安松·丹尼尔

Prof. Daniel Ansong is a Professor of Paediatrics and the past Dean of the School of Medical Sciences (2017-2018) and School of Medicine and Dentistry (2018-2023) at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He previously held the position of Deputy Director in charge of Research and Development at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). He is a Fellow of both the West African College of Physicians and the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS). He holds a Master of Science degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Witwatersrand, Republic of South Africa, and a Diploma in Learning, Teaching and Assessing (LTA) from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). He served as a Principal Investigator in several pivotal malaria clinical trials in Ghana. He was the co-principal Investigator in all Phase II and III Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trials in Ghana and the Safety Lead in the World Health Organization (WHO)-sponsored Malarial Vaccine Implementation Programme in Ghana. In addition to his research interest in malaria vaccine research, he serves on the World Health Organization (WHO) on Paediatric Sepsis, Meningitis, and Rotavirus Diarrhoea Surveillance Programme. He has over two decades of experience supporting research capacity development in Ghana. He was the International Coordinator of the Diploma in Project Design and Management (DPDM), a long-distance programme offered by LSTM in collaboration with KNUST and KATH for over a decade in Ghana and Zimbabwe. He collaborated with the GCPS to introduce the DPDM program into the residency research capacity development program. He is passionate about mentoring and developing the research capacities of undergraduate and postgraduate students in Ghana. He has collaborated with the University of Utah, Division of Family and Preventive Medicine, for the past two decades. A collaborative programme- the Barekuma Collaborative Community Development Project (BCCDP). This project involves the exchange of students and faculty from the University of Utah and the KNUST School of Medical Sciences.