Professor Francis B. Zotor is a Professor at the Department of Family and Community Health, Fred N. Binka School of Public Health,  University of Health and Allied Health Sciences (UHAS)., Ghana. 

Education

Professor Francis B. Zotor trained for his first degree in Biotechnology at the University of Westminster, UK, pursued his Masters in Biotechnology at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK and later on obtained a PgDip in Higher Education and PhD in Public Health Nutrition from the University of Greenwich, UK.

Areas of Expertise 

Professor Francis B. Zotor has a doctoral training in public health nutrition and is a registered public health nutritionist. He is a recognized leader spanning over two and a half decades in nutrition across Africa and has been instrumental in driving and promoting the establishment of a strong nutrition profession on the continent, training and research to underpin programme delivery especially across the health and education sectors in Africa. Professor Zotor’s areas of research largely revolves around developing and implementing methodologies for nutrition and health related research activities to benefit vulnerable populations across Africa. His research interests cover a global dimension of population and nutritional epidemiology; specifically, the links between poverty, food and nutrition security and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across the life cycle. He is a food product development specialist. The global context of his work has enabled him to work in both developed and developing societies.

Current Position, Rank and University Institutional Affiliation 

Professor of Public Health Nutrition. He coordinates the Teaching and Learning Committee for the School.

Local and International Positions held 

Prof Zotor chairs the Technical Advisory Committee on Nutrition of the Food and Drugs Authority. Internationally, he serves as Director and Trustee on AfriCAN, Trustees on the African Nutrition Society and eNutrition Academy, serves on Council for the Federation of African Nutrition Societies and on the International Union of Nutritional Sciences.

Ongoing Research 

1. AH4 Project: Creating a favourable environmental and stakeholder buy-in for food-related fiscal policies in Ghana.

2. MEALS4NCDS: Measuring the healthiness of Ghanaian children’s food environments to prevent obesity and non-communicable diseases.

Undergraduate Course (Core) 

SCPH 413: Scientific Communuication and Report Writing

PostGraduate Level (Electives) 

FCOH 638: Global Health & Nutrition Programme Planning

FCOH 650: Nutrition Programme Planning & Humanitarian Emergencies. 

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles 

1. Amos K Laar, Phyllis Addo, Richmond Aryeetey, Charles Agyemang, Francis Zotor, Gershim Asiki, Krystal K Rampalli, Gideon S Amevinya, Akua Tandoh, Silver Nanema (2022) Perspective: Food Environment Research Priorities for Africa: Lessons from the Africa Food Environment Research Network , Advances in Nutrition. (Read more...)

2. A Adam, A Fusheini, FA Agbozo, GA Asalu, MA Ayanore, .FB Zotor....(2022) Impact of antiretroviral therapy regimens adherence on perceived health and wellbeing status among adults living with HIV in Ghana F1000Research 11 (208), 208

3. Laar A, Kelly B, Holdsworth M, Quarpong W, Aryeetey R, Amevinya GS, Tandoh A, Agyemang C, Zotor F, Laar ME, Mensah K, Laryea D, Asiki G, Pradeilles R, Sellen D, L'Abbe MR and Vandevijvere S (2021). Providing Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability, and Leadership Support (MEALS) for Non-communicable Diseases Prevention in Ghana: Project Implementation Protocol. Front. Nutr. 8:644320. (Read more...)

4. Martínez-González, M. A., Kim, H. S., Prakash, V., Ramos-Lopez, O., Zotor, F., & Martinez, J. A. (2021). Personalised, population and planetary nutrition for precision health. BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health, 4(1), 355–358.

5. Agbozo, F., Abubakari, A., Zotor, F., & Jahn, A. (2021). Gestational Diabetes Mellitus per Different Diagnostic Criteria, Risk Factors, Obstetric Outcomes and Postpartum Glycemia: A Prospective Study in Ghana. Clinics and Practice, 11(2), 257–271. (Read more...)