KNUST College of Health Sciences inaugural lecture by Prof. Christian Agyare.
KNUST College of Health Sciences inaugural lecture: The professorial inauguration lecture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been revived after a ten-year hiatus.
KNUST College of Health Sciences inaugural lecture: The chance to break the dormancy was offered to Prof. Christian Agyare, the provost of the Faculty of Health Sciences and a specialist in pharmaceutical microbiology and natural products.
A full professor’s promotion is officially recognised when they deliver their first lectures, symbolising a significant accomplishment in their academic career.
A freshly appointed professor’s inaugural provides a unique chance to promote oneself to academic schools and research partners.
The university’s goal to maintain the event’s continuity was stressed by the university’s registrar, Andrews Kwasi Boateng.
“The University has made inaugural lectures a fundamental aspect of its academic life and experience,” he stated. “This is in accord with best practices throughout the world.
“Treating non-curable viral illnesses and wounds using natural knowledge and products: The importance of Ethnopharmacological investigations,” was the topic of Prof. Agyare‘s talk.
Prof. Agyare emphasised the role of herbal medicine in achieving SDG 3 as well as his scholarly background in that area.
In the worldwide effort to accomplish Sustainable Development Goal 3 (“Goal 3”), the significance of ethnopharmacological research towards reducing the burden of non-curable infectious illnesses and wounds has been noted (Good Health and wellbeing).
“I believe that ethnomedicine has a lot of potential in the fight against both communicable and non-communicable diseases. With a clear understanding of the potential benefits of ethnomedicine in the global fight against “stubborn bugs,” among others, he said, “this has been done with a big part of my research career exploring the best ways the metabolites or ‘chemical arsenals’ from medicinal plants can be used and developed as alternative therapies for infections, wounds and inflammation.
Prof. Divine Kwaku Ahadzie, director of Settlement Studies and one of Ghana’s leading specialists on housing and floods, will speak next. His lecture is titled “Winning the Real Impact Award: A Reflective Journey through Housing, Environment, and Community Flood Resilience.” 3rd April 2023.
KNUST College of Health Sciences inaugural lecture by Prof. Christian Agyare.
About Prof. Christian Agyare
Professor Christian Agyare is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Natural Products at the Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He hails from Koneyaw, in the Asante-
Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti region and his parents are Mr. Gideon Agyare of blessed memory and Madam Joyce Amoah. He is the fourth and the last child of his parents. He had his basic education at the Armed Forces Basic Schools at the 4th Battalion Infantry (4BN), Uaddara Barracks, Kumasi, and his secondary education at Prempeh College, Kumasi.
He obtained his Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) and Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degrees from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Professor Christian Agyare obtained his doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) from the University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, through a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship after which he had his postdoctoral fellowships at the University of California, San Francisco, California, and the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Professor Christian Agyare was appointed a Lecturer at the Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, KNUST, in 2003, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2011, Associate Professor in 2016, and Full Professor in 2020. His area of specialization is Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Natural Products.
He is the immediate past Head of Quality Assurance and Planning Office, KNUST, and also served as a Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, KNUST.
Source: KNUST/myhealthink.com
