The West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC) celebrated a major milestone on November 8, 2024, with inauguration of its state-of-the-art Genomic Medicine Building at the University of Ghana, Legon.
Global educator Solomon Fiifi Ofori-Acquah has established research centers in Ghana and the U.S.
The West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC), a World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence at the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, has successfully completed a 5-day intensive short course in Allied Health Genomics (AHG), in Ghana and Nigeria.
The West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC) has awarded 75 laptops to 75 Postgraduate Students from various departments at the University of Ghana, in support of the Vice Chancellor’s ‘One student One laptop’ (1S1L) initiative.
The 1S1L initiative, is aimed at providing affordable and free laptops for students in general and especially for less privileged students of the university to enhance teaching, learning and research and to build an inclusive digital technology community.
The first Professor of Medical Laboratory Sciences and the Director of the West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC) at the University of Ghana, Prof. Solomon Fiifi Ofori-Acquah delivered his inaugural lecture on the topic, “A Journey with Sickle Cell Disease, around the World and a Return Home to Help Find a Cure.” The lecture was a culmination of years of dedication and research by the former Dean of the School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences.
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The West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC) has organised a sod-cutting ceremony to commemorate the upcoming construction of its Multipurpose Genomic Medicine Building Complex.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, was hopeful that the facility, when completed, will assist WAGMC in contributing to the Six Key Strategic Objectives (KSOs) in her vision for the University of Ghana. Prof. Amfo announced the building will augment impactful research in the applied sciences and humanities. “I am confident the global leadership in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) research that the Centre is renowned for will not only continue but grow especially in genomics”, she said.
The Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana (SCFG) has announced the appointment of Professor Solomon Fiifi Ofori-Acquah as its new President with immediate effect.
In his new role he will provide overall executive leadership at the SCFG succeeding the late Professor Kwaku Ohene-Frempong who recently passed away.
In his remarks to Board Members and Staff of the Foundation, Prof Ofori-Acquah shared some of his experience working alongside Professor Ohene-Frempong for nearly 30 years. He stated “I am honoured to continue and grow the work started by my friend and mentor and excited about our mission to support the development of resources and services to help improve the health and quality of life of people with SCD and related conditions”.
It is with heavy hearts and great difficulty that we announce the passing of Prof. Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, the West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC) Sectoral Advisory Board Chair (SAB). Prof. Kwaku Ohene-Frempong passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Saturday, May 7, 2022, after a 6-month battle with aggressive cancer.
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Professor Fiifi Ofori-Acquah, Director of the West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC) and Dean of the School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences (SBAHS) has been awarded a $3 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA to sequence the whole genome DNA of children with sickle cell disease (SCD) in Ghana. The grant application was submitted through the University of Pittsburgh where he holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics.
The West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC), University of Ghana welcomed the first cohort of students into its new flagship Master of Science (MSc) degree programme in January 2022. The postgraduate genetic counselling programme is the first of its kind in Ghana and in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the third such programme on the continent. The programme is accredited by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC). Students who graduate from the programme will be required to complete a mandatory one-year internship under the supervision of the Ghana Psychology Council to become licensed to practice as Genetic Counsellors.
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