Vincent Kofi Dedu

Vincent Kofi Dedu

10 Publications9 Research Themes8 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

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.

Key Research Themes (9)
Health Sciences

Child Nutrition and Water Access

Social Sciences

Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis

Social Sciences

Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

Health Sciences

Global Health Care Issues

Health Sciences

Global Maternal and Child Health

Health Sciences

Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout

Social Sciences

Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Social Sciences

Market Dynamics and Volatility

Social Sciences

Stock Market Forecasting Methods

Publications (10)

Prevalence and correlates of burnout in nursing and midwifery students in Ghana

2022Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutDOI: 10.12968/ajmw.2020.0058

Determinants of low birth weight in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region of Ghana

Open Access
2018Child Nutrition and Water AccessDOI: 10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20184483

A Model for Pricing Insurance Using Options

Open Access
2018Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementDOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3956116

An Analysis of Government Expenditure on Health and Its Impact on Under-Five Mortality in Ghana

Open Access
2018Global Health Care IssuesDOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3956163

Prediction of Stock Performance on the Ghana Stock Exchange Using Financial Ratios: A Logistic Regression Approach

Open Access
2016Stock Market Forecasting MethodsDOI: 10.18535/ijsrm/v4i6.13

Modeling and Forecasting of Gold Prices on Financial Markets

2014Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis

Ascertaining the Financial Cost of Malaria and Mitigating against It Using Actuarial Models for Financial Cost

Open Access
2013Global Maternal and Child HealthDOI: 10.5430/ijfr.v4n3p94

Allocation of Assets on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE)

Open Access
2013Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesDOI: 10.5430/ijfr.v4n2p108

Asset Allocation on the Ghana Stock Exchange

Open Access
2012Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2119248

Application of options in hedging of crude oil price risk

Open Access
2010Market Dynamics and VolatilityDOI: 10.5251/ajsms.2010.1.1.67.74
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science
Total Publications10
Research Themes9
Open Access Papers8

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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