Dr. Nadia Tagoe is a Senior Lecturer at the Global Health Department of the School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. She is a Health Policy and Systems researcher with specific interest in global health policy and practice. Dr. Tagoe draws on management, organisational, and social science theories to interrogate global health policies and practices towards optimizing global health outcomes. Her current research focuses on research systems, ethics and justice, health systems and, capacity strengthening in low- and middle-income settings.

Dr. Tagoe is an Honorary Lecturer at the Department of International Public Health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and a visiting academic to the University of Oxford. She coordinates the Decolonisation and Global Health Research Exchange Network, a multidisciplinary network of academics, practitioners, and activists with a shared interest in unpacking and analysing decolonisation debates in global health research, jointly hosted by Oxford University, UK, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya. University of Ghana and KNUST. She is a passionate advocate for equity and accountability in global health and ensures that these principles are underscored in her work. Dr Tagoe is also a member of the Learning Research Programme team led by the Centre for Capacity Research at LSTM which has been examining key components of Africa-led health research capacity strengthening including consortium management, knowledge translation and gender issues in research careers.

Dr. Tagoe consults for international organisations and several universities. She has extensive research management expertise and experience with over 15 years’ experience in managing health research capacity strengthening (HRCS) programmes and building institutional research systems. She played a pivotal role in the establishment of the KNUST Office of Grants and Research and spearheaded the development of the University’s research management structures, policies, and services.

Dr. Tagoe holds a PhD in Development Policy and Practice (Global Health) from Open University in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK, an MSc in Management and Implementation of Development Projects from University of Manchester, UK, and a BSc in Building Technology from KNUST, Ghana. She is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).