Daniel Koranteng

• Supported and worked professionally with clinical staff and hospital departments to complete health assessments and maintain continuity of care.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge on latest care practices by attending regular meetings and training opportunities.
• Provided high-quality person-centred support and received consistently positive patient feedback.
• Performed vital checks, including blood glucose level and blood pressure checks.

• Addressed students' complaints, concerns, and inquiries.
• Led stakeholder meetings, interfaced with lecturers and collaborated with other student representatives to enhance student well-being and academic performance.
• Effectively documented students’ feedback and complaints about course syllables and campus environment.
• Employed my strong MS Word skills to document meetings and sessions.
• Utilized my excellent written communication skills to compose feedback emails for students.
• Paid strong attention to detail during student interaction and stakeholder meetings to ascertain issues and complaints raised.
• Handled all complaints effectively in line with the University of Aberdeen policy.
• Reviewed all complaints individually and completed further investigation to fully understand the issue and follow up resolution steps.

A. H3 Africa Consortium - Chronic Kidney Disease Research Lab and SPOT-BIO.

• Extracted DNA from blood samples of 8000+ patients with Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD), childhood nephrotic syndrome, and preeclampsia.
• Quantified DNA with Qubit and Nanodrop Fluorometers.
• Designed suitable primers using Primer-BLAST and UCSC In Silico PCR.
• Preliminary results showed that among Ghanaians and Nigerians, 28% carry high-risk APOLI variants for kidney disease and are at 29% higher odds of CKD than those that are low-risk carriers.

C. Ahodwo Sickle Cell Project - Sickle Cell Foundation Ghana

• Analyzed 200 blood and serum samples from sickle cell patients weekly for full blood count, kidney function tests, liver function tests and electrolyte levels.
• Logged test results via the SchuyLab laboratory information system to provide access to partner physicians.
• Calibrated and troubleshot Selectra Pro M, SYSMEX XN1000 and SYSMEX KX-21N devices using standard calibrators (ELICAL 2) and multi-parametric controls before running patient samples.
• Passed the College of American Pathologist external quality control tests on using hematology and chemistry analyzers.

C. Clinical Pathology Department

• Conducted literature review to support theses on Sickle cell disease and preeclampsia, inborn errors of metabolism, and cryoprotectants for cancer cells.
• Led and participated in bi-weekly Journal Club presentations.
• Drafted and revised standard operating manuals for lab procedures.
• Trained new research assistants on lab procedures and operating machines.