Robert Kaba Alhassan (PhD) – Secretary

Dr Robert Alhassan is a lecturer in the School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee. He previously worked as an associate professor at the Institute of Health Research, University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ho Ghana. He is also an adjunct faculty of York University Canada and University of Groningen, Netherlands.
 
Robert’s PhD training is in health financing and quality healthcare in global health context from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
 
Robert is a member of WHO Global Health Network, Health Systems Global, British Academy of Early Career Researchers, and NIHR expert reviewers’ board. Robert is a certified Good Clinical Practice (GCP) researcher, and a WHO/TDR trained implementation research expert and trainer of trainers.
 
Robert is also an associate editor of international reputable journals like BMC Health Services Research, BMC Public Health and BMJ Open and peer reviews for many more journals.
 
Robert has research expertise in applied global health research, implementation research and health policy and systems research with particular interest in maternal and child health and infectious diseases of poverty in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) in Africa. He has a passion for equity, diversity and inclusion in health and social interventions which are the precursors for attaining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and making the world a better place for all humanity.