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College of Health Sciences

Established	2005
Provost	Prof. Christian Agyare^[1]^[2]
Location	Kumasi Campus, Ashanti
Website	http://chs.knust.edu.gh/

The College of Health Sciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology comprises the Faculties of Allied Health Sciences, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, School of Dentistry, School of Veterinary Medicine and the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in tropical medicine (KCCR). It attained the status of a college by a change in the University Statutes that came into being in January 2005. Prior to this time, the components of the college existed separately as the Faculty of Pharmacy and School of Medical Sciences.

Provost's Office

Provost - Professor Christian Agyare
Registrar - H.H Akosah
College Accountant - Johnson Owusu
College Librarian - Victor Teye
Assistant Registrar - Ida Saeed
Administrative Assistant -Nana Yeboah

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Faculties & Departments

Source:^[4]

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

The Allied Health Faculty consist of:

Department of Medical Laboratory Technology
Department of Nursing
Department of Sports and Exercise Science
Department of Sonography

Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Department of Clinical and Social Pharmacy
Department of Herbal Medicine
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Department of Pharmaceutics
Department of Pharmacognosy
Department of Pharmacology

School of Medicine and Dentistry

The School of Medicine and Dentistry was created to train Physicians, Medical Scientists and Medical Laboratory Technologists. Students enrolled take a 3-year course upon successful completion they are awarded a BSc in Human Biology. An additional 3-year program continues for the MBCHB or the BDS. At present, the School concentrates on training Physicians at the undergraduate level, and Medical Scientists at the postgraduate levels. The School is involved in the training of postgraduate doctors for the professional membership and fellowship certification of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and the West African Postgraduate Medical College^[5]^[6]

The Medical School consist of the following:

Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Department of Anatomy
Department of Behavioural Sciences
Department of Child Health
Department of Clinical Microbiology
Department of Community Health
Department of EENT
Department of Medicine
Department of Molecular Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Department of Pathology
Department of Physiology
Department of Radiology
Department of Surgery

School of Veterinary Medicine

The School of Veterinary Medicine, was also establishment in 2009.^[7] It consist of:

Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology
Veterinary Pathology
Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
Veterinary Public Health, Food Hygiene and Food Safety
Veterinary Clinical Studies

Research

Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research into Tropical Medicine

References

^ "Prof. Agyare is new Provost of College of Health Sciences, KNUST".
^ "KNUST to equip health professional trainees with integrated and case-based learning approaches for improved patient care". 9 October 2022.
^ "Administration | College of Health Sciences". chs.knust.edu.gh. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
^ "College Departments". Archived from the original on 2017-09-04.
^ "About Us | MSA-KNUST". msaknust.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
^ Kenu, Daniel K. "KNUST Medical School is 40 years". www.graphic.com.gh. Archived from the original on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
^ "KNUST achieves landmark in veterinary medicine". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2018-01-03.

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