MS. FATIMA AMPONSAH FORDJOURLECTURERDEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGYFACULTY OF BIOSCIENCENYANKPALA Campus
Background
Fatima Amponsah Fordjour is a lecturer in the Department of Microbiology. She obtained her undergraduate and master’s degrees at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in the areas of Biological Sciences and Clinical Microbiology respectively. She worked as a research scientist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR). She has over 9 years of research and teaching experience. Her teachings cover human and animal immunology, plant pathology, environmental microbiology, medical microbiology among others. Her research interest is mainly in the areas of infectious and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) (onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis and schistosomiasis). Currently her research focus is primarily directed towards monitoring and surveillance of schistosomiasis and other protozoan infections. She has received early career research awards/grants from the Sickle Pan African Research Consortium (SPARCo), WHO/TDR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. She has articles published in peer reviewed journals.
Fatima is an active member of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH), United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) for youth, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Convention of Biomedical Research Ghana (CoBReG) and Women in Science and Technology (WISTEM).
Fordjour, F. A, Kwarteng, A., Paintsil, V., Ackah, E., Amuzu, E., Sackey, D., Amanor, E., & Osei, A. (2023). Hemolysis scavenger proteins and renal function marker in children with sickle cell disease at steady state : A cross ‐ sectional study. March. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1177
Amanor, E., Kwarteng, A., Larbi, A., Fordjour, F. A., Koranteng, K. K., Sackey, S. D., Bannor, E., Osei, F. A., Mohammed, A., Bonwin, E. A., Frimpong, O. S., Nguah, S. B., Paintsil, V., & Akoto, A. O. (2022). Iron stores in steady ‐ state sickle cell disease children accessing care at a sickle cell disease clinic in Kumasi , Ghana : A cross ‐ sectional study. Health Science Reports-Wiley, 5(6), e934. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.934
Fordjour, F. A. (2022). Influence of COVID ‐ 19 pandemic on research and fieldwork : Perspectives from Ghana. Health Science Reports-Wiley, 5(6), 5–7. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.906
Fordjour F. A. (2022). Lymphatic filariasis: The journey so far (Bioscience Discourse II). The Bioscience Newsletter, 4. https://www.ptonline.com/articles/how-to-get-better-mfi-results
Fordjour, F. A., & Kwarteng, A. (2022). The filarial and the antibiotics: Single or combination therapy using antibiotics for filariasis. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 12, 1685. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.1044412
Fordjour, F. A., Asiedu, E., Larbi, A., & Kwarteng, A. (2021). The role of nuclear factor kappa B ( NF ‑ κB ) in filarial pathology. Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling, 4(6), p.e696. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12079-021-00607-5
Fordjour, F. A., Debrah, L. B., Osei-Mensah, J., Mubarik, Y., Gyamfi, P. A., & Debrah, A. Y. (2019). Assessing the Involvement of Nuclear Kappa Light Chain Enhancer of Activated B Cell Inhibitor-Alpha in Filarial Lymphedema Development. , with registration number P014, 2019. Convention for Biomedical Research Ghana, CoBReG, P-014.
Mehdi Y., Ahmadi R., Yolmeh A., Ahmad N., Sadeghinasab J., Siyadatpanah A., Norouzi R., Fordjour F. A., Kuutiero E. K., Taghipour Z., Chegeni M. A., Aghcheli A. (2023). Role of T Helper 1 in COVID-19 Pathogenesis: Foe or Friend. 2345–3362.
Saba, C. K. S., Aloara E., Kpordze, S. W., & Fordjour, F. A. (2022). Prevalence and antibiotic resistance pattern of Esherichia coli in faecal isolates obtained from healthy dogs in the Northern Ghana. RSTMH Annual Meeting 2022 : Topical Issues in Malaria and in Resistance Information Booklet, 19.
