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Department of Nursing
The researcher's work is centered around the application of plant chemistry across multiple domains. Their research spans the therapeutic uses of plants, such as identifying plants used for antimalarials, developing extracts for health products like hand sanitizer, and assessing microbial quality in herbal preparations. They also investigate disease impacts, particularly COVID-19, affecting Salmonella and Helminth infections in Ghana. The focus is on understanding how plants can serve both medical and natural purposes, contributing to health science by bridging plant chemistry with traditional medicine and evaluating product standards.
Department of Behavioural Sciences
The researcher's work spans multiple themes and domains, reflecting a comprehensive exploration of healthcare delivery, mental health challenges, and global health equity. Their research focuses on ethical considerations in clinical trials, innovative treatments for schizophrenia, mental health access and prevention, maternal care challenges, collaborations between complementary and traditional healthcare providers, global issues surrounding healthcare equity, diabetes/heart disease outcomes, evaluations of medical practice frameworks, substance abuse prevention, palliative care approaches, pain management strategies, and the role of ethics in psychiatric treatments. Their interdisciplinary approach underscores the complex interplay of healthcare systems, social justice, and public health priorities.
Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology
The researcher has conducted extensive research across a diverse range of themes, including parasitic diseases, lymphatic system studies, tick-borne infections, malarism, plant studies, infectious disease research, and public health initiatives. Their work focuses on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), particularly parasitic infections such as Onchocerciasis, Malaria, and parasites like Plasmodium falciparum. The researcher has explored the effectiveness of treatments for these diseases, emphasizing approaches tailored to prevent disease transmission and control parasitic infections in neglected zones. They have also contributed to understanding neglected tropical diseases through studies on tick-borne pathogens, rickettsias, and Coxiella species. The research highlights the importance of public health interventions to manage these diseases effectively while considering the challenges posed by environmental restoration efforts.

Department of Surgery
This researcher has focused on renal and vascular pathologies in health sciences, with a particular emphasis on adult nephrectomy at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. Their work integrates methodological studies, findings, and evidence-based insights into hemodynamics, pathophysiology, and outcomes of adult nephrectomy, utilizing systematic reviews and meta-analyses to provide a robust understanding of this critical area in cardiovascular and renal disease management.
Department of Economics
The researcher's work focuses on comprehensive studies across various domains, including African-specific themes like energy systems, resource dependence, economic growth, environmental sustainability, education, welfare, transportation, urban development, fiscal policy, trade dynamics, religion, health risks, housing, social capital, and social assistance. Their research is particularly centered in Ghanaian contexts, examining energy impacts on cooking applications, electricity consumption, climate changes, gender roles, transportation innovations, policy implications, resource management, urbanization challenges, poverty resilience, and social capital issues.
Department of Sociology & Social Work
The researcher focuses on applying evolutionary algorithms to optimize control systems for smart city applications, with a particular emphasis on benchmarking and hybrid strategies that combine optimization techniques with control methodologies.
Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension
The researcher has conducted extensive research across multiple domains focused on cocoa farming practices, rural development, and social sciences, with a strong emphasis on themes such as Cocoa Farmers’ perceptions and practices, rural land rights, gender dynamics, climate resilience, and communication in extending agriculture.
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
The researcher investigates the principles of information dynamics across complex systems, focusing on integrating theoretical models across various contexts such as gene regulatory networks and neural circuits to understand how information flows and processes within these intricate biological systems.
Department of Chemistry
The researcher has conducted extensive research across diverse biological and environmental domains, with a focus on understanding the effects of chemical exposure in various contexts. Their work encompasses studies in endocrine disrupting chemicals, dental development, heavy metals in environments, natural antidiabetic agents, pharmacological effects, and public health issues such as birth, developmental, and chronic health. Their research employs methods like toxicology, functional studies, and bioaccumulation analysis to explore how these factors influence ecosystems and human health.
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
The researcher has made significant contributions to the field of statistical distribution estimation and applications, particularly in physical sciences. Their work encompasses the development of flexible extensions for distributions such as the unit upper truncated Weibull distribution, inverse unit exponential probability distribution, Ramos-Louzada-generated families, and odd Ramos-Louzada distributions. These advancements have been applied to geology, engineering, radiation data, failure analysis, waiting times, diabetes survival, and cancer studies, demonstrating a broad impact across various scientific domains.
Department of Medicine
This researcher's work centers on understanding the profound interplay between natural systems, technological innovation, and psychological human behavior in ecological contexts. Their research spans themes from climate change, animal behavior under extreme conditions, synthetic biology applications, neuroinflammation dynamics, aging processes, and interconnected marine ecosystems. Through a synthesis of multiple publications, their focus is on elucidating how these areas collectively address pressing human ecological challenges, fostering interdisciplinary approaches that integrate natural systems with technological advancements and psychological studies. The key themes revolve around the intricate relationship between nature, technology, and mental health in shaping ecological balance and resilience, underscoring the need for broader collaboration among scientists to tackle complex human-environmental dilemmas.
Department of Communication Design
The researcher has made significant contributions across multiple domains, integrating advanced techniques in muon/positron interactions with applications in physics, radiopharmacy, radiation therapy, and medical imaging. Their work focuses on material characterization using bremsstrahlung spectroscopy, nondestructive assay with probes for defect analysis, and innovative radionuclide delivery systems. They have also advanced understanding of reactor safety through shielding analysis, waste characterization, and the development of methods to quantify radiation dose and imaging efficiency in medical settings. Their research enhances both fundamental physics and applied technologies across various fields, including nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, and materials science.