Joseph Kwasi Brenyah (Ph.D) is a scholar in global health issues, social protection, poverty dynamics and vulnerabilities Studies. Dr Brenyah is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Global and International Health, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He also lectures at the Physician Assistantship programme (KNUST) and at the Anaesthesia Training School-Kumasi.

Dr Brenyah also holds MSc Social Work certificate from University of Wyoming, USA and Master of Public Health (Health Services Planning and Management) -KNUST-Kumasi, Ghana. He holds Chartered Administration and Management Consultancy Certificate from CIAMC-Ghana and diploma in Strategic Management (UK). At undergraduate level, he had his BSc Policy Planning Certificate from KNUST. He is professionally Trained Teacher with a 3-year Postsecondary Certificate from Wesley College-Kumasi. He had his Advance level and Ordinary level certificates at Prempeh College-Kumasi and Presby Secondary School-Bechem respectively. He is currently a certificating student Health Care Management with the University of Toronto, Canada. He has many peer review articles published in diverse journals. He has been involved in many local and international research projects in various capacities. Currently, his Team won a grant from KNUST to ‘Assess Predictors of Non-communicable Diseases among Lecturers in KNUST’. Dr Brenyah serves on many committees as community service and has attended several training workshops both as participant and as facilitator. Until he joined KNUST and established Bresflor Research and Consultancy Organization, he worked a Health Services Administrator for Ten (10) years in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital-Kumasi, Ghana and worked at the Ghana Education Service as a Teacher and later as District Planning Officer (GES) for 12 years. Currently, as a Lecturer at KNUST, he has supervised many undergraduate research students (Medical School) and post-graduate students. He is currently a member of the Association of International Society of Global Health (UK), the Association of Health Services Administrators -Ghana, the University Teachers Association (UTAG)-Ghana. He is also a member of the Panel of Judges in the yearly Wyoming State Behavioral Science Contest in the USA. He was involved in the under-listed studies:

• African Cities Research Consortium Project in 13 African Cities. Led by Prof. Diana Mitlin (Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester). Funded by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FDCO). 2022-Ongoing.
• Assessing Predictors of Non-communicable Diseases among Lecturers in Ghana. A case study of Lecturers in KNUST. Funded by the College of Health Sciences, KNUST. 2021-Date
• Poverty dynamics, Vulnerability and Social Protection Gaps. Centre for Social Policy Studies. Financed by Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, 2016.
• Prevalence of Child Marriage in Ghana. Centre for Social Policy Studies. Financed by World Vision Ghana, 2016
• Impact of Media Placement in Ghana. ‘Wash Wanna Hands Project. Centre for Social Policy Studies. Funded by UNICEF, 2016
• Industrial and Employment Survey in Ghana. Department of Economics, University of Ghana. Funded by IDRC-Canada, 2015.
• Evaluation Research to Review National Strategies Supporting the Implementation of the Post-2015 Agenda in Ghana. Dominion University, Accra-Ghana. Funded by EU / GIZ implementation project. 2015
• Health and Poverty in Ghana. Centre for Social Policy Studies. Funded by University of Ghana. 2015
• Re-use of Liquid Waste Materials in Transition and Products from Processed Liquid Waste in Ghana. Funded by Greater Accra Metropolitan Assembly-Accra. 2015
• Politics and Trade in Ghana. Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana. Funded by IDRC-Canada. 2015
• Gender and Trade in Ghana. Department of Economics. University of Ghana. Funded by IDRC-Canada. 2014