News

SickleGenAfrica Investigator Professor Mahmoud Sani Appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor (Management Services) at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

Professor Mahmoud Sani, Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiologist, Bayero University, Amino Kano Teaching Hospital Professor Mahmoud Sani, a Professor of Internal Medicine and a renowned Cardiologist at the Department of Medicine, Bayero University Kano  and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital has been appointed as Deputy Vice Chancellor (Management Services)  by The University Governing Council, Bayero

SickleGenAfrica Investigator Professor Mahmoud Sani Appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor (Management Services) at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria Read More »

UG hosts 2020 GUSA games

The 26th Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games was officially opened on 6th January, 2020, at the University of Ghana’s Mensah Sarbah Field. The Games which is under the distinguished patronage of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, is themed “Integrating Sports into Academia for Youth Empowerment and Development.” In his welcome address, the Vice-Chancellor

UG hosts 2020 GUSA games Read More »

Report on Institutional Visits to Selected Universities in Tokyo Japan to Strengthen Global Partnerships

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu led a six-member delegation visiting four institutions of higher education in Tokyo, Japan from 8th -18th December, 2019.   The purpose of the visit was to develop and expand a framework of cooperation and collaboration between the University of Ghana and the Tokyo Medical and Dental University, the Tokyo University of Agriculture

Report on Institutional Visits to Selected Universities in Tokyo Japan to Strengthen Global Partnerships Read More »

Prof. Ofori-Acquah Leads Team to Secure a US$5.5 Million Award to Establish an ACE in Genomics Research of Sickle Cell Disease

Professor Solomon Fiifi Ofori-Acquah, PhD, Dean of the School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences (SBAHS), College of Health Sciences, and a prominent sickle cell disease scholar has led a 32-member team of hematologists, pulmonologist, cardiologists, pediatricians, geneticists, ethicists, and basic scientists to secure a U54 Center grant of US$5.5 million from the National Institutes

Prof. Ofori-Acquah Leads Team to Secure a US$5.5 Million Award to Establish an ACE in Genomics Research of Sickle Cell Disease Read More »

WAGMC Deputy Centre Leader Receives First Lady’s Excellence Award

Prof Lorna Awo Renner of the Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine and Dentistry has received The First Lady’s Excellence Award for Medicine/Health Care Delivery. Prof. Renner, was one of the eight women recognized by the First Lady on International Women’s day for excellence in various fields. Her citation reads: “A Professor, Doctor, Lecturer and

WAGMC Deputy Centre Leader Receives First Lady’s Excellence Award Read More »

University of Ghana Scientists Sequence Genomes of Novel Coronavirus

NEWS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA SCIENTISTS SEQUENCE GENOMES OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS Scientists at the University of Ghana have successfully sequenced genomes of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic, obtaining important information about the genetic composition of viral strains in 15 of the confirmed cases in Ghana. The scientists, who work at the

University of Ghana Scientists Sequence Genomes of Novel Coronavirus Read More »

Ghana Adopts New Drug For Sickle Cell Treatment

 Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (3rd left) and Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu (2nd right), Minister of Health, admiring the partnership artefact after the launch of the implementation of agreement. With them are Dr Vas Narasimhan (4th left), Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare (2nd left), Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, and Professor Kwaku Ohene-Frempong (right), President of the Sickle

Ghana Adopts New Drug For Sickle Cell Treatment Read More »

Professor Solomon Ofori-Acquah Appointed to Expert NIH Committee

 Professor Ofori-Acquah, Dean, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, and Centre Leader of WAGMC Professor Solomon Fiifi Ofori-Acquah, Dean, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, and Centre Leader, West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC) has been appointed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States (US), as Permanent Member

Professor Solomon Ofori-Acquah Appointed to Expert NIH Committee Read More »