Education

• Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons 
• West African College Of Physicians
• Lugansk State Medical University 

Board Certifications

Research Interest

1. Representative Sequencing in Cancers affecting people of African descent.
2. Liquid Biopsy for Detection of Actionable Mutations in Women of African Descent with Advanced Breast Cancer 
3. HERITAGE- Investigating mechanisms of immune response amongst COVID Vaccines in Ghana
4. Factors Influencing time to diagnosis and treatment initiation in children presenting with Cancer at the Korle-Bu teaching Hospital 

Selected Publications

•  Tapela, K., Oyawoye, F.O., Olwal, C.O. et al. Probing SARS-CoV-2-positive plasma to identify potential factors correlating with mild COVID-19 in Ghana, West Africa. BMC Med 20, 370 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02571-2

• Kent, B. A., Holman, C., Amoako, E., Antonietti, A., Azam, J. M., Ballhausen, H., … Weissgerber, T. L. (2022). Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice. PLoS Biology, 20(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001680

• Jumbam DT, Amoako E, Blankson PK, Xepoleas M, Said S, Nyavor E, Gyedu A, Ampomah OW, Kanmounye US. The state of surgery, obstetrics, trauma, and anaesthesia care in Ghana: a narrative review. Glob Health Action. 2022 Dec 31;15(1):2104301. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2022.2104301. PMID: 35960190; PMCID: PMC9586599.

• Blankson PK, Amanor EM, Dai-Kosi AD, Amoako E, Konadu AB, Boamah MO, Amoah GK, Parkins GE. Paediatric maxillofacial fractures in Ghana: Pattern, household cost, and distress. Int J Paediatr Dent. 2020 Oct 1. doi: 10.1111/ipd.12734. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33002267.

• Tagoe LG, Amoako E, Salifu N, Segefia CI, Renner LA. Knowledge and awareness of childhood cancer among doctors in Ghana. Pediatr BloodCancer. 2019; 66 (Suppl 4): e27989. https://doi.org/10.10002/pbc.27989(Abstract)

• Management Dilemma of hepatocellular carcinoma in Pregnancy, a case report. Pan African Medical Journal. 2016; 23:248 2016

• Poster presentation at AGSM Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons Teaching procedural skills in Medical Education in Ghana. A shift from the “see one, do one and teach one” principle. 2014

• Emmanuella Amoako, Kwadwo Apeadu Danso, Rosemary Sefakor Akuaku, Kofi Ulzen-Appiah, "A Report of Rosai–Dorfman Disease in an Adolescent” Case Reports in Pediatrics, vol. 2022, ArticleID 9571400, 5 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9571400

• Morang’a, C.M., Ngoi, J.M., Gyamfi, J. et al. Genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Ghana from 2020-2021. Nat Commun 13, 2494 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30219-5

• Danso, KA, Akuaku, RS, Taylor, RR, et al. A case report of a teenager with hepatitis B surface antigen-positive multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma in a noncirrhotic liver. Clin CaseRep. 2022; 10: e05622. doi:10.1002/ccr3.5622

• Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Machekano RN, et al. Assessment of Clinical Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized With COVID-19 in 6 Sub-Saharan African Countries. JAMA Pediatr. 2022;176(3): e216436. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics. 2021.6436

• Bashiru Babatunde Jimah, Teresa Aba Mensah, Kofi Ulzen-Appiah, Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie, Dorothea Akosua Anim, Emmanuella Amoako, Evelyn Antwiwaa Gyamfi, “Prenatal Diagnosis of Skeletal Dysplasia and Review of the Literature" Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 2021, Article ID 9940063, 5 pages, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9940063

• Kuyt, F.C., Amoako, E. (2021). Optimizing Postoperative Pediatric and Nursing Care. In: Swanson, J.W. (eds) Global Cleft Care in Low-Resource Settings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59105-2_31

• Nadia A Sam-Agudu, Helena Rabie, Michel Tshiasuma Pipo, Liliane Nsuli Byamungu, Refiloe Masekela, Marieke M van der Zalm, Andrew Redfern, Angela Dramowski, Abdon Mukalay, Onesmus W Gachuno, Nancy Mongweli, John Kinuthia, Daniel Katuashi Ishoso, Emmanuella Amoako, et al Investigators in the AFREhealth COVID-19 Research Collaboration on Children and Adolescents, The Critical Need for Pooled Data on Coronavirus Disease 2019 in African Children: An AFRE health Call for Action Through Multicountry Research Collaboration, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 73, Issue 10, 15 November 2021, Pages 1913–1919, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab142 

• Amoako E, Jumbam DT, Bediako Y Unseen and unheard:  African children with cancer are consistently excluded from clinical Trials, BMJ Global Health 2021;6:e004750.