Education:

Accra Polytechnic (now Accra Technical University), Accra, Ghana

University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. 

University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Qualification:

HND Statistics 

BSc Statistics 

MSc Statistics with Applications in Medicine

PhD Medicine (Statistics and Epidemiology) 

2020 - Present: Senior Lecturer, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra.   

Teaching Biostatistics, Statistics, Research Methods, and conducting research and supervision of students’ thesis. At the PhD level, I teach Quantitative Research Methods in Public Health (BSTT 706) and Stata, and at the masters level, I teach Advanced Biostatistics (BSTT 602), Methods in Biostatistics (BSTT 601), Biostatistics and Research Methodology (GSPH 601), Geographic Information Systems Application in Monitoring & Evaluation (MOEV 626) and Stata. At the undergraduate level, I teach Biostatistics for Public Health (GSPH 401), Junior Clerkship in Community Health (COMH 401) and Stata.

2017 - 2020: Lecturer, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra. 

Taught Biostatistics, Statistics, Research Methods, and conducting research and supervision of students’ thesis. At the PhD level, I taught Quantitative Research Methods in Public Health (BSTT 706) and Stata, and at the masters level, I taught Advanced Biostatistics (BSTT 602), Methods in Biostatistics (BSTT 601), Biostatistics and Research Methodology (GSPH 601), Geographic Information Systems Application in Monitoring & Evaluation (MOEV 626) and Stata. At the undergraduate level, I taught Biostatistics for Public Health (GSPH 401), Junior Clerkship in Community Health (COMH 401) and Stata. 

2020 - Present: Research Fellow/Statistical Modeller, WorldPop, University of Southampton, United Kingdom. 

Spatial and multi-level modelling of multiple indicators of vaccination coverage in Nigeria and other low- and middle-income countries.

2017 - Present: Visiting Professor, Department of Public & Environmental Health, University of the Gambia, Gambia. 

I serve as a Visiting Professor responsible for teaching in the MPH/MSPH Programme. 
I am responsible for teaching Biostatistics (PHC 503) and Research Methods (PHC 620), both at the postgraduate levels as well as supervision of students’ thesis. 

2019: Visiting Scholar, BANGA-Africa Research Fellowship, University of South Florida, USA. 

Served as a Visiting Scholar on BANGA-Africa Research Fellowship in the College of Public Health, University of South Florida. As part of my role, I developed and applied geospatial and multilevel models to analyse Public Health data. Specifically, I developed models to analyse under-five child malnutrition in Ghana (geostatistical model), prostate cancer in the Georgia – USA (geospatial model) and hypertension among adults in Ghana (multilevel model) using survey and routine data sets.

2010 - Present: Chief Executive Officer, Statistics & Analytics Consultancy Services Ltd                                                             

Providing Research/Statistical consultancy services to clients from project planning to data analysis and dissemination of research findings as well as collaborating with other research organizations. The position also involves managing Research Teams. Notable among them is the collaborative study conducted on Health Facility Assessment in the Northern Region of Ghana for Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2018, as well as Skills Recognition Systems and Labour Market Acceptance of Graduated Traditional Apprentices in Ghana (2011) for International Labour Organization, Geneva Office in collaboration with Standard Development Services, Ghana. 

2013 - 2016: Associate Lecturer in Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University

I taught Medical Statistics (MATH 335), Probability (MATH230, MATH 105 and MATH 104), Software Application and Data Analysis in Biological and Life Sciences (BIOL 421), Statistical Models (MATH 333), Project Skills (MATH 390), Likelihood Inference (MATH 551 & MATH 330), Bayesian Inference (MATH 331), Probability and Measure (MATH 313), and Topics in Modern Statistics (MATH 334). 

2013 - 2015: Member, Faculty of Health and Medicine Research Committee, Lancaster University, UK

The mandate of the Committee is to act as a forum for the discussion of all matters relating to research and consultancy in the Faculty, for the development of policy recommendations and for the implementation of policy decisions of the Policy and Resources Committee.

2009 - 2017: Research Associate, Claydord Consultancy Services of Claydord Enter. LTD - Ghana.                                                               

Conducting scientific research, providing statistical support, co-ordination, and monitoring of fieldwork for the Consult with the notable one among them been the Western Region Human Development Report 2011 undertaken by the consult for United Nations (UNDP) - Ghana office.

2009 - 2017:  Research Associate, Standard Development Services– Ghana 

Conducting scientific research, providing statistical support, co-ordination and monitoring of fieldwork for the Consult with the notable one among them been the Youth Employment Study conducted for African Development Bank in 2014/2015.   

2010 - 2011: Data Analyst, Office of the President, Policy Evaluation and Oversight Unit, Ghana                                                               

Carry-out day-to-day policy evaluation, monitoring and research, statistical analysis and interpretation on policies, programmes and projects undertaken by various ministries, metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies as well as regional coordinating councils in Ghana for the President of the Republic of Ghana.

2010: Field Researcher, The George Washington University, USA                                                        

Part of the field researchers who carried-out the Gendered Social Contexts of Adolescent HIV Risk Behaviours: Family, Peer Group, and Community Influences survey in South-Eastern Ghana for the George Washington University, USA in collaboration with Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research at University of Ghana, Accra.  I was also responsible for translating the questionnaires from English language to Ewe which is one of the Ghanaian languages spoken by the people of Volta region of Ghana.

2006 - 2009: Statistician, Ghana Statistical Services, Accra-Ghana                                                         

Part of the team that carried out successful research surveys for the Service such as Millennium Challenge Account Program Component of the Ghana Living Standard Survey -GLSS5+, Multiple Indicator Cluster Study, Ghana Maternal Mortality Study, and Education Sector Head Count as well as carried out day-to-day data analysis and interpretation for the Service.

2007 - 2008: Field Researcher, UNICEF- Ghana Office, Accra, Ghana.          

Part of the team that carried out successful research surveys for UNICEF-Ghana Office such as Multiple Indicator Cluster Study (MICS).

(1)     Aheto JMK, Dagne GA. (2021). Geostatistical analysis, web-based mapping, and environmental determinants of under-5 stunting: evidence from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. The Lancet Planetary Health, 5(6): e347-e55. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00080-2 

(2)     Aheto JMK, Utuama OA, Dagne GA. (2021). Geospatial analysis, web-based mapping and determinants of prostate cancer incidence in Georgia counties: evidence from the 2012–2016 SEER data. BMC Cancer, 21(1): 508. https://bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12885-021-08254-0

(3)     Aheto JMK, Duah HO, Agbadi P, Nakua EK. (2021). A predictive model, and predictors of under-five child malaria prevalence in Ghana: How do LASSO, Ridge and Elastic net regression approaches compare? Preventive Medicine Reports; 23: 101475

1. Takramah WK, Aheto JMK, (2021). Predictive model and determinants of odds of neonates dying within 28 days of life in Ghana. Health Science Reports, 4(1):e248.
2. Dwomoh D, Iddi S, Adu B, Aheto JM., et.al (2021). Mathematical modeling of COVID-19 infection dynamics in Ghana: Impact evaluation of integrated government and individual level interventions. Infectious Disease Modelling, 15: 381-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idm.2021.01.008.
3. Yawson A, Antwi-Boasiako C, Djagbletey R, Abindau E, Aheto JMK, Botchway F, Adepa F, Yawson A (2021). Changes in Serum Electrolytes in Blood Transfused and Non-Transfused Post-Operative Patients at a National Referral Hospital in Ghana. Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana, 10(1):5-13.

(7)    Aheto, J. M. K., & Ogum Alangea, D. (2021). Multilevel analysis of risk factors associated with severe underweight among children under 5 years: evidence from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. Health Sciences Investigations (HSI) Journal, 2(1), 166-172. https://doi.org/10.46829/hsijournal.2021.6.2.1.166-172

1. Aheto JM., Udofia E., Kallson E., Yawson A.E., et.al (2020). Prevalence, socio-demographic and environmental determinants of asthma in 4621 Ghanaian adults: Evidence from Wave 2 of the World Health Organization’s study on global AGEing and adult health. PLOS ONE, 15(12): e0243642. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243642. 
2. Aheto JMK, Yankson R, Chipeta MG. (2020). Geostatistical analysis and mapping: Social and environmental determinants of under-five child mortality, evidence from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 1428. doi:10.1186/s12889-020-09534-3. 

(10)  Bonful HA, Addo-Lartey A, Aheto JMK, Ganle JK, Sarfo B, Aryeetey R (2020). Limiting spread of COVID-19 in Ghana: Compliance audit of selected transportation stations in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. PLOS ONE 15(9): e0238971. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0238971

1.  Aheto, J.M.K. (2020). Simultaneous quantile regression and determinants of under-five severe chronic malnutrition in Ghana. BMC Public Health 20(1):644.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08782-7
2.  Calys-Tagoe BNL., Aheto JMK., Mensah G., Biritwum R., Yawson AE. (2020). Cervical cancer screening practices among women in Ghana: Evidence from Wave 2 of the WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health. BMC Women's Health, 20(1):49.
3.  Tagoe T. E, Agbadi P, Nakua K. E, Duodu P.A, Nutor J.J, Aheto J.M.K. (2020).A predictive model of and socioeconomic and demographic determinants of under-five mortality in Sierra Leone. Heliyon, 6(3):e03508. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020303534
4.  Calys-Tagoe BNL, Aheto JMK, Mensah G, Biritwum RB, Yawson AE (2020). Mammography examination among women aged 40 years or older in Ghana: evidence from wave 2 of the World Health Organization’s study on global AGEing and adult health multicountry longitudinal study. Public Health 181:40-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2019.11.022
5.  Aheto JMK (2019). Predictive model and determinants of under-five child mortality: evidence from the 2014 Ghana demographic and health survey. BMC Public Health, 19(1):64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6390-4 
6.  Udofia EA, Aheto JM, Mensah G, Biritwum R, Yawson AE (2019). Prevalence and risk factors associated with non-traffic related injury in the older population in Ghana: Wave 2 of the WHO Study on Global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). Preventive Medicine Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100934. 
7.  Bosu, WK., Aheto, JMK., Reilly, S., & Zucchelli, E., (2019). Bosu WK, Aheto JMK, Zucchelli E, Reilly ST: Determinants of systemic hypertension in older adults in Africa: a systematic review. BMC Cardiovasc Disord, 19(1):173. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-019-1147-7
8.  Bosu WK, Reilly ST, Aheto JMK, Zucchelli E (2019). Hypertension in older adults in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One, 14(4):e0214934. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214934.
9.  Oladoyinbo, C. A, Akinbule O. O, Bolajoko O.O, Aheto JM, Faruk M, Bassey I.E, Odedina F, Ogunlana O. O, Ogunsanya M, Suleiman A. M, Obialor S, Gali R., (2019). Risk factors for prostate cancer in West African Men: The Familial Cohort Study, Cancer Health Disparities. doi:10.9777/chd.2019.1007  http://www.companyofscientists.com/index.php/chd/article/view/102. 
10.  Aheto, JMK., Taylor, B.M., Keegan, T.J., Diggle P.J (2017). Modelling and Forecasting Spatiotemporal Variations in the Risk of Childhood Chronic Malnutrition among Under-Five Children in Ghana. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology. DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2017.02.003.
11.  Bosu, W. K., Aheto, JMK., Zucchelli, E., & Reilly, S. (2017). Prevalence, awareness, and associated risk factors of hypertension in older adults in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Systematic Reviews, 6, 192. http://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0585-5 
12.  Aheto, JMK., Keegan, T.J., Taylor, B.M., Diggle P.J (2015). Childhood malnutrition and its determinants among under-five children in Ghana. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology.29:552-561. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12222.