Paa Kwasi

About Me

Paa Kwasi Sefa-Frimpong is a Medical doctor with a particular focus in Public health. A Strong healthcare services professional with a bachelor of science in Psychology (BSc. Psychology), a  Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBCHB) and a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) degree.
Experience in providing project support on all aspects of research, data capturing, monitoring and evaluation, quality control and assurance.
With Attention to Public and Private Health Programme management and good analytical skills. Experience with Programme implementation and management, policy advocacy, training and health systems strengthening.

Education

MPH 2019-2021

University of Pretoria

Masters in Public health and Epidemiology

MDDS 2011-2017

Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy

Medicine degree

BA in Psychology and Sociology 2005-2008

University of Ghana Legon

combined majors in Psychology and Sociology

Diploma in Medicine and Tropical Hygiene 2019

London School of Medicine and Tropical Hygiene

Work & Experience

Board of Advisor

Empowering with Digital (EWD), Africa

04/05/2022

● Providing detailed and strategic advisory on the foundations long and medium-term strategy ● Providing expert feedback on specific foundations programme execution strategy ● Signposting opportunities that the foundation can benefit from based on its strategic focus

Management Research, Evaluation and Innovation Lead,

V-Insighter Analytics

04/12/2021

● Identifying issues and creatively generating solutions and adaptations to ensure project success ● Collecting and analyzing medical data, as well as collaborating with numerous healthcare organizations and institutions to provide recommendations on how to decrease expenses and increase efficiency ● Supporting major healthcare projects by assessing client business needs and applying solutions ● Delivery of appropriate levels of governance and project management techniques ● Translating high-level business challenges into questions which can then be answered by data driven analyses ● Maintaining and organizing confidential documents and records as well as participating actively in team meetings with health organizations executives ● Responsible for consulting, managing and innovations for the organizations that V-insighter works with across the healthcare sector. Ranging from multinational healthcare companies to NGOs and beyond

Programme Assessor,Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Health Care

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT

06/01/2020

● Part of the team that launched and developed a framework that oversees the smooth running of the MIT Sloan Artificial Intelligence in healthcare program assessing health projects and modules on AI and machine learning, applications and foundations, using AI for disease diagnosis and patient monitoring and data analytics in healthcare and interpretability ● Brainstorming ways to improve customer facing processes and recommendations across the team with facilitators, assessors and academic leads to improve efficiency and effectiveness ● Assessing and compiling constructive feedback to cohorts on the program management techniques to improve delivery

Skills

Project Management
Data Analysis & Interpretation
Qualitative & Quantitative Research
Statistical Software (STATA