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E-mail: amuasi@kccr.de or amuas001@umn.edu

BIO

John Humphrey AMUASI is based at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), where he is Head of the Global Health Department of the School of Public Health and Leader of the Global One Health Research Group at the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR). Amuasi is also a W2 Professor of Global One Health at the Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine and the University of Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany, an adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health in the USA, and an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Medicine at the University of Oxford in the UK. Amuasi trained as a physician in Ghana, and later graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, USA, with post-graduate degrees terminating in a PhD in Health Research and Policy. Amuasi set up and was the inaugural head of the Research and Development Unit at the 1,200-bed Komfo Anokye teaching Hospital in Kumasi. For over 20 years, he has engaged in Tropical Medicine and Global Health research in LMICs – including in malaria, NTDs, AMR and One Health. He has also consulted for several Global Health-focused organizations and supported civil society organizations with technical expertise on matters related to access to drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics, as well as strategic advice related to Global Health research priorities. Amuasi’s current research involves clinical and field epidemiologic studies on malaria, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, AMR, snakebite and other neglected tropical diseases. He currently serves as an Executive Committee member of the EDCTP2-funded African Coalition for Epidemic Research, Response and Training (ALERRT), where he leads the operational readiness and resilience work package of the Network. Through ALERRT at KCCR, he is coordinating research on the clinical characterization of COVID-19 in Senegal, Guinea, Ghana, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya and the DRC. Amuasi also serves as PI for a number of other studies on COVID-19 in Ghana, including some phase III clinical trials for drugs and vaccines involving both consortia and pharma. He further serves as Co-Chair of The Lancet One Health Commission, an adjunct to a number of academic institutions, and as a regular technical advisor/contributor to the WHO, Africa CDC, African Academy of Sciences, and several other Global Health organizations. Amuasi is passionate about mentorship and sustainably building both clinical and non-clinical health research capacities in Africa.

EDUCATION

Degree/Qualification

Institution and Date

Fellow West Africa College of Physicians –

FWACP (by election)

West African College of Physicians and Surgeons.

November 2021

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Health Services Research and Policy with a Minor in

Development Studies and Social Change

University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. September 2010 to

June 2014

Master of Science (MS) in Health Services Research and Policy

University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. September 2010 to

April 2013 (certificate in June 2014)

Master of Public Health (MPH) in Public Health Policy and Administration

University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. September 2006 to

June 2007

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Medical Sciences, Kumasi,

Ghana. September 2001 to August 2004

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Human Biology

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Medical Sciences, Kumasi,

Ghana. September 1997 to June 2001

Diplôme d’études en langue française (DELF). (English: Diploma in French Language Studies)

International Centre for French Studies. Alliance

Française d’Accra, Accra, Ghana. December 1995 to June 1997

West African Exams Council (WAEC) Senior

Secondary School Certificate

Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School, Legon, Accra.

September 1992 to June 1995

 

LANGUAGES

  • English: (ILR Level 5 – Native or bilingual proficiency)
  • French: (ILR Level 3 – Professional working proficiency)
  • Akan (Fante and Twi): (ILR Level 5 – Native or bilingual proficiency)

 

SOME AWARDS AND HONOURS                                                                                                                                    

  • 2022 Alumni Award of Merit for professional excellence in the field of Public Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health. April 2023
  • Service and Innovation Excellence Award, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, College of Health Sciences. July 2022
  • Research Excellence Award, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, College of Health Sciences. July 2022
  • Nomination and Election to the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health (Pi Chapter), Chosen by SPH faculty based on outstanding academic performance and devotion to public health. April 2014
  • Colonial Dames Scholar Award, University of Minnesota. On account of a high GPA and using the skills acquired for the betterment of the lives of the citizens my country. February 2014
  • Pre-dissertation award, Interdisciplinary Centre for the study of Global Change, University of Minnesota. On account of academic excellence. To defray costs of carrying out pre-dissertation field-work. March 2012
  • Compton Fellow, Interdisciplinary Centre for the study of Global Change, University of On account of a track record demonstrating interests which identify an outstanding student who is clearly committed to the interdisciplinary study of the global south in the context of global change. March 2010
  • Winner, Young Voices in research for Health Organized by the Lancet and the Global Forum for Health Research. November 2006
  • John K. and Mildred Emerson Scholarship, University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Based on academic record and excellence in public health. September 2006
  • Dean’s Scholar Award, University of Minnesota, School of Public On account of leadership potential, ability to contribute to the intellectual vitality of the school, and capacity to make future contributions to the field of public health. July 2006
  • Lee   and  Donna  Stauffer  Award,  University  of  Minnesota,  School  of   Public   Health. Based on academic record and excellence in public health. July 2006
  • Winner, best young presenter award. Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research 25th anniversary research conference. December 2004
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT, RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
·       W2 Professor of Global One Health

Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine (BNITM) & University Medical Center Hamburg- Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany. November 2022 to date.

Some responsibilities: Teaching and conducting One Health research. Supervising Masters and Doctoral thesis at the UKE.

·       Senior Lecturer

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Medical School and School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Kumasi, Ghana. Joined KNUST in 2016. Current level from August 2020 to date.

Some responsibilities: Teaching Epidemiology, Disease Control, Research Methods. Supervising Medical, Nursing and Physician Assistant students as well as Masters and Doctoral thesis at the SPH and outside of Ghana.

  • Research Group Leader – Global Health and Infectious Diseases at the Kumasi Collaborative Centre for Research in Tropical Medicine. KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana. Current selected activities include:
    • Executive Director, African Research Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases Secretariat hosted at KCCR. A multi-country Network funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, Fondazione Cariplo, Gulbenkian Foundation, Foundation Merieux and the Nuffield Foundation. November 2014 to date
    • Country PI and Member of Executive Management. African Coalition for Epidemic Research Response and Training (ALERRT). December 2017 to date
    • Member: Ghana National Malaria Control Program Research Working Group. November 2016 to date
    • Steering Committee Member: Ebola Data Sharing Platform (with other representatives from WHO, MSF, IMC, Wellcome Trust, Oxford University, WAHO). June 2016 to date
    • Strategic Review Group Member: International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infections Consortium (ISARIC). June 2017
    • Member: WHO Technical  Advisory  Group  on  COVID-19  November 2020 to date
    • Member: WHO Ethics Review Committee for COVID-19. August 2020 to date
    • Member: WHO Clinical Advisory Group of the Global COVID-19 Clinical Data

March 2021 to date

  • Member: Africa Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 Science, Standards and Regulations Technical Working Group. June 2020 to date
  • Member: Lancet Commission on COVID-19 Task Force on the Origins, Early Control of the Pandemic, and One Health Solutions to Future Pandemic Threats. October 2020 to date
  • Member: The Lancet Chatham House Commission. October 2020 to date
  • Member: Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) to the Africa Centers for DiseaseControl (Africa CDC). May 2021 to date
  • Member: Wellcome Long COVID Advisory Board. May 2021 to date
  • Editorial Consultant. The Lancet Medical Journal. December 2006 to present
  • KCCR Principal Investigator on a Multisite study funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), a German research funding organization entitled

“Genetic determinants for the transmission of Cryptosporidium parvum/hominis among humans and animals in Africa”

  • KCCR Principal Investigator on a study funded by the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), entitled “Antimicrobial resistance surveillance at four hospitals in sub- Saharan Africa”
  • KCCR Principal investigator on a study funded by the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), entitled “Evaluation of Biomarkers to differentiate malaria from bacterial bloodstream infections”
  • KCCR Principal Investigator on a study funded by the Wellcome Trust via the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), entitled “Investigating the risk of meningitis and H1N1 outbreaks in second cycle institutions in Ghana”
  • KCCR Principal Investigator on a study funded by the German Center for Infection

Research (DZIF), entitled “Analysis of anti-malarial immunity development, parasite diversity, and endothelial cell activation in early life”

  • KCCR Principal Investigator on study funded by the Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine (BNITM), entitled “Snakebite Incidence Treatment and Effects in Ghana (SnakebITE)”
  • KCCR Co-Investigator on study funded by the Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine (BNITM), entitled “Recurrent Malaria after artemisinin-based combination therapy in an endemic area”
  • KCCR Co-Investigator on a multi-site study funded by the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), entitled “Clinical evaluation of ArteSunate+Amodiaquine+Atovaquone-Proguanil tri-therapy for malaria treatment in African children (ASAAP)”
  • International Principal Investigator on a multi-site study funded by the Wellcome Trust, entitled “The African coaLition for Epidemic Research, Response and Training, Clinical Characterisation Protocol (ALERRT CCP)
  • National Principal Investigator on a multi-site study funded by the WHO. WHO Clinical Data Platform for COVID-19
  • National Principal Investigator on Seroprevalence for SARS-Cov-2 study in three cities in Ghana sponsored by BNITM, Hamburg,
  • National Principal Investigator on multi-site clinical trial for COVID-19 sponsored by DNDi and funded by UNITAID, Geneva, Switzerland (the ANTICOV Trial)
  • National Principal Investigator on multi-site clinical trial for COVID-19 sponsored by Oxford University and funded by Wellcome, UK (the RECOVERY Trial)
  • Principal Investigator on multi-site vaccine clinical trial for COVID-19 sponsored by Sanofi, (the VAT00008 Trial)
·       Honorary Visiting Research Fellow

Oxford University, Nuffield Department of Medicine, UK. May 2021 to date

·       Affiliate Assistant Professor

University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minnesota, USA. May 2018 to date

·       Teaching and Supervising

a.     Subjects taught

  1. Post graduate [KNUST School of Public Health]
    1. MPH 551Epidemiology and Health Management Information Systems I. 2016 to date
    2. MPH 552 Epidemiology and Health Management Information Systems II. 2017 to date
  2. Post graduate [KNUST African Institute of Sanitation and Waste Management]
    1. PUB 587 Introduction to Epidemiology. 2019
    2. PUB 563 Introduction to Disease Control. 2019
  • Post graduate [University of Minnesota School of Public Health, USA]
    1. PUBH 7200 Global public health systems in developing countries. 2012 to 2018 (biannually)
    2. PUBH 7230 Neglected Tropical Diseases research control and elimination. 2016 to date
    3. PUBH 7200 Sec. 110 The non-communicable disease epidemic. 2012
  1. Post graduate [Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam]
    1. MPH module Health Policy. 2017
  1. Post graduate [Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda]
    1. CPIDM module 06 Health Policy and Analysis. 2016 and 2017
    2.  
  2. Post graduate [Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine, Germany]
    1. European Diploma in Tropical Medicine. Health Systems Research and Policy 2014 to 2021
  • Undergraduate [KNUST School of Medical Sciences (SMS), Department of Community Health, BSc Human Biology]
    1. SMS 357/358 Community Health 2016 to date
    2. SMS 658 Community Health [Introduction to Public Health; Disease Control and Prevention; Overview of Evidence-based Healthcare]. 2016 to date
  • Undergraduate [KNUST School of Medical Sciences (SMS), Department of Physician Assistantship, BSc Physician Assistant]
    1. PAC 154 Introduction to Epidemiology. 2019 to date
  1. Undergraduate [KNUST School of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and Midwifery]
    1. SSN 156/138 Introduction to Community Health. 2018 to date
b.     Supervision of student project work/theses/research
  1. Doctoral level supervisor
    1. Nana Yaa Boadu – Doctor of Philosophy on the topic – “Using Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) in Ghana: Understanding Healthcare Providers’ Compliance with Policy Guidelines for Diagnosis in Peripheral Facilities”. Department of Public Health Science, University of Alberta, Canada – 2014 to 2017
    2. Rose Odotei – Doctor of Philosophy on the topic – “The Role of Health Communication in the Uptake of Malaria Prevention Interventions in Pregnancy”. Department of Health Education and Promotion, KNUST School of Public Health – 2018 to June 2021
    3. Waruiru Mburu – Doctor of Philosophy on the topic – “Breast cancer incidence patterns and pathway of care for breast cancer patients in Ghana”. Department for Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, USA – 2018 to 2021
    4. Mavis Kwabla – Doctor of Philosophy Candidate on the topic – “Evaluation of tuberculosis surveillance system in Ghana: capture-recapture design”. Department for Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and Hannover Medical School, Braunschweig, Germany – 2018 to date
    5. Jonathan Steinhorst – Doctor of Philosophy on the topic – “Snakebite in Ghana”. Department for Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands – 2020 to date
    6. Leslie Aglanu – Doctor of Philosophy on the topic – “Snakebite in Ghana”. Department for Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands – 2020 to date
    7. Austin Adobasom-Anane – Doctor of Philosophy on the topic – “A Behaviour Change Communication Approach to Community Empowerment for the Prevention and Control Of Snakebite in the Tano North Municipality”. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, KNUST School of Public Health – 2020 to date
  1. Masters level supervisor
    1. Chrisantus Danaah Dari – MSc on the topic – Compliance with Iron/Folic Acid Supplementation Among Pregnant Women Attending Health Facilities in the Wa Municipality, Ghana. Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2016-2018
    2. Leticia Bayor – MSc on the topic – Compliance with Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation among Pregnant Women in the Techiman Municipality, Bring Ahafo Region, Ghana. Department of Population and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2016-2018
    3. Judith Gyilku – MPH on the topic – Screening of Pregnant Women for Syphilis as part of Antenatal Care in the Asikuma Odoben Brakwa District in the Central Region of Ghana. Department of Health Services Planning and Management, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2016-2018
    4. Lawrence Adinku – MPH on the topic – Compliance with national Treatment Guidelines for the Case management of Uncomplicated Malaria among Health Workers and Parents in the Atwima Mponua District. Department of Health Services Planning and Management, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2016-2018
    5. Atta Kwabena Arthur – MPH on the topic – Possession and Utilization of Long Lasting Insecticide Bed Nets (LLINs) by Pregnant Women in the Pru District, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana. Department of Population and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2016-2018
    6. Kwabena Oppong – MPhil on the topic – Assessing the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Cryptosporidium among Children with Diarrhoea Reporting at the Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana. Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, KNUST, Kumasi – 2016 – 2019
    7. Anastasia Okyere – MPH on the topic – Utilization of Antenatal care Services among Women in the Asutifi South District of the Brong Ahafo Region. Department of Health Policy Monitoring and Evaluation, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2017-2019
    8. Abraham Amponsah – MPH on the topic – Evaluation of Clinical Preventive Service in Primary Health Facilities within the Kumasi Metropolis. Department of Health Services Planning and Management, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2017-2018
    9. Gertrude Lenseni – MPH on the topic – Physico-Chemical Analysis of the Quality of Different Brands of Sachet Water in the Sunyani Metropolis. Department of Population and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2017 – 2019
    10. Stella Kedjanyi – MPH on the topic – Assessing the Perception of Clients of Health Service Delivery in Public and Private Hospitals in The Sunyani Municipality. Department of Health Services Planning and Management, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2017 – 2019
    11. Charlotte Agyeman – MPH on the topic – Risk of HIV infection among adolescents in Asokore Mampong Municipality. Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2017 – 2019
    12. Irene Takyiwaa Manu – MSc on the topic – Assessing the Levels of Disrespect and Aabuse During Childbirth Among Nursing Mothers at Regional Hospital, Sunyani. Department of Population and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2018 – 2020
    13. Samuel Agyei-Boahen – MPH on the topic – Sanitation Management in the Techiman Municipal Assembly. Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Safety, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2018 – 2020
    14. Enoch Antwi-Boasiakoh Kwabena – MPH on the topic – Contraceptive Knowledge, Perception and Use Among Students in Some Selected Senior High Schools in the Ejisu and Oforikrom Municipal, Ashanti Region. Department of Health Services Planning and Management, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2018 to date [writing phase]
    15. Richard Enimil – MPH on the topic – Factors That Contribute to Non-Adherence to Oral Hypoglycaemic Therapy Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Department of Health Services Planning and Management, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2018 – 2019
    16. Ernestina Agyare Kobia – MPH on the topic – Effects of Mentorship on Clinical Experience among third year regular nursing students of Nursing and Midwifery Training College,

Mampong Ashanti, Kumasi, Ghana. Department of Health Services Planning and Management, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2018 – 2020

  1. Pearl Ann Fosu – MPH on the topic – Exclusive Breastfeeding and Infection Rates of Infants in the Bosomtwe District, Ashanti Region, Ghana. Department of Health Services Planning and Management, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2018 to date [writing phase]
  2. Daniel Yeboah Sarpong – MPH on the topic – Knowledge, Attitude and Use of Emergency Contraception Among Women of Reproductive Age in The Kwadaso Municipality, Ghana. Department of Population and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2018 – 2020
  3. Theresa Wiredu – MPH on the topic – Barriers to uptake of modern contraceptive methods among adolescents in the Techiman North District. Department of Population and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2018 – 2020
  4. Lydia Nuamah – MPH on the topic – Factors associated with uptake of condoms among the female population in the Mamponteng Municipality. Department of Population and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2018 – 2020
  5. Christabel Manu– MSc on the topic – The Implementation of The Ghana Health Insurance Scheme and Its Consequences on Maternal Healthcare Delivery in Some Selected Healthcare Institutions in Ghana. Department of Health Systems Research and Management, School of Public Health, KNUST, Kumasi – 2018 -2020
  • Undergraduate level
  1. BPH Public Health – SD 11
    1. Completed in the 2018/19 Academic Year: One [1]
    2. Medical students (MBChB) – SD 12
      1. Completed in the 2016/17 Academic Year: Twenty-one [21]
      2. Completed in the 2017/18 Academic Year: Sixteen [16]
      3. Completed in the 2018/19 Academic Year: Sixteen [16]
      4. Completed in the 2019/20 Academic Year: Fourteen [14]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Medical:

  • Medical Officer

Polyclinic, Komfo-Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi, Ghana

October 2007 – August 2010

·       Medical Officer

Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Komfo-Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi, Ghana

November 2005 – September 2006

·       House Officer

Departments of Paediatrics and Surgery, Komfo-Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi, Ghana

November 2004 – October 2005

 

Global Health and other Research:

  • Consultant

ICFi, Maryland, USA.

I collected and synthesized information to document functionality of malaria information systems. Involved review of academic and grey literature, interviews with DHIMS2 actors, delivery of a schema on the architecture of data collection and use and a detailed report.

March 2017 – June 2018

·       Expert

University of Minnesota

Served as an expert from the University of Minnesota on the USAID-sponsored One-Health Central and East Africa project in Uganda (Makerere University) and Senegal (Interstate School of Veterinary Science and Medicine of Dakar & the Institut de santé et développement). In Uganda I provided support for curriculum design and delivered lectures. In Senegal I supported the design of curriculum to be run jointly by two Universities.

May 2016 – May 2017

·       Consultant

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), New York, USA.

Presenter and facilitator providing technical advice to the Ministries of Health of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia on bio-banking policy post-ebola

June 2015 – June 2016

·       Consultant

Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva, Switzerland.

Prepare an opinion-editorial paper on the need to address multiple first-line therapies for malaria (MTF) and at least two publications in peer-reviewed journals presenting research conducted in Ghana in 2013

June 2014 – June 2016

·       Consultant

France Expertise Internationale (FEI), Paris, France.

Collected and analysed data for the identification and description of interventions as part of a project focused on access to recommended malaria treatments in several central and western African countries for funding to UNITAID by country.

August 2013

·       Consulting Expert

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Geneva, Switzerland.

Malaria activities related to DNDi hand-over of malaria portfolio to MMV.

August 2013 – July 2014

·       Consultant

Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva, Switzerland.

Research to understand, identify and describe the events/factors (political, social, economic, epidemiologic etc.) leading to the adoption of MFT as policy in Ghana. And to find out the mix and distribution of antimalarials (and specifically ACTs) available, and the distribution and extent of variability in public vs. private and urban vs. rural areas.

August – October 2013

·       Principal Investigator

Independent Evaluation of the Affordable Medicines Facility – malaria (AMFm) program in Ghana Technical and administrative oversight responsibility in carrying out baseline and endline surveys in Ghana and reporting to the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria.

February 2010 – October 20

·       Head, Research and Development Unit

Komfo-Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Led my team to develop comprehensive research policy and guidelines for KATH; coordinated smooth operations of KATH’s IRB; conducted various operational research projects in-house and on the field to inform both clinical and management practice; together with international collaborators, secured donor funding to run a collaborative community development project; trained over 40 clinicians and hospital support staff to attain diplomas in project design and management in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; among many others.

October 2007 – August 2010

·       Consultant

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva, Switzerland.

Prepared and presented a paper on Technology Transfer and local drug manufacturing in South Africa. Available from: http://ictsd.org/downloads/2009/12/amuasi-paper-edited.pdf

November – December 2009

·       Temporary Consultant

World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland

Ad-hoc committee to review proposals submitted to measure the impact of measles eradication on health systems

June 2009

·       Consulting Expert

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Geneva, Switzerland

Conducted antimalarial policy and market surveys in Burundi and Sierra Leone. Two peer reviewed publications and one submitted

October 2008 – November 2009

·       Consultant

Health Action International (HAI Africa)

Monitoring the implementation of the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights

March 2009 – March 2010

·       Consultant

African Network for Drugs Diagnostics and Innovation (ANDI) and World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland

Mapping of the drug/diagnostic research and development capacity in Africa. Available from: www.who.int/tdr/news-events/news/pdf/ANDI-rd-landscape-abstracts

July 2008 – October 2008

·       Consulting Expert

Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva, Switzerland

Technical and logistical arrangements for hosting annual board and stakeholders’ meeting in Accra. Involved high level liaison with the Ministry of Health and state protocol.

December 2007 – July 2008

·       Consulting Expert

Dalberg Global Development Advisors and the World Bank, New York, USA

Reviewed the first draft of the antimalarial pricing subsidy proposal presented to the World Bank. This served as a precursor to the AMFm

July 2007

·       Fellow and Freelance Expert

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Geneva, Switzerland

Prepared a report dissecting the product development partnership (PDP) concept using the DNDi-Sanofi-Aventis relationship as a case study. Also determined the overall cost of developing the first product (fixed-dose artesunate-amodiaquine) to be delivered by a PDP.

January 2007 – September 2007

·       Consulting Expert

Dalberg Global Development Advisors and the World Bank, Geneva, Switzerland Assessment of pricing of antimalarials in the Ghanaian public and private sectors

January 2007

·       Freelance Expert

Drugs for Neglected Diseases (DNDi), Geneva, Switzerland

Assessed the capacity of selected developing countries in Africa for research and drug production via questionnaires and interviews

July 2003 – January 2004

 

PUBLICATIONS                                                                                                                                    

  1. Amuasi JH, Lucas T, Horton R, Winkler AS. Reconnecting for our future: The Lancet One Health Commission. The Lancet. 2020;395(10235):1469-1471. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31027-8
  2. Salajegheh Tazerji S, Magalhães Duarte P, …Amuasi J…Rahimi P, et Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to animals: an updated review. Journal of Translational Medicine. 2020;18(1):358. doi:10.1186/s12967-020-02534-2
  3. Amuasi JH, Winkler AS (2020). One Health or Planetary Health for pandemic prevention?- Authors’ reply. 2020 Dec 12;396(10266):1882-1883. DOI: 10.1016/S0140- 6736(20)32392-8. PMID: 33308466 No abstract available.
  4. Owusu M, Sylverken AA, El-Duah P, Ayisi-Boateng NK, Yeboah R, Adu E, Asamoah J, Frimpong M, Senyo J, Acheampong G, Mutocheluh M, Amuasi J, Owusu-Dabo E, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Phillips RO. Low risk of SARS-CoV-2 in blood transfusion. PLoS One. 2021 Apr 13;16(4):e0249069. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249069. eCollection 2021. PMID: 33848293
  5. Sylverken AA, El-Duah P, Owusu M, Schneider J, Yeboah R, Ayisi-Boateng NK, Gorman R, Adu E, Kwarteng A, Frimpong M, Binger T, Aryeetey S, Asamoah JA, Amoako YA, Amuasi JH, Beheim- Schwarzbach J, Owusu-Dabo E, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Obiri-Danso K, Corman VM, Drosten C, Phillips Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in northern Ghana: insights from whole-genome sequencing. Arch Virol. 2021 May;166(5):1385-1393. doi: 10.1007/s00705-021-04986-3. Epub 2021 Mar 15. PMID: 33723631
  6. Sigfrid L, Cevik M, Jesudason E, Lim WS, Rello J, Amuasi J, Bozza F, Palmieri C, Munblit D, Holter JC, Kildal AB, Reyes LF, Russell CD, Ho A, Turtle L, Drake TM, Beltrame A, Hann K, Bangura IR, Fowler R, Lakoh S, Berry C, Lowe DJ, McPeake J, Hashmi M, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Donohue C, Plotkin D, Hardwick H, Elkheir N, Lone NI, Docherty A, Harrison E, Baille JK, Carson G, Semple MG, Scott JT. What is the recovery rate and risk of long-term consequences following a diagnosis of COVID-19? A harmonised, global longitudinal observational study protocol. BMJ Open. 2021 Mar 10;11(3):e043887. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043887. PMID: 33692181
  7. Emmerich P, Murawski C, Ehmen C, von Possel R, Pekarek N, Oestereich L, Duraffour S, Pahlmann M, Struck N, Eibach D, Krumkamp R, Amuasi J, Maiga-Ascofaré O, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Asogun D, Ighodalo Y, Kann S, May J, Tannich E, Deschermeier C. Limited specificity of commercially available SARS-CoV-2 IgG ELISAs in serum samples of African origin. Trop Med Int 2021 Mar 5:10.1111/tmi.13569. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13569. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33666297
  8. Adegnika AA, Amuasi JH, Basinga P, Berhanu D, Medhanyie AA, Okwaraji YB, Persson LÅ, Savadogo B, Schellenberg J, Steinmann Embed capacity development within all global health research. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Feb;6(2):e004692. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004692. PMID: 33597279
  9. Akenten CW, Boahen KG, Marfo KS, Sarpong N, Dekker D, Struck NS, Osei-Tutu L, May J, Amuasi JH, Eibach D. J Bloodstream infection with Acinetobacter baumanii in a Plasmodium falciparum positive infant: a case report. Med Case Rep. 2021 Feb 5;15(1):46. doi: 10.1186/s13256-020- 02648-7. PMID: 3354
  10. W Muru, A Boamah Mensah, B Virnig,… J Amuasi… et Pathways to Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Among Women in Ghana: A Qualitative Study. Women’s health reports (New Rochelle, NY). 2021;2(1). doi:10.1089/whr.2020.0117
  11. Sarfo FS, Akpalu A, Bockarie A, … Amuasi JH and Ovbiagele Phone-Based Intervention under Nurse Guidance after Stroke (PINGS II) Study: Protocol for a Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of Stroke           and       Cerebrovascular          Diseases.                    2021;30(8). doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105888
  12. Morgan OW, Aguilera X, Ammon A, Amuasi J et Disease surveillance for the COVID-19 era: time for bold changes. The Lancet. 2021;397(10292):2317-2319. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01096-5
  13. Steinhorst, J., Aglanu, L.M., Ravensbergen, S.J., Dari, C.D., Abass, K.M., Mireku, S.O., Poku, J.K.A., Enuameh, A., Blessmann, J., Harrison, R.A., Amuasi, J.H. and Stienstra, Y. The medicine is not for sale’: Practices of traditional healers in snakebite envenoming in Ghana, 2021. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(4), p.e0009298.
  14. O Deberu, B Nkrumah, A Sylverken…, Amuasi…et al. Common bacteria in sputum or gastric lavage of patients presenting with signs and symptoms of lower respiratory tract infections. The Pan African medical journal. 2021;38. doi:10.11604/pamj.2021.38.383.26333
  15. Acheampong, T., Akorsikumah, E. A., Osae-Kwapong, J., Khalid, M., Appiah, A., & Amuasi, J. H. (2021). Examining Vaccine Hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of the Knowledge and Attitudes among Adults to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines in Ghana. Vaccines, 9(8), 814. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9080814
  16. Lazarus, J. V., Romero, D., Kopka, C.J., Karim, S.A., Abu-Raddad, L.J., Almeida, G., Baptista-Leite, R., Barocas, A., Barreto, M.L., Bar-Yam, Y., Bassat, Q., Batista, C., Bazilian, M., Chiou, S.T., Del Rio, C., Dore, G.J., Gao, G.F., Gostin, L.O., Hellard, M., Jimenez, J.L., Kang, G., Lee, N., Matičič, M., McKee, M., Nsanzimana, S., Oliu-Barton, M., Pradelski, B., Pyzik, O., Rabin, K., Raina, S., Rashid, S.F., Rathe, M., Saenz, R., Singh, S., Trock-Hempler, M., Villapol, S., Yap, P., Binagwaho, A., Kamarulzaman, A., El-Mohandes, A., and COVID-19 Consensus Statement Panel (2022). A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat. Nature, 611(7935): 332- 345.
  17. Keusch, G.T., Amuasi, J.H., Anderson, D.E., Daszak, P., Eckerle, I., Field, H., Koopmans, M., Lam, S.K., Das Neves, G., Peiris, M., Perlman, S., Wacharapluesadee, S., Yadana, S., and Saif, L. (2022). Pandemic origins and a One Health approach to preparedness and prevention: Solutions based on SARS-CoV-2 and other RNA viruses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(42): e2202871119.
  18. Kabakama, , Konje, E. T., Dinga, J. N., Kishamawe, C., Morhason-Bello, I., Hayombe, P., Adeyemi, O., Chimuka, E., Lumu, I., Amuasi, J., Acheampong, T., and Dzinamarira, T. (2022). Commentary on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in sub-Saharan Africa. Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 7(7): 130.
  19. Hein, W., Aglanu, L. M., Mensah-Sekyere, M., Harant, A., Brinkel, J., Lamshöft, M., Lorenz, E., Eibach, D., and Amuasi, J. (2022). Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance: Development and Implementation of the Ghanaian National Action Plan (2017-2021). Antibiotics (Basel), 11(5):
  20. Struck, N.S., Lorenz, E., Deschermeier, C., Eibach, D., Kettenbeil, J., Loag, W., Brieger, S.A., Ginsbach, A.M., Obirikorang, C., Maiga-Ascofare, O., Sarkodie, Y.A., Boham, E.E.A., Adu, E.A., Asare, , Amoako-Adusei, A., Yawson, A., Boakye, A.O., Deke, J., Almoustapha, N.S., Adu-Amoah, L., Duah, I.K., Ouedraogo, T.A., Boudo, V., Rushton, B., Ehmen, C., Fusco, D., Gunga, L., Benke, D., Höppner, Y., Rasolojaona, Z.T., Rasamoelina, T., Rakotoarivelo, R.A., Rakotozandrindrainy, R., Coulibaly, B., Sié, A., Awuah, A.A., Amuasi, J.H., Souares, A., and May, J. (2022). High seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Burkina-Faso, Ghana and Madagascar in 2021: a population- based study. BMC Public Health, 22(1): 1676.
  21. Aglanu, L. M., Amuasi, J. H., Schut, B. A., Steinhorst, J., Beyuo, A., Dari, C. D., Agbogbatey, M. K., Blankson, E. S., Punguyire, D., Lalloo, D. G., Blessmann, J., Abass, K. M., Harrison, R. A., and Stienstra, Y. (2022). What the snake leaves in its wake: Functional limitations and disabilities among snakebite victims in Ghanaian communities. PLOS neglected tropical diseases, 16(5): e0010322.
  22. Deschermeier, C., Ehmen, C., von Possel, R., Murawski, C., Rushton, B., Amuasi, J., Sarpong, N., Maiga-Ascofaré, O., Rakotozandrindrainy, R., Asogun, D., Ighodalo, Y., Oestereich, L., Duraffour, , Pahlmann, M., and Emmerich, P. (2022). Fcγ-Receptor-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Sensitive, Specific, and Persistent Detection of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein IgG Antibodies in Human Sera. Journal of clinical microbiology, 60(6): e0007522.
  23. Amuasi, J., Agbogbatey, M. K., Sarfo, F. S., Beyuo, A., Duah, K., Agasiya, P., Arthur, A., Appiah, L., Nguah, S. B., Bockarie, A., Ayisi-Boateng, N. K., Boateng, K. G. A., Adusei-Mensah, N., Akpalu, A., and Ovbiagele, B. (2022). Feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of a mobile health stroke intervention among Ghanaian health workers. Journal of the neurological sciences, 439:

INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS (SELECTED)

  • Member of the Experts’ consultation meeting on Scaling Health Innovations in Africa, World

           Health Organization Africa Regional Office – July 2019

  • Member of the African-German workshop on a potential Research and Education Cooperation Programme for Better Health in Africa – June 2019
  • Chair of the final review committee meeting for the EDCTP 2018 “Career Development Fellowships” Call – May 2019
  • Co-Chair of the Lancet One Health Commission – May 2019 to date
  • Chair of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network Clinical/Infection Prevention Control Committee and Temporary Adviser to the World Health Organization – May 2018 to date
  • Public lecture of LOEWE-Centre DRUID on Neglected Tropical Diseases at the Marburg City Hall –

February 2019

  • Temporary Adviser to the World Health Organization – January 2019
  • Speaker at the annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and COR-NTD meetings

– October 2018

  • Chair of the plenary session at the meeting to advance clinical research preparedness for infectious diseases outbreaks in Europe – August 2018
  • Scientific Lecture at the University of The Free State – July 2018
  • Panel Discussant at the World Health Summit in Berlin on value-based healthcare, Germany –

October 2018

  • Member of the Expert Advisory Committee for the lute contre les maladies tropicales negligees of the Organization de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endemies and Afriques Centrale (OCEAC)

– August 2018

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  • Panel discussant: “Translating Operational Research into Program Implementation”. Closing plenary session of the Annual Meeting of the Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD) 2016 in Atlanta, USA. November 2016
  • Invited by the Indian Ministry of Health to Chair a session on “Advancing Industrial cooperation in Pharma and Healthcare Sector” at the India-Africa Health Sciences Meet in New Delhi, India. September 2016
  • Chair of Sub-faculty of Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2nd African Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity. Lagos, Nigeria. August 2016
  • Invited by the WHO to participate in the “WHO First & Second Consultation on Ebola Biobanking”.

Geneva, Switzerland. & Freetown, Sierra Leone. May & September 2015 respectively

  • Invited by the Global Health Research Initiative, International Development Research Centre, and WHO/TDR ESSENCE on Health Research collaboration Network to participate in a workshop on “Evaluating Global Health Research for Development”. Ottawa, June 2014
  • Invited by the World Wide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) to participate at the

“WWARN vivax research Latin America roundtable”. São Paulo, Brazil. August 2013

  • Presented on “Affordable Medicines Facility – malaria (AMFm) and Capacity Strengthening in Ghana” at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative’s 10th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Stakeholder’s meeting. Nairobi, Kenya. June 2013
  • Invited by the World Bank as an expert to discuss “Innovations in Health Care Financing and Service Delivery: Making Malaria Treatment Available”. Washington DC, December 2011
  • Presented on “R&D for the Next Generation of Antimalarials” at the Novartis Malaria Initiative Stakeholder Meeting on “Reducing Malaria Incidence and Mortality – a Path to Elimination”. Livingstone, Zambia. November 2010
  • Invited by the Africa Union (AU) and NEPAD as an expert to discuss pharmaceutical innovation in Africa. Pretoria, South Africa. February 2010
  • Panellist at the Global Health Council and Novartis event on “Driving Malaria Reduction Globally”. Addressed congressional representatives and other major stakeholders, Capitol Hill, Washington DC, USA. October 2009
  • Founding member, African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI). Abuja,

October 2008

  • Member, Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria (AMFm) consultative forum, Washington DC, USA. September 2008
  • Presented on “Intellectual Property and Health Research in Africa” at the civil society meeting on the WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on IP, Health and Innovation (IGWG) process organized by Health Action International. Nairobi, Kenya. September 2007
  • 12th International Congress Infectious Diseases (ICID) Lisbon, Portugal. June 2006
  • 3rd International Aids Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment. Rio de janeiro, Brazil. July 2005
  • Research Elective placement, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. February – March 2004
  • International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research Conference. Pretoria, South-Africa. November 2003
  • Global Forum for Health Research (Forum 6). Arusha, Tanzania. November 2002
  • Coordinator and Moderator of Round Table Discussion on Malaria and its socio-economic effects on developing countries. International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA) 50th General Assembly. Aalborg, Denmark. August 2001

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (SELECTED)

 

Oral:

  • Clinical Research in Ebola (ALERRT). The PREPARE Europe Reaching Out: A Meeting to Advance Clinical Research Preparedness During Infectious Disease Outbreaks meeting in Brussels, Belgium, September 20, 2018. See: https://vimeo.com/297671913
  • Genetic determinants for the transmission of Cryptosporidium spp. among humans and animals in Africa. DFG Annual conference Infectiology 2018 in Entebbe, Uganda, September 0-5, 2018
  • Addressing Global Challenges: Current Initiatives in Africa. Wellcome and the US National Academies meeting on Clinical Research in Epidemics in London, UK, October 09, 2017
  • Partnerships towards NTD Invited by the Kenya Ministry of Health as the Keynote Speaker at their 11th annual NTD conference. Nairobi, Kenya. December 2017
  • The Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria: Lessons from Ghana. Presented as part of a satellite symposium organized at Health Systems Research conference 2016 by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the ACTwatch consortium with sponsorship from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Vancouver, Canada. November 2016

 

Posters:

  • Integrating use of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen rapid diagnostic tests by community health workers during mass drug administration campaigns to improve uptake of praziquantel treatment among the adult population at Kome Island, North-Western Tanzania: a cluster randomized community trial. 2018 annual meeting of the Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD) held in New Orleans, USA, October 26 – 27, 2018
  • The AMFm in Ghana: Factors Associated with Private Retailer’s Adherence to the Recommended

Retail Price. 63rd ASTMH Congress. New Orleans, USA. November 2014

  • The Affordable Medicines facility-malaria: Baseline and endline surveys in Ghana. Challenges in malaria research: progress towards elimination. Basel, Switzerland. October 2012
  • Artemisinin combination therapies: Policy and market surveys in Burundi and Sierra Leone. 1st Global Symposium on Health Systems, Montreux, Switzerland and 58th ASTMH Congress. Washington DC, USA. November 2010 and 2009 respectively
  • Artesunate plus Amodiaquine combination therapy in Ghana: Albatross or lifeline? African Network for Drugs Diagnostics and Innovation. Abuja, Nigeria. October 2008

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Ghana Medical Association
  • University of Minnesota Alumni Association
  • Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health (Pi Chapter)
  • American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

INTERNET LINKS

REFEREES

 

Professor Sam Kofi Newton Dean, School of Public Health KNUST

E-mail: samkofinewton@yahoo.com Telephone: +233 20 8112237

     Professor Juergen May

Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases Director, Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine Hamburg, Germany

E-mail: may@bnitm.de Telephone: +49 40 2853800

      Professor Peter Horby

Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Global Health Director, Pandemic Sciences Institute

University of Oxford

E-mail: peter.horby@ndm.ox.ac.uk Telephone: +44 1865 612940

Professor Beth Virnig

Dean, School of Public Health University of Florida, USA

E-mail: bvirnig@phhp.ufl.edu Tel: +1 612 624 4426

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