Prof. Julius N. Fobil is the Director of the West Africa Centre for Global Environmental and Occupational Health (WAC-GEOHealth) and a Professor at the School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana. He is an accomplished environmental health scientist with extensive academic, research, and administrative experience spanning over two decades.
Prof. Jonathan N. Hogarh is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He holds PhD Risk Management and Environmental Sciences from Yokohama National University in Japan, MSc Engineering in Environmental Management from Aalborg University in Denmark, and MPhil Environmental Science and BSc Biochemistry from University of Ghana, Legon.
Dr. Marius Kedote is the Regional Coordinator of the Ecohealth Chair at the Community of Practice in Ecohealth for West and Central Africa (CoPEH-WCA). He also serves as a Lecturer at the Regional Institute of Public Health (IRSP) Comlan Alfred Quenum, University of Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin (West Africa).
Dr. John Arko-Mensah is an Immunologist by training and currently serves as the Head of the Department of Biological, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, as well as a Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon.
His research focuses on the pathogenesis of infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, and on autophagy as an innate immune mechanism that restricts intracellular pathogens.
Abigail Serwaa Akoto Bawua is an affiliate of the West Africa Centre for Global Environmental and Occupational Health (WAC-GEOHealth) a Lecturer at the Department of Biological, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana. She specialises in Environmental Health, particularly in the areas of environmental toxicology, epidemiology and occupational health.
Dr. Shirley Victoria Simpson is an affiliate of the West Africa Centre for Global Environmental and Occupational Health (WAC-GEOHealth) and a Research Scientist at the Bacteriology Department of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana. Her current research focuses on Yaws and Haemophilus ducreyi, contributing to Ghana’s participation in the WHO 2020 Yaws Eradication Campaign, supported by the ANESVAD Foundation.
Dr. Ibrahim Issah’s research and teaching interests focus on occupational health and safety, environmental exposure assessment, toxic metals, and environmental epigenetics. His work bridges theoretical frameworks and applied field studies, particularly in understanding how occupational and environmental exposures affect human health. He is dedicated to improving methods of exposure measurement that support risk assessments and epidemiological studies, with a special emphasis on metal toxicology and workplace hazards. Dr.
Mr. Maxwell Quaye Hammond is an affiliate of the West Africa Centre for Global Environmental and Occupational Health (WAC-GEOHealth). He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Tilly’s Farms Ltd, a Ghanaian-registered limited liability company specialising in pig farming and the production of pork and pork products.
Adiki O. Ayitevie, APR, is an affiliate of the West Africa Centre for Global Environmental and Occupational Health (WAC-GEOHealth) and a seasoned professional in sustainability, external relations, and strategic communications. She is a results-driven leader with a proven ability to align corporate objectives with environmental stewardship and societal value creation.
