Kofi Amegah

I am a Senior Lecturer of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana with expertise in air

pollution and nutritional exposure assessment, and quantification of the effects of these exposures for

maternal, perinatal and cardiovascular health through use of robust data science and statistical modeling techniques.

I lead a public health research group at the Department of Biomedical Sciences with our work focused on the

interface of nutritional and environmental determinants of adverse health outcomes in locations of Ghana using modern and robust epidemiological research designs and methods. I lead the Ghana Urban Air Quality Project (GHAir) which focuses on deploying low cost air quality sensors interspersed with reference grade monitors in urban areas of Ghana to provide high spatio‐temporal air pollution data to bridge the air quality data gaps and for epidemiologic research. I also focus on interrogating nutrition and air pollution policy issues in Sub‐Saharan Africa with my work in this area gaining a lot of media attention and influencing public health policies in the region and beyond. In recent times, my group has

focused on molecular characterization of air pollution exposures to help understand the biological mechanisms mediating air pollution exposure health effects among vulnerable populations such as street traders as well as the ameliorating role of nutrition (vitamin D specifically) in the health effects of air pollution exposure. I am a member of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) and Nutrition Society UK, founding member of the AfriqAir Network, and collaborator of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) studies. I participated in the WHO expert meetings of the Global Platform on Air Quality and Health. I am a member of the Modelling Coordination Group of the Africa Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change coordinated by the Stockholm Environment Institute and Climate and Clean Air Coalition.