Prof. Christian Obirikorang

Associate Professor


Dept: Molecular Medicine
Block L,
Department Of Molecular Medicine,
School Of Medicine And Dentistry, KNUST

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Research Areas/Interests

1. Oxidative Stress 2. Mechanism of HIV 3. Role of SNPs in diseases 4. Genomic basis of diseases 5. The genetic basis of Life Style Diseases ...~more


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He is a trained Laboratory Scientist with a specialization (Ph.D.) in Chemical Pathology. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana lecturing Chemical Pathology and Biochemistry to students offering BSc. Human Biology, Medical Laboratory Technology, Nursing, Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy.  He is a Research Fellow with the Global Health and Infectious Disease Group at KCCR. He has more than Eighteen (18) years of training in the extensive practice of Laboratory Science (Clinical) in the specialized areas of Clinical Chemistry, Immunology, and Molecular Biology.

He had a postdoc training at the Department of Human Genetics, the University of Michigan for six months in techniques for identifying Single Nucleotide Polymorphism using the Ligation detection reaction (LDR) for typing single base mutations or polymorphism. This further enhanced his molecular and cellular biology. He worked with the H3 Africa lab (Noguchi Memorial Institute) where he served as a Laboratory Consultant responsible for training research scientists in the use of PCR-LDR techniques for SNPs identification.

His area of research is looking at the Genetic basis of diseases. He has worked on SNPs in the SLC10A1 gene among Ghanaians infected with the Hepatitis B virus, Genetic markers (SNPs) associated with dyslipidemia in HIV on Antiretroviral therapy, and TCF7L2 gene association with Type 2 Diabetes. Currently working on various SNPs and their role in varying diseases. He has over 70 publications in referred journals.

 

 


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