Kumasi Injury - Team Members

Prof. Peter Donkor

Principal Investigator

Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Former President of the African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth – www.afrehealth.org), First Vice-President of the West African College of Surgeons,

Chairman of University Hospital Services Management Board and the Founder of Ghana Cleft Foundation. Former roles include Pro Vice-Chancellor, Provost of the College of Health Sciences and Head, Department of Surgery. He is Founder and former Director, Office of Grants and Research, KNUST. He is a product of the University of Sydney, Australia and University of London, UK. Holds qualifications in surgery and public health from those countries. His research interests include global surgery and injury prevention, cleft lip and palate, research administration and medical education. He has authored several papers, book chapters, and scientific communications.

Prof. Charles Newman Mock

Ph.D, FACS

Professor of Global Health and trauma surgeon with a PhD in Epidemiology. Prior to joining WHO, he was Director of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA.

There he held an appointment as Professor in the Department of Surgery at the School of Medicine with joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health.

Prof. Adam Gyedu

MD, MPH, FGCS, FWACS, FICS

Senior Lecturer at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, KNUST and a General Surgeon. Fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS), West Africa College of Surgeons (WACS) and the International College of Surgeons.

Member of Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and the International Surgical Society. Member of the Ghana Hernia Society and the Secretary of the Ghana Surgical Research Society.

Research interests include global surgery, injury prevention, and health systems strengthening. Has over 50 publications in peer-reviewed surgical journals. Reviews for several peer-reviewed journals and member of the editorial board, World Journal of Surgery.

Prof. Robert Quansah

Co-Investigator

Associate Professor of surgery and an orthopaedic surgeon. A product of Ukrainian Institute of Advanced Medical Studies and a fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons.

His research interests lie in the field of injury prevention and control and capacity building in the care of the injured. He has over 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals and reviews for many international journals. He is a member of the Ghana Surgical Research Society, Ghana Orthopedic Society and the Ghana Medical Association.

Prof. Veronica Millicent Dzomeku

PhD, MPhil, BSc.
Co-Investigator, The Trauma/Injury Project

Professor (Mrs.) Veronica Millicent Dzomeku is the Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. She holds the distinction of being the first person in Ghana to be promoted to Full Professor in the field of Midwifery. This historic milestone reflects her outstanding contributions to maternal health and academic leadership. With over 27 years of experience spanning clinical midwifery, education, and research, Prof. Dzomeku has dedicated her career to improving maternal care outcomes in Ghana and beyond.

Prof. Emmanuel Kweku Nakua

PhD, MSc, BSc,
Co-investigator, The Trauma/Injury Project

Professor Emmanuel Kweku Nakua is the Vice Dean of the School of Public Health at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. A seasoned epidemiologist and biostatistician, he holds a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and is an alumnus of KNUST.

With deep expertise in population health, Professor Nakua serves as Ghana's Principal Investigator for the Sub-Saharan Africa Consortium for Advanced Biostatistics (SSACAB), a program committed to building biostatistical capacity across Africa. His translational research focuses on testing and promoting evidence-based interventions in resource-limited settings.

Over the past decade, his work has addressed key public health challenges, including maternal health, injury prevention, ageing, family planning, and human resources for health. With over 50 scholarly publications, Prof. Nakua is dedicated to contributing his expertise to data-driven health interventions that aim to reduce injuries and improve outcomes across communities in Ghana.

Team Members