Christopher Dorcoo

Aspiring Global Health Researcher | MPhil Student (One Health) | Vector Genomics & Disease Ecology | Infectious Disease Surveillance & Outbreak Response

Greater Accra Region, Ghana

About

Currently interning at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. Always open to new Ideas and opportunities that will help me gain knowledge and skills in both dry and wet science to help me contribute meaningfully to bridging the gap between both fields, most importantly in Ghana and African as a whole.

Experience

  • Graduate Student at University of Ghana
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    Pursuing an MPhil in One Health with a focus on infectious disease epidemiology, vector-borne diseases & control, surveillance, and interdisciplinary approaches to global health challenges. Training integrates human, animal, and environmental health to address emerging and re-emerging diseases. I am building skills in host-pathogen immunology & bioinformatics, outbreak preparedness, field and laboratory research, and translating evidence into public health action at the various one health interfaces.

  • Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) (5 yrs 11 mos)
    • Research Assistant
      Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

    • Research Assistant
      Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

  • Senior Research Assistant at Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Lab (iDEL)
    Oct 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos