School of Public Health of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has received a book donation from Dr. Samantha Holligworth to enrich the educational resources available to the school and college as a whole. The books were received in a short ceremony on November 27, 2023, at the school's conference room. The Provost, Prof. Christian Agyare, proposed to Dr. Sam the idea of becoming an ambassador for KNUST, fostering a lasting relationship with the school and also expressed deep appreciation to Dr. Sam and affirmed that her donated books would be effectively utilized within the school and College as a whole.
Dr. Samantha Hollingworth is an academic and consultant working in global health with a focus on Health Technology Assessment (HTA), health systems and services research, and the use of medicines in populations. She has a particular interest in the use of data and research for evidence-informed decision-making and implementation science in the context of low and middle-income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. She worked on international health projects in Indonesia and is currently working on several projects in HTA and medicines use in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa. I work with an extensive network of clinicians and health professionals to investigate the use of medicines and adverse effects in general practice, cancer, psychiatry, neurology, and internal medicine. Dr. Sam has honorary or visiting appointments at the University of Queensland (UQ, Brisbane, Australia), Imperial College London (UK, International Decision Support Initiative), and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana). She has a BSc (Hons) and MPH from UQ and a PhD from Monash University. She lived or worked in Australia (Brisbane, Melbourne), Canada (Toronto), Indonesia (Yogyakarta), the UK (London), and Ghana (Accra, Kumasi).
She worked as a consultant in HTA in Australia for many years evaluating submissions to subsidize medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). She is an experienced teacher having coordinated courses, lectured, and tutored in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. She was a Foundation Coordinator in the UQ Master of Pharmaceutical Industry Practice (from 2019). She was also an advisor on diverse PhD and student research projects.
