Dr Samuel Armoo is a Senior Research Scientist at the Biomedical and Public Health Research Unit of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Water Research Institute. He received a BSc degree in Zoology at the University of Ghana, and an MPhil degree in Public Health from the same University. He holds a PhD degree in Molecular Genetics and Medical Parasitology from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Due to his cognitive flexibility, he was appointed as the Team Leader of the COVID-19 PCR testing facility of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, after the President of Ghana’s initiative to increase the number of COVID-19 PCR testing facilities in the country. As Team Leader, he selected and trained laboratory personnel to received contact tracing samples from the Ghana Health Service, and PCR-assay them for onward submission to the real-time disease surveillance system of the Government of Ghana. Dr Armoo has been the molecular diagnostics team lead for environmental surveillance of pathogens of interest in the Institute. Driven by the desire to contribute to efforts to reduce the burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), he has employed effective tools based on his knowledge on the epidemiology, parasitology and population genetics of their causative agents. In his research works, he has applied next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics, biostatistics, quantitative real-time PCR and DNA cloning techniques. He has published on the population genetics, molecular diagnostics, and operational research of some key NTDs. 

Key Relevant Skills

Molecular Diagnostics

Molecular Epidemiology

Parasitology

Project Management

Laboratory Leadership

Publications

Link to Google Scholar page:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dJLxvyAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Link to ResearchGate profile page:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samuel-Armoo