David Ofori-Adjei

David Ofori-Adjei (born April 15, 1949) is a prominent Ghananian physician and medical researcher. A graduate of the University of Ghana Medical School^[1] and University of Edinburgh he has written 58 original research papers in international journals.^{[citation needed]} His main areas of research are clinical pharmacology, pharmacogenetics, infectious diseases such as malaria, schistosomiasis, Buruli ulcer, and HIV/AIDS and public sector pharmaceutical management. He was elected to the Council of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology of the International Union of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology in 2000.^{[citation needed]} Ofori-Adjei has promoted the Rational Use of Drugs in Ghana and the development of the National Essential Drugs List with Therapeutic Guidelines since the late 1980s.^{[citation needed]} He served on the United States Pharmacopoeia Convention and the International Health Advisory Panel for ten years.^{[citation needed]} He is currently the Director of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and Editor-in-Chief of the Ghana Medical Journal.^[2]

References

1. ^ "David Ofori-Adjei—biilding bridges for health care and research in Ghana". The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 3, Issue 4. April 2003. pp. 251–254. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099%2803%2900583-8/fulltext. 
2. ^ "Professor David Ofori-Adjei". Africa Institute of Biomedical Research and Technology. http://www.aibst.com/index.php/about-aibst/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&categoryId=45&id=113. 

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Name	Ofori-Adjei, David
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