Our Teaching Faculty

Dr. Obiri brings over two decades of experience in pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical management. His legal and supply chain postgraduate training — at KNUST and the University of Nottingham — informs his teaching of pharmaceutical logistics and the legal framework governing pharmacy in Ghana. At CPTi he serves as Principal and leads teaching in supply chain management, pharmaceutical stores, leadership, and pharmacy law. He also supervises final-year practice attachment.

Dr. Abakah is a Fellow of the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists and heads the Department of Pharmacy Technology at CPTi. Her academic training spans clinical pharmacy, public health, and general management, and she has combined these to build expertise in pharmacovigilance and social pharmacy. She leads teaching in public health pharmacy and the monitoring of medicine safety, and supervises final-year research projects.

Dr. Agyekum's academic background covers both foundational pharmacology and its clinical application in drug therapy. His PharmD training at the University of Ghana equipped him with the depth needed to teach how medicines act in the body and how that knowledge guides treatment decisions. At CPTi he introduces students to pharmacology in Year 1 and progresses to therapeutics in Year 3, building a coherent understanding of how drugs are selected and used safely.

Dr. Opare specialises in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry — the science of how a drug's chemical structure relates to its activity and stability. His teaching gives students a firm grounding in organic chemistry as applied to medicines, supported by practical laboratory sessions that develop precision and safety habits from the outset. He covers both years of the organic and medicinal chemistry sequence, equipping students to understand the chemical basis of the drugs they will handle professionally.

Dr. Klu's areas of teaching span the natural origins of medicines and the professional and legal responsibilities that govern pharmacy practice in Ghana. Her pharmacognosy teaching explores how plant and natural sources contribute to the medicines students will encounter in practice, while her pharmacy law and ethics course ensures students understand the regulatory framework, professional standards, and ethical obligations that define responsible conduct in every pharmacy setting.

Mrs. Durowaa-Adjei brings a distinctive combination of health informatics, public health, and ICT training that reflects the direction of modern pharmacy practice. Her background in health information management — developed across three institutions over nearly two decades — positions her to teach students how digital systems are used to manage patient records, stock, prescriptions, and health data. She teaches the ICT for Health & Pharmacy course, which prepares students to work confidently with the technology they will encounter in any pharmacy setting.

Mr. Kpakpo's background in biomedical laboratory science and epidemiology gives him a strong grounding in the microbiological principles that underlie pharmaceutical safety and infection control. He teaches both semesters of pharmaceutical microbiology, covering the behaviour of micro-organisms relevant to medicines, contamination risks, sterilisation, and hygienic practice in pharmacy and laboratory environments. His ongoing MPhil research in epidemiology keeps his teaching connected to current developments in disease surveillance and public health.

Pharm. Oppong-Gyan brings over fifteen years of pharmacy practice experience to his teaching of pharmaceutics and dispensing. He teaches the full pharmaceutics sequence — covering how medicines are formulated, what affects their stability, and how different dosage forms are prepared and handled — alongside practical sessions that develop manual competence. His specialisation in clinical pharmacy also informs how students understand the relationship between a medicine's physical form and its effect in patients, grounding their dispensing practice in both science and care.

Pharm. Essah combines pharmacy practice training with postgraduate management education, making him well placed to teach the operational and legal dimensions of running a pharmacy. His MBA, completed with the Australian Institute of Business, brings international perspective to topics such as business conduct, professional responsibility, and the governance structures within which pharmacists and pharmacy technicians operate in Ghana. He contributes to pharmacy law and ethics teaching alongside Dr. Klu.

Pharm. Adjei-Opai teaches the anatomy and physiology sequence that gives students a foundational understanding of how the human body works — knowledge that is essential for understanding how medicines act, where they distribute, and how they are eliminated. She also teaches professional practice and patient counselling, preparing students for the communication skills and patient-facing responsibilities that define good pharmacy support work: how to give clear, accurate information to patients, and how to do so with sensitivity and respect.

Rev. Fr. Dr. Sarfo serves as Registrar of CPTi and brings an exceptional academic background in psychology and counselling to the communication curriculum. His First Class Honours degree in psychology from the University of Ghana, combined with advanced clinical psychology training at doctoral level, equips him to teach communication in its fullest sense — not simply the mechanics of speaking clearly, but the interpersonal, psychological, and ethical dimensions of communicating with patients in a healthcare setting. He also supervises student attachment and research projects.

Mr. Amoako is CPTi's most broadly qualified scientist, combining pharmaceutical technology, applied statistics, and manufacturing quality training developed across institutions in Ghana and the United Kingdom. He teaches applied pharmaceutics across both years of the programme — covering dosage form design, formulation principles, and manufacturing processes — and leads the research methodology and statistics course that equips students for evidence-based practice and final-year project work. His ongoing doctoral research at KNUST keeps his teaching at the cutting edge of pharmaceutical science.

Dr. Addo-Tetebo teaches pharmacology and therapeutics in Year 2 — building on the foundational pharmacology introduced in Year 1 — and supervises the Foundation Pharmacy Practice Attachment that gives first-year students their initial exposure to a real pharmacy environment. Her recent PharmD training at KNUST means her clinical knowledge is current, and her supervision of early-stage student attachment reflects CPTi's commitment to connecting classroom learning with professional practice from the very first year.