I am MS. IRENE A. AGBO, an Assistant Lecturer of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho. Prior to this I was teaching Chemistry and Biology in Tema Technical Institute in Tema. I am an Environmental Scientist. I have been coordinating the General Biology (SBBS 105) course for School of Basic and Biomedical Sciences in UHAS for the past two years. Again, I lecture Applied Chemistry in Nursing and General Chemistry in the University.
EDUCATION
I had my education in the University of Cape Coast where I read Science Education with Chemistry option and later moved to the University of Ghana for my MPhil in Nuclear and Environmental Protection.
WORK EXPERIENCE
I taught Chemistry and Biology in Tema Technical Institute for two years after my MPhil Degree before joining the faculty in the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS). I have been lecturing General Biology, General Chemistry and Applied Chemistry in Nursing for the past two years.
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH OUTPUT
My research area is chemical residue analysis, in addition to that as a faculty member of a health institution, I collaborate with colleagues of biomedical sciences to work on other research areas of health concern. We are currently working on ‘Antibiotic resistance of enteric bacteria isolated from patients and surfaces of psychiatric wards in Accra, Ghana’ as a team.
I am also working on the ‘Analysis of anti-microbial activity of essential oil and crude drug extracts of six medicinal plants in Ghana’. I have one publication ‘Levels of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Plastic Resin Pellets from Six Beaches on the Accra-Tema Coastline, Ghana’. I am working on two other manuscripts ‘Organochlorine Residue in Underground Water in Selected Water Bodies in Ho Municipality’