Personal details
Name: K.B. Otabil
Tel: +233209164671
Email: k.b.otabil@amc.nl
Skype ID: ekowbentum
Affiliation in the Netherlands: Academic Medical Centre(AMC)
Department of Medical Microbiology
Parasitology Unit (IA3-145)
Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Affiliation in Ghana: Department of Basic and Applied Biology
University of Energy and Natural Resources
P.O. Box 214
Sunyani, Ghana, West Africa
Profile
Mr. K.B. Otabil is a PhD Candidate and a Lecturer with field and laboratory experience in neglected infectious diseases research especially onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. He worked on the filariasis team of the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine in Ghana as a Graduate Student Researcher. Whilst there he was involved in the field and laboratory work of several international research projects such as the Sustainable Control of Onchocerciasis Today and Tomorrow (SCOOTT); Anti-Wolbachia targeting of Lymphatic filariasis (AWOL-LF); Anti-Wolbachia targeting of Onchocerciasis (AWOL-ONCHO); Enhanced Protective Immunity against Lymphatic Filariasis (EPIAF-LF); Enhanced Protective Immunity against Onchocerciasis (EPIAF-ONCHO); and Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF). He conducted research on the ameliorative effects of doxycycline in the treatment of filarial hydrocele. The findings from the research provided pivotal information in understanding anti-wolbachial treatment of filariasis.
His current research focus is on therapeutic targets in parasitic worms of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. He has also been involved in teaching and supervising undergraduate students research since 2013.
Work Experience
- Lecturer, Department of Basic and Applied Biology, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana 2018-present
- Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine and Health at the Anglican University College of Technology, Nkoranza, Ghana, 2013-2018
- Head, Department of Ocular Research of the Emmavick Eye Clinic, Sunyani, Ghana, 2011-2013
- Research Assistant on the Filariasis Team of the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana, 2009 - 2012
- Research/Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Biosciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2007-2008
Education
- PhD Candidate, Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Centre (AMC) of the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2018-present
- MPhil. in Clinical Microbiology from the School of Medical Sciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2012
- BSc. in Biological Sciences (first class honours) from the Faculty of Biosciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2007
Professional affiliations
- Member, Ghana Science Association, Ghana
- Member, British Society for Parasitology, UK
- Member, American Society for Microbiology, USA
- Member, International Society for Infectious Diseases, USA
- Member, African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Ethiopa