Dr. Dominic S. Y. Amuzu

Dominic S. Y. Amuzu is currently a Bioinformatician at West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Medical Research Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the field of Human Genetics and Malaria. He obtained a Master of Philosophy in Biochemistry from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumas with research focus on pharmacogenomics of Cytochrome P450 Enzyme in the Ghanaian Population. Subsequently he pursued a PhD in Biochemistry (Human Genetics) funded by the Wellcome Trust DELTAS PhD Fellowship at WACCBIP, University of Ghana with Research component at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics (WHG), University of Oxford, UK.
His PhD focused on the molecular characterization of GYPB gene deletions and their function effect on Plasmodium falciparum invasion of erythrocytes and growth of the parasite. With respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dominic contributes to genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Ghana through viral sequencing and analysis as a Bioinformatician at West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens where analysis and research outcomes are communicated through publications, weekly or monthly updates and national policy briefs on COVID-19 for Ghana. He is also part of Africa CDC Genomic Surveillance Team for the tracking and monitoring of SARS-CoV-2. Dominic S. Y. Amuzu's current post doctoral research is focused on Human Genetics and the Epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum across malaria endemic regions in Africa. The main goal is to develop a comprehensive profile of host receptor diversity across a gradient of malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa to facilitate the understanding of the host-pathogen interaction in malaria infection as well as the biology of the parasite for therapeutic strategies again the parasite.

Website: amuzu.dominic-selorm-yao

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