Dr. Ahmed Tijani Bawah is a Lecturer of Chemical Pathology at the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho in Ghana. Prior to this, he was the Senior Biomedical Scientist in-charge of Ussher Polyclinic in Accra. He is a Medical Laboratory Scientist and a fellow of the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists.
Education
Dr. Bawah holds a PhD (Chemical Pathology) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, MPhil (Chemical Pathology) and Bachelor of Science (Medical laboratory Science) from the University of Ghana. He obtained a certificate and a Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences from the University Of Ghana School Of Allied Health Sciences.
Work Experience
He practiced as a Medical Laboratory Scientist in various health facilities in the Greater Accra region for almost fifteen (15) years. During this period, he rose from the rank of Technical Officer Grade 2 to Assistant Technologist and later a Biomedical Laboratory Scientist. He resigned from the Ghana Health Service as a Principal Biomedical Laboratory Scientist.
Research Interest/Output
Dr. Bawah’s area of research is metabolic complications during pregnancy with emphasis on using biochemical markers in the prediction of obstetric outcome. He has publications on lipid profile of Ghanaian women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Hypogonadism in Ghanaian men with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Adipokine dysregulations in Ghanaian women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Preeclampsia among others. Other publications are on the effect of Tobacco smoking on semen quality and sexual dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity. He currently has fourteen (23) publications.