Alfred Kwesi Manyeh

Position before the programme: Field Coordinator, DHDSS
Current position at the Dodowa Health Research Centre, Ghana: Senior Health Research Officer. (Heading HDSS Data Management Unit)
Student years atWits University: 2011-2012
Host HDSS centre for the field attachment: Ifakara HDSS, Tanzania.

Alfred writes: “The inter-disciplinary nature of the course has been beneficial to my career development and understanding of the wider context of health-related challenges. The leadership, biostatistics and epidemiology aspects of the programme were very relevant and useful to me in developing a career in health research. This has given me the edge to choose appropriate statistical techniques and perform analysis of HDSS data and data from other epidemiological studies. I am now able to design and conduct epidemiological studies and critically review published literature in epidemiology. The theoretical and practical insights I acquired have enhanced the smooth running and the management of the Dodowa HDSS data unit and other health research activities.”