Prof. Samuel Fosu Gyasi is a Professor in Microbiology and Global Health and the Dean; School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources. He obtained his bachelor degree in BSc Biological Science at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in September 2000. He further pursued his Master of Science degree with research in Environmental Science in the same department a year after his bachelor education. In September 2009, he obtained research funding from the office of the Vice Chancellor (KNUST) to pursue his PhD in Microbiology at the same department, doing part of his research work at Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research into Tropical Medicine (KCCR). He successfully completed his PhD in 2013 with 4 papers published in peer reviewed journal and conferences attendance at the World Health Organization’s “Buruli Ulcer Initiative Programme” in Geneva before his graduation. He holds various certificate in Global Health Research; Leadership and Management in Health Research; Monitoring and Evaluation in Global Health; and Introduction to Epidemiology in Global Health all from the Department of Global Health, University of Washington, USA from March 2020 to February 2022.

His current research area is in neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) (Including Buruli Ulcer, Schistosomiasis, Filariasis), Malaria, Environmental Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); Environmental Health and Global Health. He has successfully supervised 95 undergraduate project works with 27 in progress. He has also supervised 7 MPhil and 5 PhD candidates, with another 5 (PhD) due to submit their final thesis for external assessment in September 2023. He has about 33 publications in peer review journals and 14 conference papers to his credit.

Prof. Gyasi was a proud recipient of an International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases, ISNTD, London, United Kingdom award in 2016 at the Russel’s Square, London, United Kingdom. This was in recognition to his research in WASH and Buruli ulcer. He is also a co-recipient of PATH (A Washington Non-Profit Corporation) funded project “The Dynamics of Healthcare Utilization in the Context of RTS,S/AS01 Vaccine Introduction in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. The partner Institutions include University of Health and Allied Health Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and University of Cape Coast with a project funding of $1 million over 3 years. In September 2020, he also won Instrumental Access Programme (Seeding Labs) equipment, worth about $1m.

He has been teaching at both undergraduate and post graduate in 3 different public Universities since 2013. Through this experience, he has employed evidenced based learning using power point, videos, audios, hand-outs, practical sessions, outreaches and field trips among many others. His teaching philosophy is that, no students is dump. Depending on how special needs are addressed for individual students, the best can be brought out of each of them. He employs these teaching methodologies to activate critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills to prepare his students for their future career.

Prof. Samuel Fosu Gyasi initiated the introduction and running of 3 undergraduate programmes. These include BSc Biological Science, BSc Medical Laboratory Science and BSc Nursing all in the School of Science, University of Energy and Natural Resources with a student population of 1,500. He has also assisted in setting up a clinical diagnostic laboratory, a fully furnished Nursing skills laboratory and a Class 2 biosafety infection disease research laboratory (Center for Research in Applied biology) at UENR.