Dr. Gertrude Adobea Owusu

Dr. G. Adobea Owusu holds a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology, Public Health and Demography (University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas, USA), MA in Medical Sociology (UNT, Denton, TX, USA), MPH in Health Services Research (University of North Texas School of Biomedical Sciences in Fort Worth, Texas, USA), Graduate Diploma in Communication Studies and Bachelor of Science in Home Science (University of Ghana, Legon).

Dr. Owusu is a medical sociologist and public health practitioner. Her areas of specialization include women’s health, health services and operations and formative research, evaluation of health projects, and health communications, including health education materials development. Her research interests include HIV/AIDS, reproductive health including adolescent health and sexuality, cancers, and access to and use of health care particularly for vulnerable groups. At ISSER, she is currently focusing on gender-related social development issues.

Dr. Owusu a Research Fellow with the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) and a Lecturer at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon. She currently Heads the Applied Social and Behavioral Sciences Unit of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the School of Public Health.

Dr. Owusu worked previously with the Ministry of Health, Ghana, as a Health Educator, and also served as a Teaching Assistant and Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas. Her immediate past job was on a USAID/Ghana Project on Health Communication where she served as a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist.

Dr. Owusu has consulted for the Government and local agencies in Ghana, including resident international agencies, and also internationally. She is currently representing ISSER on the Healthy Africa Scenarios Exercise (HASE) where she serves as an advisor to the U.S.  Military in their research on the HASE. The HASE is an initiative to help prepare Africa in cases of health emergencies and HIV/AIDS.