Edwin Panford-Quainoo

Edwin Panford-Quainoo

BSc DipClinPharm MPH AFHEA

Edwin is the founder and current chair of CB Mentoring, a Cambridge-based charity that aims to empower young people to build and grow effectively through mentoring, training and education with the help and support of students from Wolfson College.

Edwin Panford-Quainoo

Edwin studied pharmacy at DeMontfort University in Leicester where he completed his undergraduate degree in Pharmacy. Edwin is an accomplished pharmacist with over 20 years of experience following his registration as a pharmacist. He has worked predominantly as a community pharmacist for several years but also has experiences within the pharmaceutical industry as well as hospital settings. Edwin has had experience working as a pharmacist in multiple countries and has worked for several well-known companies within his field. He worked in Australia before going to Ghana, where he is currently still registered as a pharmacist, as well as in the UK.

Edwin holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, Master of Public Health from the University of Liverpool and he is currently undertaking his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Global Health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He is a tutor on the MSc Global Health programme at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. This position led him to gain this Associate Fellowship with the Higher Education Academy.  

Edwin was one of the first cohorts to be awarded the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s Global Health Fellowship. He holds a practitioner membership with the Faculty of Public Health where he is also a member of the Faculty’s Africa special interest group. As well as being a member of the regulatory bodies for pharmacists in both the UK and Ghana, he is also currently a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
 

Recognitions & achievements

  • Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (UK)
  • Member of the Faculty of Public Health (UK)
  • Member of the Pharmacy Council (Ghana)
  • Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (UK)

Edwin’s research interest predominantly centres around public health and more recently global health. As a community pharmacist, his research mainly focuses on health promotion within community pharmacy settings. More recently, however, his research interest has shifted to domain antimicrobial resistance (AMR), infectious diseases and infection prevention and control. His current PhD topic uses focused ethnography to explore the antimicrobial stewardship roles of community pharmacists and other retailers in a suburb of Accra, Ghana.  

Edwin continues to enhance his AMR research through his partnership project between the Faculty of Public Health (UK) and the Ghana Public Health Association. This partnership originally formed in 2019 focuses on antimicrobial stewardship practices in various hospitals and other community settings in Accra, Ghana. With the support of Edwin, a pilot project looking at delayed/backup prescribing of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections has now become standard practice in one of the hospitals for the partnership project. Following a recent successful grant application for further work on AMR, Edwin continues to be a pivotal member of the partnership between the Faculty of Public Health and the Ghana Public Health Association.

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11/05/2024 at 10.00

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Lunchtime Lecture & Concert: A Glimpse into Hindustani Music

11/05/2024 at 13.30

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