Professor Julius N. Fobil
Professor
Education and Qualification
Education:
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B.Sc (Hons), M.Phil, DrPH, DTM |
Working Experience
- 08/2021-2024: Provost, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana
- 08/2019-2021: Dean, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana
- 08/2019-07/2020: Acting Head, Department of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana
- 08/2012-07/2019: Head, Department of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana
- 02/2017-Present: Professor, Department of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana
- 01/2012-01/2017: Associate Professor, Department of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana
2007–2012: Senior Research Fellow, Department of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana
2008-2011: Research Associate, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Department of Molecular & Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht Institute, Hamburg, Germany
2003–2007: Research Fellow, Department of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana
03/2001–2008: Environment and Health Specialist, Legal Resources Centre (LRC), Ghana
11/2000–02/2001: Environmental Engineer, Southern DataStream Inc. LaBelle, Florida (USA)
08/1999–05/2006: Resident Intern in Ghana, Horizon International Inc. (http://www.solutions-site.org) based at Yale University in the United States, Department of Biology
07/1997–10/2000: Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Zoology and the Volta Basin Research Project (VBRP), University of Ghana
Publications
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Ongoing Projects
Title | Role on the Project | Duration of the Project | Funder |
1/2-The West Africa-Michigan CHARTER II for GEOHealth-Ghana: Hubs of Interdisciplinary Research and Training in Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GeoHealth) Research (U01)
| Principal Investigator | 2020–2021 | US-NIH/FIC |
Partnership for Enhancing Skills Training for Sustained Economic Growth in Ghana (PESTSEGG) | Principal Investigator | 2018– 2022 | Tullow Ghana Ltd |
1/2-The West Africa-Michigan CHARTER II for GEOHealth-Ghana: Hubs of Interdisciplinary Research and Training in Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GeoHealth) Research (U01/U2R) | Principal Investigator | 2015– 2020 | US-NIH/FIC & IDRC |
Completed Projects
Title | Role on the Project | Duration of the Project | Funder |
Partnership for Enhancing Capacities in Occupational & Environmental Health in Ghana | Principal Investigator | 2016-2018 | German International Development Cooperation (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) |
Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: Assessing the New Implementation Strategy in Ghana | Co-Principal Investigator |
2015– 2016 | French Agency for International Technical Expertise, Global Fund, 5% Initiative |
Integrated Assessment of Exposure to Environmental Contaminants at Agbogbloshie Electronic Wastes Dump | Co-Principal Investigator | 2015-2016 | German and International Development Cooperation (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) |
Competence Based Training Short Course in Emergency Preparedness & Management
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Principal Investigator | 2014– 2016 | Council for Technical & Vocational Education Training (COTVET) |
1/2-The West Africa-Michigan CHARTER for GEOHealth: GHANA. P20 Exploratory Grant for Planning Interdisciplinary hubs of Global environmental & Occupational health (GEOHealth | Co-Principal Investigator | 2014– 2015 | National Institutes for Health/Fogarty International Center (NIH/FIC) |
A mobile-phone based Electronic Health Information and Surveillance System (eHISS) for Africa: concept and pilot study | Co-Investigator | 2013-2016 | German Federal Ministry of Education (BMBF) |
Network for the anti-helminthic fight and its consequences on population health (RELACS)/A Multi-national Network for Research and Intervention to reduce the burden of anemia in Africa | Co-Investigator | 2013– 2015 | French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1/2-The West Africa-Michigan CHARTER for GEOHealth: GHANA. P20 Exploratory Grant for Planning Interdisciplinary hubs of Global environmental & Occupational health (GEOHealth) | Co-Principal Investigator | 2012– 2014 | National Institutes for Health/Fogarty International Center (NIH/FIC) |