About
My name is Jerry Joe Harrison, a Senior Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry and Structural Biology at the University of Ghana. I hold a BSc and MPhil degrees in Chemistry from the University of Ghana and a Ph.D in Medicinal Chemistry from Rutgers University (USA). I undertook my Ph.D studies under the mentorship of Prof. Eddy Arnold as a Fulbright Scholar where I trained in structural biology and biophysical chemistry in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry.
I am formerly an HBNU global health fellow at the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) in Ghana, characterizing HIV-2 reverse transcriptase (RT)-nucleic acid and RT-nucleic acid-drug complexes. I have also recently been awarded a Crick African Network (CAN) career acceleration fellowship sponsored by LifeArc, UK, to study polyproteins and drug development for HIV-2. I lead the Structural and Chemical Biology research group at the University of Ghana. I have recently been elected as the President of the University Teachers’ Association at the University of Ghana.
Selected publications
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