Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo, former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has been appointed as Chairman of the Garden City University Council in Kenyase.

As Council Chairman, Prof. Owusu-Dabo will provide strategic leadership and governance oversight for the private university.

His role will include chairing Council meetings, guiding institutional policy, supporting the Vice-Chancellor and management team, and ensuring that the university’s vision of developing the next generation of innovators is achieved through sound academic and financial governance.

Professor Owusu-Dabo is a Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health, is also a Consultant Public Health Physician and Researcher with extensive experience in resource mobilisation, grantsmanship, and research management.

As a former Dean of the School of Public Health at KNUST, he spearheaded the introduction of new academic programmes, expanding the Master of Public Health (MPH) offerings from three to seven.

He also served as Deputy Director and later Director of the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) into Tropical Medicine for eight years.

Prof. Owusu-Dabo has secured and managed multi-million-dollar research grants from major international funding bodies including the European Union, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the World Bank, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Currently, he leads KNUST’s Africa Health Collaborative, funded by the Mastercard Foundation, where he formerly chaired the Executive Steering Committee of nine partner institutions across Africa and Canada.

His leadership has supported the training of over 2,000 primary health care workers and advanced academic opportunities for many through scholarships and capacity-building initiatives.

A strong advocate for inclusive education, Prof. Owusu-Dabo has also pioneered diploma programmes tailored for persons with disabilities and has mentored over thirty researchers to PhD and post-doctoral levels globally.

With over 300 scientific publications and more than 26,000 citations, he is recognised among Ghana’s top five research scientists.

A Perelman International Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, he continues to contribute to public health advancement through global collaborations.