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Mavis A. Amegah-Dorr
Ghana Hypertension Screening Initiative
Founder & Project Lead Ghana Hypertension Screening Initiative
Expertise
Health disparities, Health education, Inclusive design
Skills
Community engagement, Implementation research, Modeling, Program management
Involvement/Activity
A community-based partner interested in collaboration to improve health equity, Staff member at any Cornell University college
What I would like to offer as a collaborator…
offer access to organized occupational populations in Ghana’s urban informal economy (transport workers, market traders) through established community leadership networks, and a community-based hypertension screening model that can generate comparative data on cardiovascular health interventions across African diaspora contexts. I bring on-the-ground partnerships in Greater Accra and experience designing culturally-grounded health education for populations facing systemic barriers to care.
What I am looking for from a collaborator…
I am seeking partners with expertise in referral pathway design for linking community-screened individuals to sustained primary care, as well as researchers interested in comparative hypertension prevalence and intervention outcomes across populations of African descent in the U.S. and West Africa. I also welcome mentorship on scaling grassroots community health initiatives and navigating funding mechanisms for global health equity work.
