Prof. David Teye Doku Biography: Who is Prof. David Teye Doku?

Prof. David Teye Doku Biography: Who is Prof. David Teye Doku?

• Prof. David Teye Doku Started basic education at Okwenya LA Primary School

•  He attended Roman Catholic Basic School, Somanya, Eastern Region

• He had secondary education at Ghanata Secondary School, Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region

• Prof. David Teye Doku began his academic career in 2008 as a researcher at Tampere University in Finland

• He was appointed as a lecturer at UCC in 2011

• He was promoted to the rank of Senior Lecturer in 2013

• Prof. David Teye Doku was adjudged Best Evolved Researcher in 2019

• He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2020

• He always also listed by AD World Scientist and University Ranking (Scientific Index) as the top 11th  and 12th scholar in Ghana.

• Named by Research.com, a ranking firm, as the star researcher in Ghana in 2022

• Has over 45,000 citations of his publications, making him first in UCC’s all-time list of contributors to the UCC’s rankings in terms of research influence. His  H-index of 42 is the highest any UCC scholar has on Scopus.

• He was promoted to the rank of Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health in 2022

• He contributed to UCC’s sterling ranking in the 2022 and the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Ranking as the topmost ranked University in Ghana and West Africa, 4th in Africa.

• He received five Research Excellence awards for his contribution to the sterling performance of UCC in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Ranking.

• He is a topmost scholar in UCC with nominal citations of papers all time (17335 citations); topmost scholar in UCC with nominal citations of papers from 2016-20 (16365 citations)

• He successfully produced 10 PhD graduates either as a principal supervisor or a co-supervisor.

• He was appointed Director of the Directorate Research, Innovation and Consultancy at UCC in 2022

• He delivered inaugural lecture in 2023 on the topic: ” The Causes of the Causes: Is Society the Producer of its own Health and ill-Health?”

• Currently he is an Elder of the Apostolic Church-Ghana and serves as a patron of the UCC branch of the Apostolic Church-Ghana, Students and Associates (APOSA-UCC).

Married to Mrs. Laura Doku and blessed with two children.

SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh