I am a Biostatistician, Clinical Psychologist and Evidence-Based Health Researcher with three years of experience as a Clinical Psychologist providing psychotherapy and conducting psychological assessments, one year as a lecturer teaching psychology, and more than five years of experience in evidence-based health research, data analysis and meta-analysis. I am confident in teaching epidemiology and statistics in health research. My academic background spans epidemiology, biostatistics, B.Ed and M.Ed with leadership and management, and clinical psychology with international research contributions across LMICs. Skilled in statistical methods using SPSS/STATA/R+ and qualitative tool NVivo, psycho-diagnostics testing, systematic reviews, and scientific writing. Certified in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) with expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, including meta-analyses and clinical trials. As a Covidence Student Ambassador and member of international psychological associations, I actively contribute to advancing evidence-based healthcare practices in LMICs under NIHR-funded projects. Seeking to utilise my integrated expertise in mental health, biostatistics, and global health to advance evidence-based health research, inform policy makers, strengthen health systems in LMICs, and improve patient outcomes through analytical, data-driven approaches and cross-cultural competence.
Thesis: Effectiveness of Psychosocial Intervention for Tuberculosis having Common Mental Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Thesis: Impact of coercive measures and patient treatment malpractices on treatment outcomes among psychiatric patients
Major Area: Leadership and Management
Major Subjects: Applied Clinical Psychology
Thesis: Blood group as a biomarker for smartphone addiction and procrastination among university students.
This workshop was a four-day hybrid workshop held from 29th July to 1st August 2024, at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.
Systematic Review Expertise
Data Management
Capacity Building
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Biostatistician:
Researcher:
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As a Clinical Psychologist, my Responsibilities are:
As a Visiting Lecturer, my Responsibilities are:
As a Research Fellow, my Responsibilities are:
Responsibilities: Performed tasks efficiently by conducting screening of stakeholders and recruitments, preparation and translating of resource materials, interviewing different stakeholders including "Judges, Lawyers, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Parliamentarian, Patients and Caretakers" as well as maintaining study-specific records and logs, Preparation and translation of materials, transcription of interviews, data entry, quantitative analysis and helped by maintaining qualitative analysis.
Reference: Brown JA et al. P91 Untapped potential for systematic review software & automation to reduce the 6 million hours spent on title/abstract screening annually. Poster presented at Global Evidence Summit, Prague, Czech Republic. 10-13 September, 2024.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mhs2.7
https://www.rmj.org.pk/fulltext/27-1598261789.pdf
https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.769309
https://aahs.kmu.edu.pk/index.php/aahs/article/view/166
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101647
In this course, we explored techniques associated with behavioural activation. Which included learning to recognise the behavioural traps that perpetuate depression and how to build up the confidence and motivation to achieve goals aligned with personal values.