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KNUST, Department of Sociology and Social Work
CCB BLOCK,
Kumasi-Ghana

Dr. Dr. Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah

Researcher

Department of Sociology and Social Work
Kumasi

Profile

Dr. Dr. Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah is  a Senior Lecturer at the Department  of Sociology and Social Work , Kwame Nkrumah University  of Science and Technology. Dr. Dr. Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah is Medical Sociologist and Infectious disease public health scientist, gender intersectionality  , sexuality and human right scientist and an African Union Research Fellow. He holds a PhD Reproductive Health Sciences from the Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute University of Ibadan (PAULESI) . He additionally holds a PhD Medical Research International Health from the Ludwig-Maximillian University of Munich(LMU) and an MPhil. Sociology (Health) from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.  Dr Dr Appiah further holds an MPhil/LLM   in Sexual Reproductive Right in Africa (SRRA) from the Centre for Human Right University of Pretoria and training Certificate in Gender-Based Analysis of Vector-borne Diseases and Climate Change from School of Public Health University of the Witwatersrand. He is a Visiting Lecturer at the Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences University of Ibadan and a Visiting Research Scientist at the Centre for Human Right ,Institut für Politische Wissenschaft Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Dr. Dr. Appiah is a member of the International Society of Social Paeditricians and Child Health.

Dr. Appiah was a Graduate Research Assistant at the Department of Sociology and Social Work / Faculty of Social Sciences / Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana). He earned his undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Arts Sociology and Social Work from the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana).

Education

  1. November 2020

    PhD Reproductive Health Sciences

    Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute Including Health and Agriculture (PAULESI) University of Ibadan
  2. August 2020

    PhD Medical Research –International Health

    Ludwig- Maximilian Universitate(LMU).Munich, Germany
  3. October 2020

    MPhil/LLM (MPhil option) Sexual and Reproductive Right in Africa(SSRA)

    University of Pretoria
  4. June 2015

    MPhil Sociology (Sociology of Health, Advance Counseling Techniques)

    Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUST-Ghana
  5. June 2012

    Diploma in Health And Safety Management

    IPED- UK
  6. June 2011

    B.A Sociology And Social Work

    Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
  7. 2003-2005

    Senior Secondary School Certificate

    Anglican Senior High School

Professional Appointments

  1. 2022- present
    Senior Lecturer
    Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  2. 2021-present
    Ethics Consultant
    Responsible Artificial Intelligence (RAIL-KNUST)
  3. March 2023 - Jan, 2023
    Visiting Professor
    Plasma University, Somalia, East Africa
  4. Oct. 2022 - Dec. 2022
    Guest Researcher
    University of Konstanz- Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  5. Nov. 2021 - Jan. 2022
    Visiting Research Scientist
    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  6. April 2021 to date
    Visiting Lecturer
    University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  7. Feb. 2018 to Feb. 2020
    CEO
    THE RID PROJECT-Kumasi

Awards & Prizes

  • 2022
    Research Fellow
    University of Konstanz, Germany
  • 2021
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Toronto
  • 2020-2021
    Brand Ambassador
    Association of African Universities (AAU TV)
  • 2019
    International Fellow
    India Council for Medical Research-ICMR /AU-STRC
  • 2016-2019
    Doctoral Research Fellow
    African Union Commission - Addis Ababa
  • 2016-2019
    Doctoral Scholarship
    DAAD-CIH
  • 2015
    Save the Children International-US SUPER Research Fellow
    Youth In Action Country Programme Evaluation, Wodia North Zone, Ethiopia
  • 2013
    KNUST VC-Graduate Research Assistant Award
    Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-Kumasi
  • Best Male Christian Apologist Award
    The Church of Pentecost International-Ghana at the Maiden School of Apologetics- Pentecost University College, Ghana
  • 2004
    National Winner National Youth Quiz
    The Church of Pentecost International, PUC Ghana
  • 2002-2005
    Atwima Kwanwoma Rural Bank Scholarship
    Atwima Kwanwoma Rural Bank
  • 2002-2004
    Educational Scholarship
    His Royal Highness Otumfour (Asantehene) Education Fund