Professor Mrs Atinuke Olusola Adebanji has been elected as the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Ghana's second biggest university, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. She used to be the Head of the Statistic and Actuarial Science Department of the institution.
Atinuke Adebanji is a proactive lecturer and researcher in Statistics and Public Health who holds a PhD in Statistics and MPH (Reproductive and Public Health), with more than 17 years of experience in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Her research interests are Multivariate Data Analysis, Categorical Data Analysis and Development Statistics.
She possesses outstanding communication, classroom management and presentation skills. She also has proven excellence in the development of strong rapport with students, colleagues, and administrators. In the course of her career, she has taught and supervised students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels within and outside Ghana.
Atinuke is an ardent believer in mentoring students and younger faculty, thus, she is also a protagonist for females in STEM which has seen her playing a focal role in Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
