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Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Ghana
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Sylvia Akpene Takyi, PhD
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Air Pollution, Environmental epidemiology, hygiene, nutrition, metabolic diseases, climate change
Sylvia Akpene Takyi's global work focuses on environmental epidemiology, with interests in the impact of air pollution on metabolic health and how nutrition can help ameliorate adverse outcomes in resource-poor settings. Her interests in global health equity align with the Center's themes of addressing social and environmental determinants of health and empowering women and communities. Takyi's methods include laboratory metal analyses and exposure assessments.