Prof. Ellis Owusu-Dabo is a Public Health Physician, Consultant Research Scientist and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. As a Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health, his area of expertise is in Medical Epidemiology and applied public health technologies. As a university teacher, he has trained undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as mentored young faculty at both local and international levels.
He holds a PhD in Epidemiology and Global Health from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, MSc. Public Health and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He is a Fellow of the West Africa and Ghana Colleges of Physicians.
Ellis is a Principal Investigator for a good number of projects including the Mastercard Foundation Higher Education Health Collaborative, European Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnerships and Severe Typhoid in Africa with funding from European Commission and Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation. It is through these positions that he has had a unique vantage point from which he has undertaken high-impact scientific projects and to train many students and faculty.
Prof. Owusu-Dabo has excellent scientific research output and presence.
As Perelman International Scholar of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, his passion is in building capacities of next generation scientists and health systems to help solve Africa’s health problems through scientific research collaborations.