Dr. Ernest Obese is a registered pharmacist with a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree and holds a PhD in Pharmacology and an MPhil in Pharmaceutics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) from the University of Cape Coast. Dr. Obese is currently a Senior Lecturer at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Cape Coast. His research interests involve identifying new therapeutic agents from natural products for the management of pain and inflammation and some neurological disorders and the mechanisms by which these agents cause their effect. Other research interests include medicinal plant/natural product formulation and natural polymer-based drug delivery system development and evaluation. Also, Dr. Obese is a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH), Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA), Convention for Biomedical Research Ghana (CoBReG), International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) and the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research.
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Dr. Ernest Obese
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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pharmacology
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyPostgraduate Diploma (PgD, PgDip, PGDip, PG Dip., PGD, Dipl. PG, PDE) in Education
University of Cape CoastMaster of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Pharmaceutics
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| Directorate of Research, Innovation & Consultancy (DRIC) Support Grant (Group-Led Category - Co-investigator) | University of Cape Coast | 2021 |
| Directorate of Research, Innovation & Consultancy (DRIC) Support Grant (Group-Led Category - Principal Investigator) | University of Cape Coast | 2021 |
| Directorate of Research, Innovation & Consultancy (DRIC) Support Grant (Group-Led Category - Co-investigator) | University of Cape Coast | 2021 |
| Directorate of Research, Innovation & Consultancy (DRIC) Support Grant (Inter-departmental Category - Co-investigator) | University of Cape Coast | 2021 |
| Directorate of Research, Innovation & Consultancy (DRIC) Support Grant (Policy/University-Wide Category - Co-investigator) | University of Cape Coast | 2021 |
| Directorate of Research, Innovation & Consultancy (DRIC) Support Grant (Individual Category) | University of Cape Coast | 2020 |
| Directorate of Research, Innovation & Consultancy (DRIC) Support Grant (Group-Led Category - Co-investigator) | University of Cape Coast | 2020 |
| Visiting Scholar Grant (Pharmabridge Exchange Programme) | International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) | 2019 |
| Directorate of Research, Innovation & Consultancy (DRIC) Support Grant (Group-Led Category - Co-investigator) | University of Cape Coast | 2018 |
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| Ghana Neuroscience Society | Member | 2021 |
| Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research | Member | 2020 |
| International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) | Member | 2019 |
| International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) | Member | 2019 |
| Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA) | Member | 2017 |
| Academic, Social and Research Pharmacists Association (ASRPA) | Member | 2014 |
| University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) | Member | 2013 |
| Convention for Biomedical Research Ghana (CoBReG) | Member | 2012 |
| Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) | Member | 2010 |
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