Irene Agyepong, summary curriculum vitea

Born in Ghana, Irene Akua Agyepong obtained her medical degree (MBChB) from the University of Ghana Medical School in 1986, a Masters in Community Health from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool in 1991 and a doctorate in public health from the Univeristy of North Carolina School of Public health (Public Health Leadership program – Department of Health Policy and Administration.

She is currently regional Director of Health Services, Ghana Health Service in the Greater Accra Region and also teaches part time in the department of Health Policy Planning and Management of the School of Public Health of the University of Ghana, Legon. She is a foundation member of the Ghana College of Physicians and surgeons.

She has been a member of the Program Committee of Netherlands African Capacity building and Clinical trials Against Poverty related diseases (NACCAP) since November 2004. She is also a member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO Geneva from January 2006 to the present and of the Steering Committee of the Partnership for Social Sciences in Malaria Control since 2003.