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Samuel Owusu

41 Publications27 Research Themes16 Open Access
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Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's work is centered around the comprehensive study of diabetes, cardiovascular risks, and its complications across diverse health domains. This includes examining prevalent patterns in Ghana, exploring the biological and clinical implications of diabetes, integrating innovative research methods such as AI-driven services and community-based approaches, and addressing public health disparities related to body composition and customer engagement.

Key Research Themes (27)
Physical Sciences

AI in Service Interactions

Health Sciences

Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques

Health Sciences

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Health Sciences

Body Composition Measurement Techniques

Social Sciences

Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Health Sciences

Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes

Health Sciences

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies

Social Sciences

Customer Service Quality and Loyalty

Life Sciences

Diabetes and associated disorders

Health Sciences

Diabetes Management and Education

Health Sciences

Diabetes Management and Research

Health Sciences

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Health Sciences

Dialysis and Renal Disease Management

Life Sciences

Food Quality and Safety Studies

Health Sciences

Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments

Life Sciences

Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Life Sciences

Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Life Sciences

Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Health Sciences

Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors

Health Sciences

Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders

Social Sciences

History of Science and Medicine

Social Sciences

HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses

Health Sciences

Malaria Research and Control

Social Sciences

Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

Health Sciences

Neonatal Health and Biochemistry

Physical Sciences

Recommender Systems and Techniques

Social Sciences

Technology Adoption and User Behaviour

Publications (41)

Service Innovation and Customer Retention: The Indirect Effect of Employee Productivity. Insights from Ghanaian Restaurants

Open Access
2025Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6441199/v1

Managing customer happiness through service trust and service commitment: the mediating role of customer experience

2025Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyDOI: 10.1007/s43546-025-00840-9

The role of emotional and cognitive engagement in refugee entrepreneurship and business sustainability: Evidence from Ghanaian SMEs

Open Access
2025Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomyDOI: 10.1080/23311975.2025.2457447

Chatbot Integration in U.S. Higher Education Websites: Historical Trends From 2017 to 2023

2025AI in Service InteractionsDOI: 10.3102/2187940

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AND BANK PROFITABILITY: THE ROLES OF TOP MANAGEMENT SATISFACTION AND EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE

Open Access
2025Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDOI: 10.37602/ijssmr.2025.8314

Factors associated with the use of complementary and alternative therapies among patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Western Jamaica: a cross-sectional study

Open Access
2020Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesDOI: 10.1186/s12906-020-03109-w

ZRANB3 is an African-specific type 2 diabetes locus associated with beta-cell mass and insulin response

Open Access
2019Diabetes and associated disordersDOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10967-7

A Novel Type 2 Diabetes Locus in sub-Saharan Africans, <i>ZRANB3</i>, is Implicated in Beta Cell Proliferation

Open Access
2019Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyDOI: 10.1101/646513

Characteristics of Inpatient Hypertension Cases and Factors Associated with Admission Outcomes in Ashanti Region, Ghana: An Analytic Cross-Sectional Study

Open Access
2017Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesDOI: 10.1155/2017/6537956

Impact of Type 2 Diabetes on Impaired Kidney Function in Sub-Saharan African Populations

Open Access
2016Chronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesDOI: 10.3389/fendo.2016.00050

Evaluation of Genome Wide Association Study Associated Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility Loci in Sub Saharan Africans

Open Access
2015Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyDOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00335

Positive bystanding behavior in cyberbullying: The impact of empathy on adolescents' cyber bullied support behavior

2015Bullying, Victimization, and AggressionDOI: 10.1109/isi.2015.7165962

Asymptomatic P. falciparum in residents of mountainous Kwahu-South District of Ghana

Open Access
2014Malaria Research and ControlDOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1224

Social Network Based Recommendation Systems: A Short Survey

2013Recommender Systems and TechniquesDOI: 10.1109/socialcom.2013.134

Agouti-related protein promoter variant associated with leanness and decreased risk for diabetes in West Africans

2005Biochemical Analysis and Sensing TechniquesDOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803047

Author Index

Open Access
2005DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(05)00430-2

A genome wide quantitative trait linkage analysis for serum lipids in type 2 diabetes in an African population

2005Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsDOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.12.049

A genome-wide scan for quantitative trait loci linked to obesity phenotypes among West Africans

2004Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsDOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802873

A Genome-Wide Search for Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility Genes in West Africans

Open Access
2004Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyDOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.3.838

Diabetes in Africa. Pathogenesis of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for transitional populations.

2003Diabetes and associated disordersDOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000060841.48106.a3

Pathogenesis of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Transitional Populations

Open Access
2003Diabetes and associated disordersDOI: 10.1177/174182670301000203

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2003Body Composition Measurement TechniquesDOI: 10.1097/00043798-200304000-00003

Diabetes in Ghana: a community based prevalence study in Greater Accra

2002Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsDOI: 10.1016/s0168-8227(01)00374-6

Pathogenic mechanism of type 2 diabetes in Ghanaians--the importance of beta cell secretion, insulin sensitivity and glucose effectiveness.

2002Diabetes and associated disorders

Minimal model analyses of beta cell secretion, insulin sensitivity and glucose effectiveness in glucose tolerant, non-diabetic first-degree relatives of Ghanaian patients with type 2 diabetes and healthy control subjects.

2001Diabetes and associated disorders

In Search of Susceptibility Genes for Type 2 Diabetes in West Africa

2001Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyDOI: 10.1016/s1047-2797(00)00180-0

A national diabetes care and education programme: the Ghana model

2000Diabetes Management and EducationDOI: 10.1016/s0168-8227(00)00140-6

Facilities and resources for diabetes care at regional health facilities in southern Ghana

1998Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsDOI: 10.1016/s0168-8227(98)00101-6

Serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in Ghanaians with diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

Open Access
1997Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Race and ethnicity determine serum insulin and C-peptide concentrations and hepatic insulin extraction and insulin clearance: Comparative studies of three populations of West African Ancestry and White Americans

1997Body Composition Measurement TechniquesDOI: 10.1016/s0026-0495(97)90167-0

Man, Microbes, Machines and Medicine

1996History of Science and Medicine

Serum lipids and lipoprotein in adult Ghanaians

1994Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsDOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb00792.x

Origin and spread of AIDS

Open Access
1991HIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesDOI: 10.1038/350184a0

Monitoring Diabetes Control

1989Diabetes Management and Research

Proceedings: Effects of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone given intranasally.

1973Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors

Absence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in red cells of an African.

Open Access
1972Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersDOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5831.25

ACUTE RENAL FAILURE IN G.-6-P.D. DEFICIENCY

1972Dialysis and Renal Disease ManagementDOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(72)92174-5

ACUTE HÆMOLYSIS COMPLICATING CO-TRIMOXAZOLE THERAPY FOR TYPHOID FEVER IN A PATIENT WITH G.-6-P.D. DEFICIENCY

1972Gastroesophageal reflux and treatmentsDOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(72)92173-3

ELECTROPHORETIC CHARACTERISATION OF GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE IN GHANA

1972Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal AbnormalitiesDOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(72)91301-3

ACUTE REVERSIBLE RENAL FAILURE ASSOCIATED WITH GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY

1972Neonatal Health and BiochemistryDOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(72)90980-4

FREQUENCY OF GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY IN TYPHOID FEVER IN GHANA

1972Food Quality and Safety StudiesDOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(72)90325-x
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DepartmentDepartment of Pharmacy Practice
Total Publications41
Research Themes27
Open Access Papers16

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