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Search, discover, and connect with over 1,800 researchers, faculty members, and scholars across all departments of KNUST.
Department of Pharmacy Practice
The researcher's work focuses on understanding the factors influencing hypertension in patients across Hanna, Ghana, and other regions, examining medication adherence patterns, access levels, and treatment outcomes. The study integrates research from health sciences, social sciences, and education to explore how cultural, socioeconomic, and professional contexts shape patient behaviors, treatment approaches, and long-term health outcomes associated with hypertension.
Department of Sociology & Social Work
This researcher has made significant contributions to both pure and applied mathematics through their work across diverse areas such as algebraic topology, geometric group theory, functional analysis, and beyond. Their research focuses on developing abstract frameworks that have wide-ranging applications in fields like geometry and algebra while also addressing practical challenges through computational methods and interdisciplinary collaborations with other mathematicians and institutions.
Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems
The researcher investigates how emotional challenges and stressors influence mental health and development in youth, focusing particularly on how resilience is affected by socio-emotional challenges.
Department of Pharmaceutics
The researcher's work spans multiple domains within life sciences, focusing on understanding natural products, antimicrobial resistance in bacteria, their effectiveness through various mechanisms, plant-based antimicrobial studies, and broader health implications such as aquaculture and epidemiology.
Department of Industrial Art
The researcher's work integrates health sciences and social sciences, focusing on malaria control in Ghana using insecticide-treated nets and analyzing fiscal policy impacts through inflation data from sub-Saharan Africa. Their study employs quantitative methods with qualitative insights to explore how disease prevention and macroeconomic policies interact.
Department of Medical Diagnostics
The researcher has made significant contributions across diverse domains, focusing on understanding the biological underpinnings of various diseases. Their work spans clinical laboratory practices, hemoglobinopathies, diabetes management, malarial studies, and viral effects on hemostasis. Key themes include optimizing testing times for blood markers, assessing biomarkers in malarial patients, evaluating kidney function, advancing patient care protocols, and enhancing healthcare infrastructure. Their research bridges clinical practices with underlying biological processes across diverse populations, particularly addressing challenges in vulnerable communities.
Department of Molecular Medicine
The researcher's primary focus is on metabolic diseases, cardiovascular health, immune system function in cancer, potential pathways linking metabolism to diabetes, and aspects of obesity. Key areas include glycoembolic syndromes, lipid profiles, immune responses in various contexts such as T-cell lymphomas, and factors influencing metabolic processes linked to diabetes.

Department of Surgery
The researcher investigates various aspects of gastrointestinal pathologies, including acute Gastric Necrosis in a Teenager, Giant primary scrotal lipoma in a low-resource setting: challenges with diagnosis and literature review, Familial adenomatous polyposis: a case study focusing on genetic factors, gastrointestinal stromal tumours in Ghana, and appendicitis management strategies. Their work explores the causes, diagnostics, and treatments of diverse gastrointestinal disorders, aiming to enhance understanding and improve patient care across different settings.
Department of Food Science and Technology
The researcher focuses on integrating bioactive compounds from plants such as Ginkgo biloba, Cashew, and cocoa husks into innovative applications across health, agriculture, and organic farming. Their work emphasizes enhancing nutritional benefits in traditional foods like cashew and cocoa products while developing biofuel production techniques and sustainable agricultural practices. The researcher employs sensory analysis and statistical methods to evaluate the quality of these compounds and their impact on food quality, quality of life, and environmental sustainability.
Department of Horticulture
Research focuses primarily on global and comparative health equity, with a strong emphasis on reproductive health, maternal and child health, public health interventions, and innovative technologies such as blockchain for health monitoring. The studies address themes like cultural influences on sexual behavior, healthcare access, vaccination strategies, health policy frameworks, and advancements in agricultural practices. Research also delves into issues related to substance use, violence against women, social determinants of health, economic policies, technological innovations, and public health disparities across diverse contexts.
Department of Mathematics
The researcher's work is a multifaceted exploration of higher education in Ghana, encompassing diverse themes such as employment transitions, technical vocational education, gender inequality, governance structures, global policies, assessment practices, teacher training, curriculum development, and international collaborations. Their focus includes examining how these elements shape the education system's ability to produce skilled graduates for various careers.
Department of Communication Design
The researcher's work focuses on integrating advanced computational techniques across diverse domains, particularly emphasizing deep learning models and their applications in healthcare. Their research explores enhancing AI systems for medical imaging through optimization algorithms, developing generative models for better understanding disease mechanisms, and applying these technologies to improve patient outcomes. Additionally, they investigate the efficiency of machine learning approaches in healthcare and apply these innovations to address real-world challenges, such as personalized medicine.