Alexander Yaw Debrah

Prof. Alexander Yaw Debrah is a Professor of Parasitology and Global Health. He holds PhD in Medical Parasitology from Bonn University/KNUST. He joined KNUST as a lecturer since 2007, and has held a number of positions at KNUST including Head of Department, Dean of Faculty of Allied Health Sciences and Acting Provost of the College of Health Sciences. He is the Chairman of the Graduate Committee of the College of Health Sciences, a member of the School of Graduate Studies Board and College of Health Sciences representative on the KNUST Academic Board.

His research focus is on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) but his area of interest is in filariasis. Prof. Debrah has research collaborations with many international universities and research institutions including University of Bonn, Case Western Reserve University of Cleveland, University of BueaS in Cameroon, The Task Force for Global Health in the US, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals among others. He has been involved in a number of research activities including being the Director of German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funded Take OFF Consortium involving three African countries (Cameroon, Tanzania and Ghana) and two German institutions (Bonn University Hospital and Munich University).

He has a number of research activities sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, European Commission, German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and German Research Foundation (DFG) among others. He has won grants to the tune of over 15 million euros. He is a recipient of several prestigious international awards, including European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Dr. Pascoal Mocumbi Prize (2025) Award, the German Momento Research Prize for NTDs (2015) and the Wolfgang Stille Award of the Paul-Ehrlich Society (2013)

He has held a number of National and International positions including the Chair of the Planning Committee of Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) of the American Society of Microbiology.

Prof. Debrah has over 160 publications in peer-reviewed journals.