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Ghana Biomed 7 2014 GhanaBiomed 2014 From Laboratory to Community, Biomedical Science for all Ghana th Ghana Biomed 7 2014 From Laboratory to Community, Biomedical Science for all Ghana Faculty of Education Lecture Theatre Auditorium University of Cape Coast 30 th July – 1st August 2014 University of Cape Coast 1 GhanaBiomed 2014 From Laboratory to Community, Biomedical Science for all Ghana The Seventh Ghana Biomedical Convention Biomed - 2014 From Laboratory to Community, Biomedical Science for all Ghana Faculty of Education Lecture Theatre (FELT) University of Cape Coast Cape Coast, Ghana 30 TH JULY – 1ST AUGUST 2014 University of Cape Coast 2 GhanaBiomed 2014 From Laboratory to Community, Biomedical Science for all Ghana Meeting Schedule DAY 1 WEDNESDAY 30 th JULY 2014 6.30 – Registration and Poster Set-up 9.00 – 9.30am Opening Ceremony 9.30 – 10.30am Keynote Address: Professor Solomon Ofori-Acquah 10.30 – 11.15pm Break 11.15 – 11.45am Plenary Talk 1: Ama DeGraft-Aikins 11.45 – 12.45pm Session I – Short talks 12.45 – 1.45pm Lunch 1.45 – 2.45pm Poster Viewing 2.45 – 4.15pm Poster Review - Interactive 4.15 – 4.30pm Break 4.30 – 5.00pm Vendor Talk 5.00 – 8.00pm Mentoring Workshop DAY 2 THURSDAY 31 st JULY 2014 7.30 – Registration 8.50 – 9.00am Announcements 9.00 – 10.00am Keynote Address: Dr. Gordon Awandere 10.00 – 11.00am Break 11.00 – 11.30am Plenary Talk 2: George Acquaah-Mensah 11.30 – 12.00pm Plenary Talk 3: Christa Hasenkopf 12.00 – 12.20pm Session II – Short talk 12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch 1.30 – 2.30pm Poster Viewing 2.30 – 4.00pm Poster Review - Interactive 4.00 – 4.15pm Break 4.15 – 6.00pm Business Meeting 6.30pm Social Event – 1st Floor, Senior Clubhouse University of Cape Coast 3 GhanaBiomed 2014 From Laboratory to Community, Biomedical Science for all Ghana DAY 3 FRIDAY 1st AUGUST 2014 8.00 – Registration 8.50 – 9.00am Announcements 9.00 – 10.00am Presidential Symposium 10.00 – 11.00am Break 11.00 – 11.30am Plenary Talk 4: William Ampofo 11.30 – 12.30pm Session III – Short talks 12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch 1.30 – 2.30pm Science Outreach 2.30 – 3.30pm Personalized Medicine 3.30 – 4.00pm Closing Ceremony 4.00 – 6.00pm Board Meeting University of Cape Coast 4 GhanaBiomed 2014 From Laboratory to Community, Biomedical Science for all Ghana University of Cape Coast 5 GhanaBiomed 2014 From Laboratory to Community, Biomedical Science for all Ghana ASM advert University of Cape Coast 6 GhanaBiomed 2014 From Laboratory to Community, Biomedical Science for all Ghana Acknowledgements The Ghana Biomedical Convention (GBC) gratefully acknowledges the University of Cape Coast (UCC), the School of Medical Sciences, the School of Biological Sciences and the Faculty of Education, UCC for generous use of facilities and equipment. The Ghana Biomedical Convention (GBC) sincerely thanks Inqaba Biotec and the American Society for Microbiology for their financial contribution. These grants are designed to support conferences organized by the GBC for the promotion of Science and the development of scientific infrastructure in Ghana and beyond. GBC also acknowledges the Program Committee of the President, the President Elect, the Scientific Committee and Local Organizing Chairman for putting up this program. GBC further acknowledge all who in diverse ways contributed to the successful hosting of the years convention. We wish to thank all Board Members, Scientific Committee Members and more especially the UCC LOC members who went all the way to ensure the success of this year’s meeting. Last but not the least, to all participants and observers who will join us this year, let’s take this opportunity to interact and share scientific ideas, Let all relationships establish here go a long way to promote science in Ghana and beyond . University of Cape Coast 7 GhanaBiomed 2014 From Laboratory to Community, Biomedical Science for all Ghana Welcome from the Local Organising Committee (LOC) Chairman, Akwasi Anyanful On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC), it is my pleasure and priviledge to welcome you once again to the University of Choice and to Biomed 2014. GBC has now become a multidisciplinary and multiprofessional organization in all aspects of biomedicine and public health and we hope this years meeting will provide the necessary platform for effective networking among all delegates. To the Vice Chancellor, Pro-Vice Chancellor, the Registrar and Deans of Biological Sciences, Education and Medical School, we thank you for your support and encouragement. Akwasi Anyanful, PhD Chairman, LOC This year’s theme is an affirmation of who we are, what we've achieved, and what we aspire to accomplish as we bring the lab and the community together. The LOC assures you of an enjoayable time in Cape Coast as they have sacrificed time, effort and money to ensure that the convention is not only successful, but memorable. Welcome to UCC. LOC Members Akwasi Anyanful, PhD Paul Nsiah, PhD Department of Medical Biochemistry Department of Chemical Pathology UCCSMS, Cape Coast, UCCSMS, Cape Coast Emmanuel Plas Otwe, PhD Frank Ghartey Jnr., PhD Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Department of Chemical Pathology UCCSBS, Cape Coast UCCSMS, Cape Coast Johnson Boampong, PhD Mohammed Adamu, MSc Department of Biomedical and Forensic Science Department of Chemical Pathology UCCSBS, Cape Coast UCCSMS, Cape Coast Justice Sarfo, PhD Latif Adams, BSc Department of Biochemistry Department of Microbiology UCCSBS, Cape Coast UCCSMS, Cape Coast Richmond Afoakwah, PhD Vincent Gyande Kangah, BSc Department of Biomedical and Forensic Science Department of Medical Biochemistry UCCSBS, Cape Coast UCCSMS, Cape Coast Martins Ekor, PhD Harold Ayetey, MD, PhD Department of Pharmacology Department of Internal Medicine and Medical UCCSMS, Cape Coast Biochemistry UCCSMS, Cape Coast University of Cape Coast 8 GhanaBiomed 2014 From Laboratory to Community, Biomedical Science for all Ghana Welcome from the President, Karen Duca Akwaaba, thank you for joining us at Ghana Biomed 2014, we are very happy to see you! On behalf of the Board of Directors, I welcome you to the Seventh Annual Scientific Meeting of the Ghana Biomedical Convention (GBC), with the theme “From Lab to Community: Biomedical Research for all Ghana". The venue for this year’s meeting, Cape Coast is endowed with a rich legacy of learning and an interesting history that I urge you all to embrace. I acknowledge members of the Board of Directors of GBC, the Scientific and Local Organizing Committees, and the leadership of the University of Cape Coast, for working together as one, to make this meeting a reality. I salute the dignitaries who have honoured us with their presence, and applaud the generosity and scholarship of our esteemed keynote and Karen Duca , MBA, PhD plenary speakers. I am grateful to our sponsors Inqaba Biotec and President, GBC American Society for Microbiology for supporting this meeting. This year, we have exciting plans to grow the GBC and serve you, its membership, in deeper and more meaningful ways. We have incorporated more workshops into the conference that will introduce you to new ideas and help you grow as a professional. Our mentoring programme begins in earnest this year under the capable leadership of Prof. Helen Kwanashie. We hope to host different events throughout the year in different locations around Ghana and reinvigorate the local student chapters. These activities will move us closer towards our most treasured goal of putting Ghana on the map as an important regional and continental contributor to capacity building in public health. GhanaBiomed 2014 provides a unique opportunity for career development in biomedicine for professionals and students, networking and a chance to review outstanding research in the biomedical sciences. I wish you a very successful meeting and I encourage you to enjoy the beauty and rich history of Cape Coast, its many attractions, as well as the hospitality of Oguaa. Once again, you are very welcome and among friends. Board of Directors Myron Williams, PhD Karen Duca, PhD, MBA Dept. of Chemistry Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Clark Atlanta University Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, USAID Atlanta, USA Winfried Amoaku, FRCS, FRCOphth, PhD Solomon Ofori-Acquah, PhD Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Vascular Medicine Institute University of Nottingham, UK University of Pittsburgh, USA Cherie McCown, MSc Linda Amoah, PhD Community Directed Development Foundation – Immunology Unit Africa Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Sacramento, USA Accra, Ghana Patrick Kobina Arthur, PhD Mitsuko Suziki, PhD Dept. of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Parasitology Unit Biology Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research University of Ghana Accra, Ghana David Azanu, MPhil. Mohamed Mutocheluh, PhD,MSc,MSc,MIBMS . Director - Student Members Department of Clinical Microbiology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana Technology, Kumasi, Ghana University of Cape Coast 9 GhanaBiomed 2014 From lab to community, biomedicine for all Ghana Welcome from the Scientific Committee Chair, Karen Duca This year’s scientific program highlights major biomedical accomplishments in Africa, and unveils an interactive poster presentation session that is designed to enhance the educational experience for all attendees towards the fulfillment of our convention theme: “From lab to community, biomedical research for all Ghana” . Two keynote lectures will focus on the scientific quest to decode the human genome and malaria, and the emerging central role African scientists are playing in the international collaborations that are being set up to investigate Solomon Ofori-Acquah, PhD these questions, which also have capacity building at Chair, Scientific Committee their core. Topics in the plenary lectures are diverse and timely. Speakers will provide the latest scientific and public health assessment of the Ebola outbreak Scientific Committee Members in West Africa, and discuss the social psychological perspective of disease burdens in Africa, the growth Solomon Ofori-Acquah, PhD (Chair) of pollution as a global crisis, and the role of Kofi Anie, PhD microRNA regulation in human disease.
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