Brief Profile
I have training in general biochemistry with applications in immunology of infectious diseases and molecular biology. My broad research interest involves understanding humoral and cellular responses against viral and parasitic infections in individuals naturally exposed or vaccinated to guide the design of next generation vaccines. My present work focuses on examining the effect of different malaria transmission intensities on the development of functional antibodies. This study is being conducted in collaboration with researchers from the University of Copenhagen and supported by a DANIDA fund. I am also a Fogarty Global health fellow leading a study aimed at characterizing the kinetics and longevity of SARS-CoV-2-specific humoral and cellular responses at baseline and after receiving COVID-19 vaccines amongst Ghanaian individuals. I am a principal investigator on a study that seeks to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 amongst Ghanaian pregnant population and to examine how COVID-19 modulates placental transfer of maternal antibodies to neonates.
Research Interest
Malaria, immunoloy, viruses, vaccination, maternal and neonatal health
Selected Publications
- Akowuah, K. A; Akuffo, R.A; Boateng, A. T; Asigbee, T. W; Bonney, J.H.K; Lamptey, H; Adusei-Poku, M.A; Obodai, E.; Asante, I. A; Adjei, S; Aboagye, J.O, Adu-Amankwah, S., Partey, F.D., Kyei G.B., Ampofo, W.K., Odoom, J.K., and Bonney E.Y. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infections among asymptomatic individuals contributed to COVID-19 cases: A cross-sectional study among prospective air travelers from Ghana. Front. Public Health 10, 1035763.
- Partey, F.D., Frimpong, A. and Ofori M.F. (2022) Collection and Cryopreservation of Plasmodium falciparum Clinical Isolates in the Field. in Malaria Immunology: Targeting the Surface of Infected Erythrocytes (eds. Jensen, A. T. R. & Hviid, L.) 11–17 (Springer US,). doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-2189-9_2.
- Frimpong, A., Partey, F.D., and Ofori M.F. (2022). Identification and Enumeration of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites by Light Microscopy. in Malaria Immunology: Targeting the Surface of Infected Erythrocytes (eds. Jensen, A. T. R. & Hviid, L.) 3–10 (Springer US, 2022). doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-2189-9_1.
- Kusi, K. A., Frimpong, A., Partey, F. D., Lamptey, H., Amoah, L. E., & Ofori, M. F. (2021). High infectious disease burden as a basis for the observed high frequency of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in sub-Saharan Africa (4:2). AAS Open Research.
- Walker, M. R., Knudsen, A. S., Partey, F. D., Bassi, M. R., Frank, A. M., Castberg, F. C., Sarbah E.W, Ofori MF, Hviid L and Barfod, L. (2020). Acquisition and decay of IgM and IgG responses to merozoite antigens after Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ghanaian children. PLoS One, 15(12), e0243943. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243943