Achievements

The Kumasi Injury Initiative has been highly successful. Successes chalked by the program include:

Conduct of high quality and highly relevant research by current and former trainees.
Maintenance of research and publications by trainees after completing their fellowship.
Retention of all long-term and intermediate trainees in Ghana and their continuous engagement in injury control work, due to the creation of productive research environments for them to return to, including ongoing mentorship and funding support for research work after completion of their training.
Increased institutional capacity to undertake injury research and injury control practice for several of the major institutions in Ghana, resulting in improvement in the policy for and practice of injury control in Ghana

The quality and relevance of research is reflected in the publications in peer reviewed journals that have been first authored by trainees and acknowledged FIC support. Leading journals in the field of injury within which trainees have published include Traffic Injury Prevention, Injury Control and Safety Promotion, Injury Prevention and World Journal of Surgery.

International Trainee/Country	Faculty Member	Start Date	Summary of Support During Training	Degree(s) Received and Year(s)	Topic of Research Project	Initial Position Department Institution Activity	Current Position Department Institution Activity	Subsequent Grant(s)/ Role/Year Awarded
Koranteng, Adofo/Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2005	Stipend, tuition, thesis project funds	MPH, 2007	Injury Surveillance	Research Assistant, Department of Community Health, Kwame Nkrumah University	Principal Research Officer, Department of Surgery, KwameNkrumah University	N/A
Damsere-Derry, James/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2005	Stipend, tuition, thesis project funds	MPH, 2009	Pedestrian injury, speed control	Research Assistant, Building and Road Research Institute, Kumasi	Research Officer, Building and Road Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana	Sponsored PhD program on road safety at the Queensland University of Technology, (QUT), Brisbane, Australia
Yankson, Isaac/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2006	Stipend, tuition, thesis project funds	MPH, 2008	Press reporting of road traffic crashes in Ghana	Teacher, Senior secondary school, Kumasi	Scientific Officer, Building and Road Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana	N/A
Kuutiero, Lillian / Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2006	Stipend, tuition, thesis project funds	Non-degree training completed in 2008	Laws on road safety	Participatory Development Associates (a local NGO)	Advocacy Officer, OXFAM, Ghana	N/A
Asiedua, Jessie/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter	09/2008	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2010	Childhood injury	Nursing Officer, Koforidua Hospital, Ghana	Head, Nursing Training College, Nkawkaw, Ghana	N/A
Ankomah, James/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock Charles	09/2008	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2010	Burn Injury in Ghana	Medical Officer, Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana	Senior Resident in Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana	Re-entry study: trauma care capacity in Ghana, 2015
Yeboah, Dominic/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2010	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2013	Preventable trauma deaths at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital	Medical Officer, Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana	Specialist in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana	Site PI: International Orthopaedic Multicentre Study (INORMUS) in Fracture Care , Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP133609),
Osei-Ampofo, Maxwell, Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2011	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2013	Injuries in pregnant women presenting to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital	Resident in Emergency Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital	Specialist in Emergency Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana	N/A
Gyedu, Adam/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2011	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2012	Childhood injury in a peri-urban settlement in Kumasi: Re-entry study: trauma care capacity in Ghana; enumeration of all surgery performed in Ghana	Lecturer in Surgery, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Senior Lecturer in Surgery, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Co-Investigator: Injury Control Research in Ghana and West Africa (D43TW007267)
Forson, Paa Kobina / Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2011	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	Non-degree training in research methods		Resident in emergency medicine at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital	Specialis-in-charge of Emergency Medicine, Offinso District Hospital, Ghana	N/A
Japiong, Kennedy/Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2012	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2014	Trauma care at the Ghana Police Hospital	Nursing Officer, Police Hospital, Accra, Ghana	Officer-in-Charge of the Emergency Clinic of the National Police Headquarters	N/A
Paitoo, Benjamin/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2012	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2016	Occupational injuries to staff of the Ghana Fire Service	Municipal Fire Officer, Ghana Fire Service, Obuasi,	Lecturer, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani	N/A
Agyemang, Eunice/Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2013	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2017	Workplace Violence	Nursing Officer, Department of Emergency Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana	Nursing Officer, Komfo Anokye Teaching Note: data gathered; results written; pending review and defense. Hospital, Ghana	N/A
Nakua, Emmanuel/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2013	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	PhD Pending	Occupational injuries to goldminers in Ghana	Lecturer, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University, Ghana	Lecturer, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University, Ghana Note: data gathered; results written; pending review and defense.	N/A
Gyamfi, Adwoa /Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2014	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2015	Electronic medical record use in Emergency Department of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital	Nursing Manager, Child Welfare Clinic, Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Ghana	Lecturer, Midwifery Training School, Pramso, Ghana	N/A
Donkor, Isaac/Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2014	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2015	Distracted driving	Manager of Red Cross Services, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana	Manager of Red Cross Services in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana	N/A
Boakye, Godfred /Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2015	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2017	Supply chain management in trauma care	Research Officer, Department of Surgery, KNUST	Trainee military officer, Ghana Armed Forces
Nathaniel Adu Boakye/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2016	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2019	Violence against children	Medical Officer, Manhyia District Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana	MPH student	N/A
Amy Budu Ainooson/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2016	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2018	Dependency violence in women with disabilities	National Service Officer, Center for Disability Studies, KNUST, Ghana	MPH student	N/A
Helena Serwaa Appiagyei/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2017	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH, 2019	Prevalence of occupational traumatic injuries of health workers in district hospitals	Medical Officer, Hope Exchange Medical Center, Kumasi, Ghana	MPH student	N/A
Yempabe Tolgou/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2017	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	MPH Pending	Factors affecting the utilization of traditional bonesetters in the Northern Region of Ghana	Orthopedic/Trauma surgeon, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana	MPH student	N/A
Isaac Kofi Yankson/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2017	Tuition, thesis project	PhD Pending	Assessing the Occupational Injury Risks among Road Construction Employees in Ghana: Comparative Study of Highways and Urban Roads	Scientific Officer, CSIR-Building and Road Research Institute	PhD student	N/A
Paul Okyere/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2017	Stipend, tuition, thesis project	PhD Pending		Lecturer, KNUST	PhD student	N/A
Akua Kusiwaa Karikari/ Ghana	Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles	09/2017	Stipend, Tuition, thesis project	PhD Pending	Family and health staff presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation of adult patients involved in accident and emergency conditions: A view through health belief and stimulus responses models	Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi	PhD student	N/A

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