Professional Biography 

Principal Biomedical Scientist | Epidemiologist | Public Health Researcher

Valentine Golden Ghanem, MSc, MPH, MLS (CORU) is a distinguished Ghanaian Medical Scientist, Public Health Researcher, and Epidemiologist with over a decade of expertise at the intersection of diagnostic medicine and clinical data science. He currently serves as the Principal Biomedical Scientist at the Cocoa Clinic (Ghana Cocoa Board) in Accra, where he leads multidisciplinary teams in high-throughput diagnostics, laboratory quality management, and ISO 15189 compliance.

His professional focus integrates Laboratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Clinical Data Science, with a specialized emphasis on geospatial analysis and machine learning applications to strengthen health systems. As an active academic researcher and peer reviewer, Valentine has contributed significant findings on the socio-behavioral and spatial determinants of HIV/AIDS. He is widely recognized for developing high-accuracy ensemble machine learning models for infectious disease forecasting, providing actionable insights for data-driven public health policy in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Valentine holds an M.Sc. in Data Science (awarded with Distinction) from the University of East London and an M.Sc. in Public Health (awarded with Distinction) from the University of Suffolk, building upon a foundational B.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Science from the University of Ghana.

He is a CORU-registered professional and an active member of the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine (ACSLM) and the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS). His research contributions and professional profile are indexed across major global platforms, including Cureus, ORCID, ResearchGate, and Web of Science.

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