Charles Agyemang#
| Membership Number: | 6576 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | https://researchinformation.amsterdamumc.org/en/persons/charles-o-agyemang |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-3882-7295 |
| Twitter: | @Agyemang_c |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-agyemang-11610623/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - date Professor of Global Migration, Ethnicity & Health, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam
- 2022 - date Adjunct Professor: John Hopkins University
- 2015 - 2018 Associate Professor, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam
- 2010 - 2015 Assistant Professor, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam
- 2006 - 2010 Postdoc, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam
- 2005 - 2006 Postdoc, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bithoven, The Netherlands
Fields of Scholarship
- Epigenetics
- Migrant health
- Public health
- Ethnic minority health
- Non-communicable diseases
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Black Achievement Award for Science & Education in the Netherlands
- 2022 Section Editor Journal of American Heart Association (JAHA)
- 2022 Elected Secretary of the European Public Health Association Executive Council
- 2021 Advisory Board, The Lancet Racial Equality Advisory Board
- 2019 Appointed Scientific Chair, Global Society of Migration, Ethnicity, Race & Health; Member
- 2018 European Research Council (ERC) consolidation fellowship award
- 2018 Advisory Board: World Health Organization Taskforce on Non-communicable Disease in Migrants
- 2018 Member of European Commission delegation to Iran to promote joint action in areas of Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes research
- 2016 Amsterdam Bible College Ward- medal for my service to the Migrant Communities in Europe
- 2012 Appointed Vice President European Public Health Association Section on Migrant & Ethnic Minority Health
- 2007 The Netherlands Organisation for scientific Research (NWO) VENI fellowship award
