Ms. Selina Mawunyo Ayivi-Tosuh
Research Assistant
sayivi@africsis.org
Selina Mawunyo Ayivi-Tosuh joined the African Center for Science and Security as a Research Assistant in October 2014. She holds a Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from China’s Northeast Normal University (2011-2013). She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Ghana’s Cape Coast University (2005-2009).
Selina’s research interest area is biological and chemical weapons non-proliferation with a focus in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her topics of interests include the history of biological and chemical weapons and measures to control their proliferation (including domestic laws and international regimes). She is also interested to examine the likelihood of terrorism involving chemical and biological weapons, as well as security, governance and misuse prevention of dual-use chemicals and biological pathogens.
Prior to joining AFRICSIS, Selina worked with the Ghana Health Services and the Center for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine. Most recently in 2014 while working in the division of research and development of the Ghana Health Services, she carried out quantitative research on primary eye care in Kwahu North and Tarkwa Nsueam Districts in support of the Ghana Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative (CHPS) for scaling up service delivery innovation.
During 2010-2011, while working in the Microbiology Department of the Center for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine, Selina conducted research and reported on several herbal topics, featured during media analysis on clinical and herbal issues of public concern, and supervised interns. She also did her professional year in the same department during 2009-2010 as part of her requirement for the award of a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Ghana’s University of Cape Coast. In 2007, as an intern, Selina actively participated in determining microbial load of some herbal powders.
A national of Ghana, Selina is fluent in English, Twi, Ewe, Ga-Dangbe and Mandrin. She is familiar with SPSS Statistics for Predictive analytics and solutions. She is proficient in the use of Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) as a diagnostic tool in medicine and as an analytical tool in biomedical research for the detection and quantification of specific antigens or antibodies in a given sample.