Fred Boadu received his B.S. (Hons) in Geological Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied geophysics from McGill University, and his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

Prof. Boadu’s current research efforts explore and advance the synergies between global health and sustainable development goals (SDG) via civic engagement in sub-Saharan Africa (Ghana). For the staggering high school dropouts in Africa (Ghana), majority of them enter into the autotechnician profession, but face unsurmountable health care challenges and disparities in families. To address some of these challenges, I am presently developing collaborative projects with the University of Ghana School of Public Health and the Medical School, Legon Ghana. I have initiated a collaborative research project, International Partnership, with University of Ghana School of Public Health and the Medical School, to investigate and assess the impact of direct occupational exposure to used motor oil associated with the auto-mechanics, and possible interventions. I plan to address these challenges through a collaborative multi disciplinary and multi-institutional research effort. 

Malaria continues to pose as prevalent deadly disease is in Ghana and Africa as a whole. Malaria vector control efforts targeting the larval stages of mosquitoes in their habitats are a well-proven preventive method, intended to reduce malaria transmission indirectly by reducing the vector population density. That the cues influencing mosquito oviposition in their habitats are controlled by bio-physico-chemical processes that are largely dependent on the properties of the engulfing soils. There is the need to investigate the varying roles that the geo-environmental properties of the earth materials surrounding aquatic habitats play in influencing the distribution, abundance and diversity of Anopheles larvae and hence outbursts of mosquitoes (anopheles) which carry the malarial disease. Addressing these challenges will involve multi-disciplinary and collaborative efforts with Universities in Ghana and DGHI.