level Biology Paper I      1991 – 1992

Fourth Year Examiner     Dept. of Biochemistry                                  1997 – 2002

Library Co-ordinator      Dep t. of Biochemistry                                  1998 – 2003

Academic Tutor               Dept. of Biochemistry                                   1998 to date

Senior Tutor                     Africa Hall                                                    1999 – 2000

Hall Warden                     Africa Hall                                                    2000 to 2006

            (Administrative Head)  

 

            Member                             Africa Hall Council                                       2006 - 2010                                                   

            Member                             Resource Person for Science, Technology   2000 to 2010                                                      And Mathematics Education (STME)

      Clinic for Girls, Ghana Education Service,

                                                      (GES), Ghana                                             

           

Member                            Technical Committee of the Family             2002 

                                                      Reproductive Health Programme for the

                                                      Capacity Building Unit of the Centre for

                                                      the Development of People (CEDEP)

 

            Member           Committee of the Clinical Analysis Lab. (CAn Lab) of   2003 to date

                                    the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

 

Member                             District Level Science, Technology and            2005

                                                      Mathematics Education (STME) Committee

                                                      GES, Ghana.

 

          Member           Board of Faculty of Biosciences, KNUST     Jan. 2005 to July 2010

     

            Member           Board of Faculty of Agriculture, KNUST      Jan. 2005 to Sept. 2009

 

            Member           Board of College of Science, KNUST           Oct. 2007 to Oct. 2014           

            Coordinator     International Students for College of Science

 

            Resource Person         Pre-Science Programme for International Students –

                                                College of Science and School of Medical Sciences

 

Head          Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology/  Aug. 2009 to July, 2010                           Food Science and Technology, KNUST

 

Member           Academic Board, KNUST                              Aug. 2009 – July 2010

 

            Member           Board of School of Research and                   Oct. 2009 – 2010

Graduate Studies, KNUST

                                                                                               

           External Examiner       Undergraduate project reports, Medical    

                                                Laboratory Technology, KNUST

 

            Chairperson                 The Junior Staff Housing Committee   2011 to 2014

 

            Member           Estate Organisation Management Committee  2011 to 2014

                                                                                                                                        

            Chairperson     Protocol, Programme and Rapporteurs Sub-Committee     July 2011

                                    for the 27th Biennial Conference of the Ghana Science

                                   Association held at KNUST, Kumasi

                                

            Executive Member      University Teachers Association of     Jan 2012 to Sept. 2015

Ghana (UTAG) – KNUST branch

 

            Resource Person         Workshops organised by Prumed         2010 to 2015

Medical Consult on health issues

for teachers in the various sub-Metros of Kumasi

 

            Chairperson                 Committee for the organisation of                  2012 to 2015

College of Science Congregation, KNUST

 

            Resource Person         ‘One Day Workshop’ of the Ghana Science

                                                Association, Kumasi Branch                         2012 

 

            External Assessor       Department of Applied Chemistry and           May 2013

Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences,

University for Development Studies, Tamale


Print page

SEND QUICK MAIL TO STAFF

Subject

Message

Your Email Address:
Note: this is to help the staff contact you back.