To create the life we want, we need to be intentional with our choices
Beverly Egyir, PhD
Hi! Welcome to my world!
I am Beverly Egyir; an Associate Professor at the Bacteriology Department of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana. I obtained my PhD in Molecular Bacteriology and Infection from University of Copenhagen, Denmark, with funding from the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), through the Antibiotic Drug Use Monitoring and Evaluation of Resistance (ADMER) Project and did a Postdoctoral training at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom with support from ALBORADA TRUST under the Cambridge Africa Partnership for Research Excellence (CAPREx) project.
As a Research Scientist & Academic
My research focuses on surveillance of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria species from humans, animals, food, water, and the environment. I use both phenotypic and molecular tools, including whole genome sequencing, to investigate AMR trends and dynamics. My work is dedicated to tackling AMR through research, surveillance, and capacity-building initiatives across the African continent.
I am a Faculty Member at the Department of Medical Microbiology & Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Ghana.
I lead and manage a team of research assistants with diverse skills and expertise: microbiology, sequencing, bioinformatics analysis, and data science. I have directly trained and supervised dozens of young scientists, both undergraduates and postgraduates, in the field of AMR and have organized workshops for participants from more than eleven African nations. My research contributions have culminated in several peer-reviewed publications, where I have served as either lead or corresponding author, achieving an H-index of 23 in the Scopus database. Additionally, I have contributed to several technical reports for the African Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Africa CDC Pathogen Genomic Institute.
I maintain collaborative relationships with researchers from the Technical University of Denmark, National Food Institute; Statens Serum Institut, Denmark; The Naval Medical Research Unit three (NAMRU-3), Africa CDC PGI; African Society for Laboratory Medicine; University of Cambridge, Department of Veterinary Medicine, UK; Dundee University, UK; University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Medical Microbiology Department; and the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens at the University of Ghana
I am actively involved in key national and international AMR networks. These include the Fleming funded SEQAFRICA consortium, developing and supporting whole genome sequencing and bioinformatics capacity for AMR surveillance across Africa, the Wellcome Trust SEDRIC Genomics for AMR surveillance Working Group, Africa CDC Pathogen Genomics Initiative AMR Focus Group, StaphnetAfrica, Global Health Research Unit, Tanzanian Fleming Fellowship Scheme, PulseNet-Africa, and Ghana’s National Antimicrobial Resistance Coordinating Group.
Below are videos of some AMR awareness campaign / education conducted…
As a Life Coach
I have been a teacher in the Children’s Ministry of the Presby Church (and later Methodist Church) since my teenage years.
I am co-founder of Seers Foundation: an NGO committed to helping people to rediscover themselves, and bring out their true or hidden potential and that of their people and get them to become… exceptionally brilliant, exceptionally creative or innovative, exceptionally productive or wealthy, exceptionally healthy, exceptionally free or happy, and so much more! Zing4Life! plays a very significant role.
Also, I am the founder of Women in Biomedicine, Africa; committed to grooming young female scientists along viable career paths.
I’m married to David K. Egyir and have two daughters in their twenties. I believe in hard work and persistence, and I enjoy singing and traveling, among other interests..
Most people ‘wish for’ a wonderful future for themselves and their people, and are committed to taking action towards that, except that unknown to them, they mostly use the common (and largely mediocre and thus ineffective) approach, and therefore struggle unnecessarily without achieving their actually desired goals; if at all, not within a reasonable time. Indeed, most people are not truly fulfilled in life! And also, most people do not know about their true potential, thus they make little or no effort to unearth (or harness) that true (or hidden) potential; they waste their true (or hidden) potential and consequently suffer needlessly! You may click here to see more.