Yaw Awuku-Larbi

Epidemiologist at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR)
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, GH
Languages
  • German Limited working proficiency

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Credentials

  • ICH GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE E6 (R2)
    The Global Health Network
    Jun, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Research Ethics
    The Global Health Network
    Jan, 2019
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • Ghana
    • Research Services
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Epidemiologist
      • Nov 2021 - Present

    • Monitoring And Evaluation Coordinator
      • Oct 2017 - Oct 2022

      *Develop data collection tools, supervise data collection exercises, analyze and disseminate accurate data to monitor and evaluate the indicators (using the PEPFAR Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting indicators) needed to achieve UNAIDS 90/90/90 cascade adopted by the National AIDS Control Program in 20 selected facilities in Ghana. *Training of health workers and management staff on quality improvement to identify and work on gaps in HIV services to improve HIV care *Developing M&E frameworks, writing quarterly reports to our major stakeholders and (Ghana Health Service, Global Fund, USAID). *Quarterly reporting to PEPFAR using the Data Accountability, Transparency and Impact Monitoring Tool (DATIM) Show less

    • Research Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Sep 2016 - Dec 2017

      Sample collection and epidemiological data management and analysis • Coordination of sample (stool for Polio, oro/ nasopharyngeal swabs for influenza) collection, receipt and processing • Epidemiological data collection, management and analysis on patients meeting Influenza-like-illness case definition Molecular detection and characterization of influenza and poliovirus • RNA extraction of influenza • Real-time polymerase chain reaction for nucleic acid amplification • Sequencing of Polio Virus using 3130xl Genetic Analyzer Cell Culture and virus isolation • Passage of MDCK cell lines for influenza virus isolation, and L20B & RD cell lines for polio and enteric virus isolation. • Isolation of influenza viruses [inoculation, Hemagglutination Assay (HA) and Hemagglutination Inhibition Assay (HAI)]. • Polio Virus Isolation Serology • INNO-LIA HIV I/II score line immunoassay for HIV I/II confirmation • CD4 count with FACSCount • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Show less

Education

  • University of the Witwatersrand
    Master's degree in Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
    2019 - 2021
  • Kwame Nkrumah' University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
    BSc Biological Science, Molecular Biology

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