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Kwabena Duedu

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Kwabena Duedu

Dr.

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5816-5172

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PhD projects

1. Gut–Brain Correlates of Guided Soul-Searching and Forgiveness in Depression: Microbiome and Stress Pathways. 2. Gut Microbiome-Mediated Stress, Fatigue and Psychological Resilience during Religious Fasting. 3. Temporal Dynamics of Antibiotic Resistance Decay in Naturally Evolved Bacterial Populations. 4. Molecular and Epigenetic Determinants of Antibiotic Resistance Reversibility. 5. Availability and Functionality of Laboratory Diagnostic Capacity and Its Influence on Health Equity and UHC in African Health Systems

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20092026

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Research and Innovation interests

Kwabena is a molecular microbiologist with expertise in antimicrobial resistance, microbial genomics, and applied microbiology. His research focuses on understanding how microbes evolve, acquire resistance, and persist across clinical and environmental settings, with particular relevance to global health challenges. In addition, he has a masters in theology and missions and is currently undergoing ministerial formation training. He is also actively developing research interfacing theology and science particularly concepts that impact human health and the environment. He leads and contributes to internationally collaborative projects spanning clinical and environmental microbiology, with a strong focus on translating scientific evidence into public-health action and improved laboratory practice. His technical expertise includes next-generation sequencing, genomic surveillance, molecular diagnostics, and bioinformatic analysis of microbial populations. He provides academic leadership and mentorship, supporting early-career researchers and strengthening research capacity across diverse settings.

Education/Academic qualification

Theology and Mission (Bible and Science), MA, Examining Atheistic Apologetics of Darwin’s Origin of Species Mirrored to Evidence from Genomics and Evolutionary Biology, Akrofi Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture

2 Feb 2023 → 2 Dec 2023

Award Date: 2 Dec 2023

Supervised by
  • Settles, Joshua

Cell and Molecular Biology, PhD, Development of novel systems for bioconversion of cellulosic biomass to useful products, University of Edinburgh

10 Sept 2012 → 15 Dec 2015

Award Date: 28 Jun 2016

Supervised by
  • French, Christopher

Microbiology, MPhil, Co-infection with malaria and human parvovirus B19 and its role in anaemia among Ghanaian children, University of Ghana

10 Aug 2009 → 31 Jul 2011

Award Date: 31 Jul 2011

Supervised by
  • Sagoe, Kwamena

Medical Laboratory Science (Microbiology), Bachelor of Science, Recent HIV seroconversion among blood donors, University of Ghana

8 Aug 2004 → 28 Sept 2008

Award Date: 28 Sept 2008

Supervised by
  • Sagoe, Kwamena

External positions

Adjunct Research Fellow, Akrofi Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture

14 Mar 2024 → …

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  • Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny

    Hunt, M., Hinrichs, A. S., Anderson, D., Karim, L., Dearlove, B. L., Knaggs, J., Constantinides, B., Fowler, P. W., Rodger, G., Street, T., Lumley, S., Webster, H., Sanderson, T., Ruis, C., Kotzen, B., de Maio, N., Amenga-Etego, L. N., Amuzu, D. S. Y., Avaro, M. & Awandare, G. A. & 112 others, Ayivor-Djanie, R., Barkham, T., Bashton, M., Batty, E. M., Bediako, Y., De Belder, D., Benedetti, E., Bergthaler, A., Boers, S. A., Campos, J., Carr, R. A. A., Chen, Y. Y. C., Cuba, F., Dattero, M. E., Dejnirattisai, W., Dilthey, A., Duedu, K. O., Endler, L., Engelmann, I., Francisco, N. M., Fuchs, J., Gnimpieba, E. Z., Groc, S., Gyamfi, J., Heemskerk, D., Houwaart, T., Hsiao, N.-Y., Huska, M., Hölzer, M., Iranzadeh, A., Jarva, H., Jeewandara, C., Jolly, B., Joseph, R., Kant, R., Ki, K. K. K., Kurkela, S., Lappalainen, M., Lataretu, M., Lemieux, J., Liu, C., Malavige, G. N., Mashe, T., Mongkolsapaya, J., Montes, B., Mora, J. A. M., Morang’a, C. M., Mvula, B., Nagarajan, N., Nelson, A., Ngoi, J. M., da Paixão, J. P., Panning, M., Poklepovich, T., Quashie, P. K., Ranasinghe, D., Russo, M., San, J. E., Sanderson, N. D., Scaria, V., Screaton, G., Sessions, O. M., Sironen, T., Sisay, A., Smith, D., Smura, T., Supasa, P., Suphavilai, C., Swann, J., Tegally, H., Tegomoh, B., Vapalahti, O., Walker, A., Wilkinson, R. J., Williamson, C., Zair, X., Biere, B., Dürrwald, R., Mache, C., Oh, D.-Y., Schulze, J., Wedde, M., Wolff, T., Fuchs, S., Semmler, T., Paraskevopoulou, S., Kerber, R., Kröger, S., Haas, W., Bode, K., Corman, V., Erren, M., Finzer, P., Grosser, R., Haffner, M., Hermann, B., Kiel, C., Krumbholz, A., Lorentz, T., Meinck, K., Nitsche, A., Petzold, M., Schwanz, T., Szabados, F., Tewald, F., Tiemann, C., de Oliveira, T., Peto, T. E., Crook, D., Corbett-Detig, R., Iqbal, Z. & Consortium, I. L. N., 9 Feb 2026, In: Nature Methods.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Antibiotic resistance patterns among bacterial pathogens isolated from bloodstream infections at the Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

    Yanchumba, E., Deku, J. G., Bedzina, I., Mensah, L. K., Ablordey, K., Banahene, K. K., Sey, C., sar Kennedy, K., Mensah, P. O., Afeke, I. & Duedu, K. O., 3 Feb 2026, In: Frontiers in Bacteriology. 5

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) hospitalisations associated with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 in Ghana, June 2022 to March 2024

    Amoako, N., Cohuet, S., Adjei, M. R., Gurry, C., Oduro, A., Agyapong, P. D., Musah, O., Asante, I. A., Awuah, A.A.-A., Ayivor-Djanie, R., Duedu, K. O., Kenu, E., Adjei, G. O., Owusu-Dabo, E., Amuasi, J., Asiedu-Bekoe, F., Laryea, D., Kasolo, F., Ohene, S.-A. & Rose, A. M. C. & 7 others, Nardone, A., Archibald, W. K., Humphreys, J., Ampofo, W., Owusu-Agyei, S., Mwenda, J. M. & Asante, K. P., 17 Feb 2026, In: Vaccine.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Draft genome and antibiotic resistance profile of high-risk ST15 multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain Kleb009 from a neonatal blood culture in Ghana

    Tetteh, F. K. M., Haq, K., Boateng, W., Egwuonwu, K., Egyir, B., Sampane-Donkor, E. & Duedu, K. O., 23 Jan 2026, In: Microbiology Resource Announcements. 15, 1, p. e01202-25

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Genetic diversity and drug resistance mutations of HIV-1 in Ghana: a systematic review of two decades

    Appiah, P., Adusei-Poku, M., Obeng, B. M., Osei-Yeboah, R., Gbassana, G., Agyemang, S., Mac-Ankrah, L., Jamfaru, I., Seshie, M., Sraku, I. K., Ankamah, S., Duedu, K. O. & Sagoe, K. W. C., 26 Feb 2026, In: BMC Infectious Diseases.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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