Felix is a Biostatistician with a lot of skills in several aspects of research. These include design of studies, collection/ management/ analysis of data, and reporting of results in various scientific formats. He is experienced in the use of several statistical software including SAS, R, Mplus, Stata, PASS, SPSS, WinBugs, Matlab, e.t.c, as well as in the use of Latex in writing scientific reports. Although he has obtained in-depth training in longitudinal data analysis, Mixture modeling, analysis of survival data, applications of GLM, Bayesian data analysis, non-parametric statistics, structural equation models, advance regression, multivariate methods, clinical trials, etc., he is knowledgeable in the application of diverse statistical methods to health research. He holds a Master of Science degree in statistics (Biostatistics) from the University of Hasselt, Belgium, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics and Actuarial Science from KNUST, Ghana.

His research interest focuses on the application of

✔️Multivariate and longitudinal methods

✔️Categorical data analysis

✔️Models for the analysis of survival data

✔️Methodologies in structural equation models

✔️Analysis of complex survey data, etc.

Selected peer-reviewed publications

2022

  1. David Kwame Dosoo, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Kwaku Poku Asante, Felix Boakye Oppong, Karamoko Niaré, Jones Opoku-Mensah, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Brian Greenwood, and Daniel Chandramohan. "The prevalence of molecular markers of resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women at first antenatal clinic attendance and delivery in the forest-savannah area of Ghana." PloS one 17, no. 8 (2022): e0271489.

  2. Felix Boakye Oppong, Dennis Boateng, Ephraim Kumi Senkyire, and Divine Darlington Logo. "Demographic disparities in unimproved drinking water and sanitation in Ghana: a nationally representative cross-sectional study." BMJ open 12, no. 7 (2022): e060595.

  3. Katharina Seystahl, Felix Boakye Oppong, Emilie Le Rhun, Caroline Hertler, Roger Stupp, Burt Nabors, Olivier Chinot, Matthias Preusser, Thierry Gorlia, and Michael Weller. "Associations of levetiracetam use with the safety and tolerability profile of chemoradiotherapy for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma." Neuro-Oncology Advances 4, no. 1 (2022): vdac112.

  4. Le Rhun, Emilie, Felix Boakye Oppong, Maureen Vanlancker, Roger Stupp, Burt Nabors, Olivier Chinot, Wolfgang Wick, Matthias Preusser, Thierry Gorlia, and Michael Weller. "Prognostic significance of therapy-induced myelosuppression in newly diagnosed glioblastoma." Neuro-oncology (2022).

  5. Michael Weller, Felix Boakye Oppong, Maureen Vanlancker, Roger Stupp, Burt Nabors, Olivier Chinot, Wolfgang Wick, Matthias Preusser, Thierry Gorlia, and Emilie Le Rhun. "Does therapy-induced myelosuppression correlate with outcome in newly diagnosed glioblastoma?." Brain Tumor Research and Treatment 10, no. Suppl (2022).

  6. Kaali S, Jack DW, Prah RK, Chillrud SN, Mujtaba MN, Kinney PL, Tawiah T, Yang Q, Oppong FB, Gould CF, Osei M. "Poor early childhood growth is associated with impaired lung function: Evidence from a Ghanaian pregnancy cohort." Pediatric Pulmonology. (2022).

  7. Malmstrom, A., Cantagallo, E., Callaghan, C.O., Wick, W., Gronberg, B.H., Laperriere, N., Rosell, J., Marosi, C., Weller, M., Perry, J., Brandes, A.A., Guido R., Johan M., Christoph M., Felix B.O., and Thierry G. "First report from the meta-analysis of the randomized trials NORDIC, NOA-8 and CE. 6 on elderly patients with glioblastoma." Brain Tumor Research and Treatment, 10(Suppl) 2022.

2021

  1. Sulemana W. Abubakari, Felix B. Oppong, Kenneth Wiru, Grace Manu, Edward A. Apraku, Mahama Abukari, Charles Zandoh, and Kwaku P. Asante. "Open defecation and attainment of Sustainable Development Goal Six: evidence from Kintampo Surveillance System, Ghana." Ghana Medical Journal 55, no. 4 (2021): 273-277.

  2. Boamah-Kaali, Ellen, Darby W. Jack, Kenneth A. Ae-Ngibise, Ashlinn Quinn, Seyram Kaali, Kathryn Dubowski, Felix B. Oppong et al. "Prenatal and Postnatal Household Air Pollution Exposure and Infant Growth Trajectories: Evidence from a Rural Ghanaian Pregnancy Cohort." Environmental health perspectives 129, no. 11 (2021): 117009.

  3. Labram M Massawudu, Divine D Logo, Felix B Oppong, Samuel Afari-Asiedu, Zuliehatu Nakobu, Leonard Baatiema, John K Boateng. "Predictors of cigarette and shisha use in Nima and Osu communities, Accra, Ghana : A cross-sectional study". Pneumon 34: 4 (2021).

  4. Divine Darlington Logo, Felix Boakye Oppong, Arti Singh, Seidu Amenyaglo, Kenneth Wiru, Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah, Labram Mussawudu Musah, Sardick Kyei-Faried, Joana Ansong, Ellis Owusu-Dabo. "Profile and Predictors of Adolescent Tobacco use in Ghana: Evidence from the 2017 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)". J PREV MED HYG; 62 (2021): E664-E672.

  5. David Kwame Dosoo, Kezia Malm, Felix Boakye Oppong, Richard Gyasi, Abraham Oduro, John Williams, Dorcas Atibilla et al. "Effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) in Ghana." BMJ Global Health 6, no. 8 (2021): e005877.

  6. Tchum, Samuel Kofi, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Bright Adu, Fareed Arthur, Felix Boakye Oppong et al. "Impact of IgG response to malaria-specific antigens and immunity against malaria in pre-school children in Ghana. A cluster randomized, placebo-controlled trial." Plos one 16, no. 7 (2021): e0253544.

  7. Patrick L. Kinney, Kwaku-Poku Asante, Alison G. Lee, Katrin Burkart, Ellen Boamah-Kaali,..., Felix B. Oppong et al. "Prenatal and Postnatal Household Air Pollution Exposures and Pneumonia Risk." Chest (2021).

  8. Darby W. Jack, Kenneth Ayuurebobi, Carlos F. Gould, Ellen Boamah-Kaali, Alison G. Lee,... , Felix B. Oppong et al. "A cluster randomised trial of cookstove interventions to improve infant health in Ghana." BMJ Global Health, 6, no. 8 (2021): e005599.

  9. Botwe, Akua Kyerewaa, Felix Boakye Oppong, Stephaney Gyaase, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Muhammad Asghar, Kwaku Poku Asante, Anna Färnert, and Faith Osier. "Determinants of the varied profiles of Plasmodium falciparum infections among infants living in Kintampo, Ghana." Malaria journal 20, no. 1 (2021): 1-12.

  10. Quinn, Ashlinn K., et al. Prenatal household air pollutant exposure is associated with reduced size and gestational age at birth among a cohort of Ghanaian infants." Environment International 155 (2021): 106659.

  11. Tchum, S.K., Arthur, F.K., Adu, B., Sakyi, S.A., Abubakar, L.A., Atibilla, D., Amenga-Etego, S., Oppong, F.B., Dzabeng, F. et al. Impact of iron fortification on anaemia and iron deficiency among pre-school children living in Rural Ghana. Plos one, 16 no. 2 (2021), p.e0246362.

  12. Felix Boakye Oppong, Divine Darlington Logo, Senyo Yao Agbedra, Anthony Agyapong Adomah, Seidu Amenyaglo, Kingsley Arhin-Wiredu, Samuel Afari-Asiedu, and Kenneth Ayuurebobi. Determinants of contraceptive use among sexually active unmarried adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years in Ghana: a nationally representative cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 11, no. 2 (2021): e043890.

  13. Rebecca Kyerewaa Dwommoh Prah, Daniel Carrion, Felix Boakye Oppong, Theresa Tawiah, Mohammed Nuhu Mujtaba, Stephaney Gyaase, Adolphine Kwarteng et al. "Time Use Implication of Clean Cookstoves in Rural Settings in Ghana: A Time Use Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 1 (2021): 166.

2020

  1. Kenneth Wiru, Felix Boakye Oppong, Stephaney Gyaase, Oscar Agyei, Sulemana Watara Abubakari, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Charles Zandoh, and Kwaku Poku Asante. "Geospatial analysis of malaria mortality in the kintampo health and demographic surveillance area of central Ghana." Annals of GIS (2020): 1-11.

  2. David Kwame Dosoo, Daniel Chandramohan, Dorcas Atibilla, Felix Boakye Oppong, Love Ankrah, Kingsley Kayan, Veronica Agyemang et al. "Epidemiology of malaria among pregnant women during their first antenatal clinic visit in the middle belt of Ghana: a cross sectional study." Malaria Journal 19, no. 1 (2020): 1-12.

  3. Akua Kyerewaa Botwe, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Muhammad Asghar, Ulf Hammar, Felix Boakye Oppong, Stephaney Gyaase, David Dosoo et al. "Profiles of Plasmodium falciparum infections detected by microscopy through the first year of life in Kintampo a high transmission area of Ghana." PloS one 15, no. 10 (2020): e0240814.

  4. Kenneth Wiru, Felix Boakye Oppong, Oscar Agyei, Charles Zandoh, Obed Ernest Nettey, Robert Adda, Antonio Gasparrini, and Kwaku Poku Asante. "The Influence of Apparent Temperature on Mortality in the Kintampo Health and Demographic Surveillance Area in the Middle Belt of Ghana: A Retrospective Time-Series Analysis." Journal of environmental and public health 2020 (2020).

  5. Veronica Agyemang, Joseph K. Acquaye, Samuel BE Harrison, Felix B. Oppong, Stephany Gyaase, Kwaku P. Asante, and Edeghonghon Olayemi. "Blood Lead Levels among Blood Donors and High-Risk Occupational Groups in a Mining Area in Ghana: Implications for Blood Transfusion among Vulnerable Populations." Journal of Tropical Medicine 2020 (2020).

  6. Eliezer Ofori Odei-Lartey, Rebecca Kyerewaa Dwommoh Prah, Edward Apraku Anane, Harry Danwonno, Stephaney Gyaase, Felix Boakye Oppong, Godwin Afenyadu, and Kwaku Poku Asante. "Utilization of the national cluster of district health information system for health service decision-making at the district, sub-district and community levels in selected districts of the Brong Ahafo region in Ghana." BMC Health Services Research 20 (2020): 1-15.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05349-5

  7. Divine D. Logo, Sardick Kyei-Faried, Felix B. Oppong, Kenneth A. Ae-Ngibise, Joana Ansong, Seidu Amenyaglo, Sampson T. Ankrah, Arti Singh, and Ellis Owusu-Dabo. "Waterpipe use among the youth in Ghana: Lessons from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2017". Tobacco Induced Diseases 18 no. May (2020): 47. doi:10.18332/tid/120937.

  8. Samuel Afari-Asiedu, Felix Boakye Oppong, Alma Tostmann, Martha Ali Abdulai, Ellen Boamah-Kaali, Stephaney Gyaase, Oscar Agyei, et al. (2020) Determinants of inappropriate antibiotics use in rural central Ghana using a mixed methods approach. Frontiers in Public Health 8 (2020): 90. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00090

2019

  1. Kenneth Ayuurebobi, Blair J. Wylie, Ellen Boamah-Kaali, Darby W. Jack, Felix Boakye Oppong, Steven N. Chillrud, Stephaney Gyaase. et al (2019). Prenatal maternal stress and birth outcomes in rural Ghana: sex-specific associations. BMC pregnancy and childbirth 19 (1): 391. doi:10.1186/s12884-019-2535-9


  1. Felix Boakye Oppong, Stephaney Gyaase, Charles Zandoh, Obed Ernest A. Nettey, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Edward Apraku Anane, Robert Adda, et al. (2019). Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Pregnant Women in Kintampo area of Ghana with Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine (SP), Trends spanning 2011 and 2015. BMJ Open. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2018-027946

2016

  1. Felix Boakye Oppong, and Senyo Yao Agbedra (2016). Assessing Univariate and Multivariate Normality, a Guide for Non-Statisticians. Mathematical Theory and Modeling, 6 (2): 26-33.

Selected published abstracts

  1. Wylie, B. J., Quinn, A., Oppong, F., Jack, D., Boamah, E., Gyaase, S. Kinney, P. et al. (2020). 284: Prenatal household air pollution exposure associated with lower birth weight and length in rural Ghana. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 222(1): S192.

  2. Oppong, F., Jack, D., Boamah-Kaali, E., Kinney, P., Ae-Ngibise, K., Quinn, A. et al. (2019). The effect of a cluster-randomized cookstove intervention to reduce household air pollution exposures on child growth trajectories through age one year. Environmental Epidemiology, 3: 295.

  3. Wiru, K., Oppong, F., Agyei, O., Zandoh, C., Nettey, O., Adda, R., Gasparrini, A. and Asante, K. (2019). The influence of apparent temperature on mortality in the middle belt of Ghana. Environmental Epidemiology, 3; 295.

  4. Agyemang, V., Tchum, S., Mahama, E., Oppong, F., Tabiim, F., Harrison, S., & Asante, K. (2019). Lead Levels in Blood Donors at the Kintampo Municipal Hospital, Ghana. Environmental Epidemiology, 3: 296.

  5. Prah, R., Carrion D., Tawiah T., Agbokey F., Oppong F., Gyaase S., Agyei O., et al. Adoption of Clean Cook stoves in Rural Ghana. (2019) Environmental Epidemiology, 3: 3.

  6. Ae-Ngibise, K., Jack D., Wylie B., Oppong F., Kaali S., Agyei O., Kinney P., et al. Impact of prenatal maternal stress on birth anthropometrics and pregnancy outcomes in rural Ghana. (2019). Environmental Epidemiology 3: 4.

  7. Atibilla D, Dosoo DK, Ana-aro J, Tawfiq Y, Ankrah L, Jakpa G, Kayan K, Owusu-Agyei S, Asante KP, Oppong FB, Wilson MD. (2019) AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC SURVEY AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS IN THE MIDDLE BELT OF GHANA. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101: 49-49.

  8. Adu-Gyasi, Dennis, Linda E. Amoah, Abagna Hamza Bukari, Prince Agyapong Darko, Felix B. Oppong, David Dosoo, Oscar Agyei, Seeba Amenga-Etego, and Kwaku Poku Asante. (2019). IMPLICATIONS OF PLASMODIUM PARASITES WITH HRP2 GENE DELETION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HRP2 BASED RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN MIDDLE GHANA OF AFRICA. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101: 87-87.

  9. Konadu, Dennis Gyasi, Kaali Seyram, Darby Jack, Abena Konadu Yawson, Louisa F. Iddrisu, Zuwera Yidana, Farrid Boadu, Felix Boakye Oppong, et al. (2019). STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE COLONIZATION OF THE NASOPHARYNX IN MOTHER-INFANT PAIRS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101: 576-576.

  10. Afari-Asiedu, Samuel, Charles Zandoh, Edward Anane Apraku, Mahama Abukari, Felix Boakye Oppong, Wisdom Adeapena, Samuel Harrison, and Kwaku Poku Asante. (2019). UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT OF DEATH OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN RURAL GHANA USING VERBAL POST MORTEM NARRATIVES. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101: 32-32.

  11. Samuel Afari-Asiedu, Ellen Boamah-Kaali, Martha Ali Abdulai, Stephaney Gyaase, Felix Boakye Oppong, Alma Tostmann, Marlies Hulscher, Kwaku Poku Asante, and Heiman Wertheim. (2019). DETERMINANTS OF INAPPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTICS USE IN RURAL CENTRAL GHANA: A MIXED METHODS APPROACH. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101: 343-343.

  12. Akua Kyerewaa Botwe, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Ulf Hammar, Felix Boakye Oppong, Stephaney Gyaase, Gabriel Jakpa, George Adjei et al. (2019). PARASITAEMIC PROFILES AND DISTRIBUTION OF HOST AND MATERNAL FACTORS AMONG INFANTS LIVING IN A HIGH MALARIA TRANSMISSION AREA OF GHANA. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 101: 96-97.

  13. Felix Boakye Oppong, Stephaney Gyaase, Edward Apraku Anane, Charles Zandoh, Obed Ernest Nettey, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Kwaku Poku Asante. (2018). INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT WITH SULPHADOXINE PYRIMETHAMINE (SP) AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN KINTAMPO AREA OF GHANA-FINDINGS FROM 2011 TO 2015. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 99(4): 123-123.