Professor Margaret Gyapong

Professor Margaret Gyapong is director of the Centre for Health Policy and Implementation Research at the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana. Prior to joining the university in 2017, she spent almost 25 years as researcher in the Ghana Health service where she held the position of Deputy Director.

Professor Gyapong studied medical anthropology at Brunel University, London and obtained her doctorate in Epidemiology from the University of Basel. Her interests are in socio cultural aspects of tropical diseases, implementation research, maternal and child health and building implementation of research capacity.