Dorcas Atibilla

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

• 01/10/2024, 01/12/2024, Workshop on Project Management
• 09/26/2017, 09/27/2017, Workshop on Good Clinical Practice Organized by Food and Drugs Authority
• 02/16/2017, Knowledge Management and Knowledge Translation Workshop, USAID
• 07/16/2014, Introductory Phylogenetic workshop, in collaboration with NMIMR, INQABA Biotech
• 09/2012, Ghana National Association of Biomedical Science Conference, Kumasi
• 04/18/2009, Workshop on health research ethics for investigators, researchers, tutors and policy makers-Kintampo
• 06/18/2008, The Million Leaders Mandate, a global initiative to develop one million international Christian leaders

• Ken Okwae Fening (PhD), Associate Professor (Agricultural Entomology), Soil and Irrigation Research Centre, School of Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG. 68, Accra - Ghana, +233-241819305, kfening@ug.edu.gh
• Prof. Michael D. Wilson, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, P.O Box LG 581, Legon, Accra, +233276018892, mwilson@noguchi.ug.ed.gh

Deputy Chief Biomedical Scientist and Medical Entomologist

Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana, P O Box 200

+233 245830154

• Facilitator: Development of Consolidated Vector Control Guideline for Ghana
• Facilitator: Training of Technical Officers and field workers on entomological activities for larval source management in the middle belt of Ghana
• Ethics Member: A voting member of the Kintampo Health Research (Local Institutional Ethics Committee). Have reviewed over 100+ protocols to contribute to quality research conducted in the study area. Have done field monitoring with other Ethics Committee members to supervise adherence to protocol-related activities. From 2015 to date
• Assistant Ethics Administrator: Received, inspected, and compiled all protocols for distribution to members and convened meetings. From 2010-2013
• Biomedical Scientist: Participant and reader of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases Survey, An external EQA,2009-2019. A Certified slide reader of MAL055 RTS, S Vaccine Trial

• Kintampo Health Research Centre, 09/2009, Present
• 2010, 2013, Project 1, Research Officer, Supervision of Laboratory Technicians for the accurate preparation and staining of Study slides for reading of malaria slides. Main Microscopist for the examination of Study slide for accurate reporting on RTSS Malaria Vaccine Studies; Phase II/III studies
• 2010, 2013, Project 2, Research Officer, Study Microscopist for a Phase II/III malaria drug studies on the effectiveness of ACTs.
• Project 3, Research Officer, Study Entomologist/Co-ordination of field activities. Assisted in the study design and drafting of protocol for the Study. Developed SOPs for both field and laboratory procedures of the Study. Trained 4 field Supervisors and 10 Field workers on Consenting processes, accurate capturing of data as well as larval collection and the rearing of mosquitoes in the field using cages. Supervised field activities of the study to ensure adherence of protocol., Baseline Malaria Vector Transmission Dynamics in Communities in Ahafo Mining Area in Ghana
• Project 4, Research Officer, Entomologist/Assistant Project Coordinator, Performed Susceptibility testing of mosquitoes to some WHO-selected insecticides in 11 Districts in Ghana. Mosquito identification using external morphology. Detection of Plasmodium species using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), gel electrophoresis, and ELISA techniques. Test of resistance to Organophosphates, Carbamates, and Organochlorines using molecular techniques., Anopheles Gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) Susceptibility to Insecticides and Knockdown Resistance Genes Prior to Introduction of Indoor Residual Spraying in 11 Districts in Ghana
• Project 5, Research Officer, Entomologist/Assistant Project Coordinator for the Study, Organize Study related files for external Monitoring. Supervised all laboratory activities of the study for timely reporting of positive cases for Clinical management. Trained 6 Field Supervisors on accurate trapping of Mosquitoes and sorting. Analyzed mosquitoes using ELISA, PCR methods, and other laboratory procedures. Write a report and drafted paper for publication., Malaria Transmission Intensity study and Vector Studies
• Project 6, Research Officer, Entomologist/Co-Project Investigator, Inputs on protocol development for better execution of the study. Analyzed Study samples and drafted a Manuscript and report for the Study., Parasite Prevalence Studies in Five Districts Earmarked for Indoor Residual Spraying in Ghana
• Project 7, Research Fellow, Project Coordinator, Responsible for the coordination of sample collection, documenting, and reporting from the three study sites (Navrongo, Kintampo, and Dodowa Research Centre). Training of staff on study-related protocols., Baseline indicator estimates for monitoring the impact of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy in Ghana
• Project 8, Research Fellow, Project Coordinator, Responsible for the coordination of sample collection, documenting and reporting. Training of staff on study related protocols., Effectiveness and safety of Four or More Doses of Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine Administered as Intermittent Preventive Treatment against Malaria among Ghanaian Women
• Project 9, Research Fellow, Co-Investigator, Coordinate overall study, present protocol to SRC and Ethics for approvals. Train staff on protocol activities, writing of reports, supervise for accurate execution of project at the site., Ecological, Environmental, and Human Surveillance for Vector-borne Infections in Ghana (Kintampo Site)

• Unesco L,Oreal for Women in Science award
• PAMCA Small grant award for thesis completion
• An awardee of BANGA- Africa Scholarship for part sponsorship of the Ph.D. program
• An awardee of the next generation of African leaders from Carnegie New York through the University of Ghana (4000USD Award for Master’s Thesis, 2014)
• An awardee of a J-1 Visa by the Ghana United States Embassy to attend professional training on Combating Infectious Diseases -An International Visitor Leadership Program in Texas, New Orleans, and Florida, March 2020

• Tchum, S. K., Arthur, F. K., Adu, B., Sakyi, S. A., Abubakar, L. A., Atibilla, D., ... & Poku-Asante, K. (2021). Impact of iron fortification on anaemia and iron deficiency among pre-school children living in Rural Ghana. Plos one, 16(2), e0246362.
• Longitudinal estimation of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence in relation to malaria prevention measures in six sub-Saharan African countries Malaria Journal
• Akorli, J., Akorli, E.A., Tetteh, S.N.A., Amlalo, G.K., Opoku, M., Pwalia, R., Adimazoya, M., Atibilla, D., Pi-Bansa, S., Chabi, J. and Dadzie, S.K., 2021. Microsporidia MB is found predominantly associated with Anopheles gambiae ss and Anopheles coluzzii in Ghana. Scientific reports, 11(1), pp.1-5.
• Dosoo, D.K., Malm, K., Oppong, F.B., Gyasi, R., Oduro, A., Williams, J., Atibilla, D., Peprah, N.Y., Twumasi, M., Owusu-Agyei, S. and Greenwood, B., 2021. Effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) in Ghana. BMJ global health, 6(8), p.e005877.
• Dosoo, David Kwame, Daniel Chandramohan, Dorcas Atibilla, Felix Boakye Oppong, Love Ankrah, Kingsley Kayan, Veronica Agyemang et al. "Epidemiology of malaria among pregnant women during their first antenatal clinic visit in the middle belt of Ghana: a cross-sectional study." Malaria Journal 19, no. 1 (2020): 1-12.
• Chris Drakeley, Salim Abdulla, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, José Francisco Fernandes, Peter Kremsner, Bertrand Lell, Ludovic Mewono, Bache Emmanuel Bache, Michael Gabriel Mihayo, Omar Juma, Marcel Tanner, Marc Christian Tahita, Halidou Tinto, Salou Diallo, Palpouguini Lompo, Umberto D’Alessandro, Bernhards Ogutu, Lucas Otieno, Solomon Otieno, Walter Otieno, Janet Oyieko, Kwaku Poku Asante, Dominic Bon-Ereme Dery, George Adjei, Elisha Adeniji, Dorcas Atibilla, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Brian Greenwood, Samwel Gesase, John Lusingu, Coline Mahende, Robert Mongi, Method Segeja, Samuel Adjei, Tsiri Agbenyega, Alex Agyekum, Daniel Ansong, John Tanko Bawa, Harry Owusu Boateng, Léonard Dandalo, Veronica Escamilla, Irving Hoffman, Peter Maenje, Francis Martinson, Terrell Carter, Didier Leboulleux, David C. Kaslow, Effua Usuf, Jean-Yves Pirçon & Edith Roset Bahmanyar. Longitudinal estimation of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence in relation to malaria prevention measures in six sub-Saharan African countries. Malaria Journal volume 16, Article number: 433 (2017).
• D. Atibilla, 2015 Molecular and Morphological characterization of Anopheles melas populations in endemic and non-endemic Lymphatic filariasis communities in Coastal Ghana (Mphil Thesis).

• Unesco L,Oreal for Women In Science Young Talent
• BANGA-Africa Scholar for PhD Tuition
• PAMCA Small grant awardee
• Carneigy Scholar for Mphil Thesis grant
• International Visitor Leadership Program Aluminus