John Amuasi

Dr. Amuasi lectures at the KNUST, where he is based at the Global Health Department of the SPH and is head of the Department of Community Health at the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Amuasi is also Group Leader of the Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research Group at the KCCR, which hosts the Secretariat of the ARNTD, of which he is the Executive Director. Dr. Amuasi trained as a physician in Ghana, and later graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, USA, with post-graduate degrees terminating in a PhD in Health Research and Policy. He also served as head of the R&D Unit at the 1,200-bed Komfo Anokye teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana for 3 years from 2007-2010. Dr. Amuasi has consulted for several international organizations and is passionate about research that focuses on improving health systems, services and outcomes in low and middle-income countries. His research currently involves field epidemiologic studies on malaria, snakebite and other neglected tropical diseases. Dr. Amuasi also co-chairs the Lancet One Health Commission and is at the fore front of global efforts towards addressing emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. He serves as an Executive Committee member of the African Coalition for Epidemic Research, Response and Training (ALERRT). Dr. Amuasi is coordinating research on the clinical characterization of COVID-19 in Africa and is the PI for a number of studies on COVID-19 in Ghana, including some phase III drug and vaccine clinical trials.