Henrietta Terko KWANSA-BENTUM

I am currently a lecturer and Research Scientist, responsible for lecturing various topics in Immunology, Parasitology and Bioethics. I am interested in exploring phytochemicals that can be used in the treatment of various diseases.

• Certificate in Statistical Data Analysis, 02/14/17 - 02/15/17, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana
• Certificate in Research Ethics, 06/28/15 - 06/30/15, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
• Diploma in Research and Development of Products to meet Public Health Needs, 10/29/12 - 11/10/12, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
• Certificate of Beginners Training Course on prevention of radiation Hazards, 04/26/12, Center for Frontier Life Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
• Certificate in Japanese Language Study, 04/01/09 - 07/31/09, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

• American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015 - to date
• Japanese Society for Immunology, 2012 - to date

• Post-doctoral fellowship to research on the factors that affect platelet and endothelial cells interaction during the pathogenesis of Malaria, $60,000.00, 05/01/16 - 04/30/18, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
• Travel Grant, American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), USA, 10/01/15

• Tettey, C.O., Essuman, E.K., Aninagyei, E., Kwansa-Bentum, H., Boakye, A.A., Kortei, N.K., & Boamah, D. Vikil 20 Suppresses the Proliferation of Prostate Cancer (PC-3) Cells and Quenches Free Radicals In Vitro. Integrative Cancer Therapies. 2024;23. doi:10.1177/15347354241253846

• Kwansa-Bentum, H., Aninagyei, E., Adedia, D., Kortei, N.K., Boakye, A.A., & Tettey, C.O. Elevation of free triiodothyronine (fT3) levels by Plasmodium falciparum independent of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in children with uncomplicated malaria. J Clin Lab Anal. 2024; 38:e25013. doi:10.1002/jcla.25013

• Aninagyei, E., Tettey, C.O., Kwansa-Bentum, H., Boakye, A.A., Ghartey-Kwansah, G., Boye, A., & Acheampong, D.O., Oxidative stress and associated clinical manifestations in malaria and sickle (HbSS) comorbidity, PLoS ONE 17(6): e0269720. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269720 (2022).

• Aninagyei, E., Nanga, S., Acheampong, D.O., Mensah, R., Boadu, M.N., Kwansa-Bentum, H.T., & Tettey CO. Prevalence and risk factors of human Balantidium coli infection and its association with haematological and biochemical parameters in Ga West Municipality, Ghana. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 9;21(1):1047. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06731-2. PMID: 34627168; PMCID: PMC8502288.

• Essuman, E. K., Boakye, A. A., Tettey, C. O., Hunkpe, G., Kortei, N. K., Kwansa-Bentum, H., . . . Aninagyei, E., Evaluation of the Antidiarrheal and Antioxidant Effects of Some Chewing Sticks Commonly Used for Oral Hygiene in Ghana, Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2021, 10.1155/2021/727025, PMID: 34650615

• Kwansa-Bentum, B., Kwansa-Bentum, H.T., Baah, E.O., Otchere, J., & Aboagye-Antwi, F., Ecto- and endo- parasites infecting the Brooke’s house gecko Hemidactylus brookii (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Ghana, Journal of Ghana Science Association, 18, 1, 14 - 22, 2018

• Doe, H.T., Daisuke, K., Mana, M., Kazumi, K., Masoud, A., & Katsuyuki, Y., Expression of PD-1/LAG-3 and cytokine production by CD4+ T cells during infection with Plasmodium parasites, Microbiology and Immunology, 60, 121 – 131, 2016

• Daisuke Kimura, Mana Miyakoda, Henrietta Terko Doe, Kazumi Kimura, Hiromitsu Hara, Hiroki Yoshida and Katsuyuki Yui, IL-27-producing CD4+ T cells induced during malaria infection are distinct from Tr1 cells, The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Immunology, 11/18/15 - 11/20/15, Sapporo, Japan

• Henrietta Terko Doe, Daisuke Kimura, Mana Miyakoda, Masoud Akbari, Kazumi Kimura and Yui Katsuyuki, Mechanisms underlying the induction of IL-27-producing CD4+ T cells during immune responses against intracellular pathogens, The 64th Annual Meeting of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 10/25/15 - 10/29/15, Philadelphia, USA

• Henrietta Terko Doe, Daisuke Kimura, Mana Miyakoda, Masoud Akbari, Kazumi Kimura and Yui Katsuyuki, Induction of IL-27-producing CD4+ T cells and PD-1/LAG-3 signaling during malaria infection, The 68th Japanese Parasitology Committee Southern Japan Branch and the 65th Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology, 10/16/15 - 10/17/15, Nagasaki, Japan

• Daisuke Kimura, Mana Miyakoda, Henrietta Terko Doe, Kazumi Kimura, Hiromitsu Hara, Hiroki Yoshida and Katsuyuki Yui, IL-27-producing CD4+ T cells regulate immune responses during malaria infection, 25th Annual Molecular Parasitology Vector Biology Symposium 2015, 2015, Athens, Georgia, USA

• Henrietta Terko Doe, Daisuke Kimura, Mana Miyakoda, Kazumi Kimura, Masoud Akbari, Ganchimeg Bayarsaikhan and Katsuyuki Yui, IL-27-producing CD4+ T cells are induced during malaria infection in a manner independent of TLR signalling, The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Immunology, 12/10/14 - 12/12/14, Kyoto, Japan

• Date of Birth: 05/09/83
• Nationality: Ghanaian
• Marital Status: Married
• Hometown: Somanya
• Number of children: 4

Food processing & Gardening

Prof. Harry Asmah

Dean

School of Basic and Biomedical Sciences

University of Health and Allied Sciences

PMB 31, Ho

hasmah@uhas.edu.gh

Dr. Adjoa Agyemang Boakye

Head of Department

Department of Biomedical Sciences

University of Health and Allied Sciences

PMB 31, Ho

aaboakye@uhas.edu.gh