• Cell Biology
• Host-Pathogen interactions
• Microbiology
• Parasite Biology
• Placenta Biology

Publications:

Opoku Afriyie, S., Antwi, K.B., Mutala, A.H., Abbas, D.A., Addo, K.A., Tweneboah, A., Addison, T.K., Osei, E., Koepfli, C. and Badu, K., 2024. Socio-demographic factors, housing characteristics, and clinical symptoms associated with falciparum malaria in two rapidly urbanizing areas in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Malaria Journal, 23(1), p.354.

Reynders, M., Tweneboah, A., Abbas, D.A., Opoku Afriyie, S., Nketsiah, S.N., Badu, K. and Koepfli, C., 2024. Challenges in diagnosis of clinical and subclinical Plasmodium falciparum infections in Ghana and feasibility of reactive interventions to shrink the subclinical reservoir. Malaria Journal, 23(1), pp.1-10.

Kayode, T.A., Addo, A.K., Addison, T.K., Tweneboah, A., Afriyie, S.O., Abbas, D.A., Seth, A., Badu-Tawiah, A.K., Badu, K. and Koepfli, C., 2024. Comparison of three rapid diagnostic tests for Plasmodium falciparum diagnosis in Ghana. Malaria Journal, 23(1), p.265.

Opoku Afriyie, S., Addison, T.K., Gebre, Y., Mutala, A.H., Antwi, K.B., Abbas, D.A., Addo, K.A., Tweneboah, A., Ayisi-Boateng, N.K., Koepfli, C. and Badu, K., 2023. Accuracy of diagnosis among clinical malaria patients: comparing microscopy, RDT and a highly sensitive quantitative PCR looking at the implications for submicroscopic infections. Malaria Journal, 22(1), p.76.

Presentations:

Presenter, Student Post-Doc Research Conference, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2025