I use laboratory and field data to
strengthen outbreak surveillance and response

Valentine Golden Ghanem is a Ghanaian medical laboratory scientist, epidemiologist and public-health researcher in Accra, where he serves as Principal Biomedical Scientist at Cocoa Clinic, Ghana Cocoa Board. He holds a BSc in Medical Laboratory Science from the University of Ghana, an MSc in Public Health with Merit from the University of Suffolk, and an MSc in Data Science with Distinction from the University of East London. He is pursuing an LLM in International Law at Liverpool John Moores University; the degree is in progress. He received the Unicaf Africa Prize for Academic Excellence. He also received The Industry of the Future Award at the University of East London's 2026 Alumni Achievement Awards. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and is registered as a medical scientist in Ghana and Ireland and as an Epidemiologist A in the Netherlands.