Vincent Kofi Dedu
The researcher has conducted extensive research in health and related fields, focusing on understanding health disparities, human behavior, and complex systems through methodologies spanning psychology, finance, social sciences, genetics, and demography. Their work examines health issues such as burnout, maternal health, child nutrition, and global healthcare expenditure using diverse approaches—human behavior models, financial market forecasting, statistical analysis, genetic studies, and demographic insights. The research aims to integrate these disciplines to provide a holistic understanding of contemporary health challenges across different domains.
Faculty Biography
Vincent K. Dedu is a senior lecturer in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Faculty of Physical and Computational Sciences, KNUST. He has been lecturing in the Department since 2006 till date. His research interest, generally, is in the areas of Risk Management, Investment, Portfolio Construction and Analysis, Corporate Finance, Option Pricing Models, and Derivatives.He has supervised a lot of undergraduate and postgraduate theses in the areas of Finance and Statistics over the past decade. He holds a BSc., Dip.Ed degrees from the University of Cape Coast and a Masters degree from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.He was the coordinator for the Actuarial Science Programme and currently the Patron of the Actuarial Science Students Association (ASSA), KNUST.
Child Nutrition and Water Access
Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
Global Health Care Issues
Global Maternal and Child Health
Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
Market Dynamics and Volatility
Stock Market Forecasting Methods
Prevalence and correlates of burnout in nursing and midwifery students in Ghana
Determinants of low birth weight in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region of Ghana
Open AccessA Model for Pricing Insurance Using Options
Open AccessAn Analysis of Government Expenditure on Health and Its Impact on Under-Five Mortality in Ghana
Open AccessPrediction of Stock Performance on the Ghana Stock Exchange Using Financial Ratios: A Logistic Regression Approach
Open AccessModeling and Forecasting of Gold Prices on Financial Markets
Ascertaining the Financial Cost of Malaria and Mitigating against It Using Actuarial Models for Financial Cost
Open AccessAllocation of Assets on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE)
Open AccessAsset Allocation on the Ghana Stock Exchange
Open AccessApplication of options in hedging of crude oil price risk
Open AccessDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology