Dr. Francis Ekow Dennis
Senior Research Fellow
Email:
fdennis@noguchi.ug.edu.gh
Phone:
+233302940421
Roles
Research Fellow Department of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology
Quality Officer Department of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology
Focus of Work
Surveillance, molecular diagnostics and epidemiology of diarrhoea-causing pathogens in children
Influence(s) of diarrhoeal disease pathogen genetic diversity on intervention strategies using genomic epidemiological tools
Host-genetic factors and their influence(s) on infectious disease susceptibility
Current Projects
African Enteric Viruses Genome Initiative (AEVGI) Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Evolutionary dynamics of human rotaviruses pre- and post- Rotarix introduction in Ghana Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Molecular epidemiology of viral agents of gastroenteritis in Ghanaian children less than 5 years old Funder: Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), Japan
Leveraging the Rotavirus Surveillance Network: Global Paediatric Diarrhoea Surveillance using the customized enteric Taqman Array Card Funder: CDC/World Health Organization