Our Speakers

Prof. Gordon Akanzuwine Awandare

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Development)

University of Ghana

Prof. Gordon Awandare is the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Academic and Students Affairs at the University of Ghana. He is a Professor and Founding Director of the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) and Project Director for the Africa Climate Collaborative at the University of Ghana. He holds BSc Biochemistry and MPhil Biochemistry degrees from the University of Ghana. He completed his PhD at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and his postdoctoral fellowship at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Maryland. In 2014, he led the establishment of WACCBIP after winning one of the World Bank’s African Centres of Excellence grants. Subsequently Prof Awandare has helped mobilize over $80m to University of Ghana for equipment, infrastructure, and fellowships to over 550 scientists from 22 African countries for masters, doctoral and postdoctoral training. He has co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed journal publications in a wide range of journals.