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Joseph Okai Ashong

Membership Status:
Full Member

Home Country:
Ghana

Home Address:
Post Office Box KN 68
Kaneshie-Accra
Ghana

Institution:
Cornell University

Current Address:
B14 Savage Hall
Division of Nutritional Science
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
USA

Phone:
+1607-379-3975

E-mail:
joa22@cornell.edu
joashong@gmail.com


Education
MPhil (Nutrition)
PhD ( International Nutrition): 2007-Present

Research Interests
Micronutrients (iron and zinc), Infections (Malaria), Epidemiology in the context of maternal and child nutrition


Experience
President, Nutrition and Food Science Students Society (NFSSS), Dept of Nutrition and Food science, University of Ghana , Legon. 2002-2003.

Deputy Organizer, NFSSS, Dept of Nutrition and Food science, University of Ghana , Legon. 2000-2001.

Teaching Assistant in the Nutrition and Food Science Department of University of Ghana , Legon

Supervisor in charge of two regions of Ghana during a consumer behavior survey in Ghana .

Field Interviewer for a USAID Micronutrient Program looking at Food Consumption Patterns in selected Ghanaian Communities.

Field Coordinator: Conducted census in the district, which is the study site for Micronutrient Assisted Control and Stimulation of Immunity against Malarial (MACSIMAL) trial.

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