Prof. Alexander Yaw Debrah is a Professor of Parasitology and Global Health. The dean of faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He holds BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences and MPhil in Clinical Microbiology from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He won German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Sandwich) scholarship in 2003 to do a PhD in Medical Parasitology in Bonn University. He joined the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences at KNUST as a lecturer in 2007, where he teaches Medical Parasitology at the Medical School and the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences. He has held a number of positions at the KNUST, including Examination Officer (2007-2009), Head of Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (2009-2012) and the Dean of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (2014-date). His main research focus is on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) but his area of interest is in filariasis. The molecular basis of symbiosis between filarial worms and their Wolbachia endobacteria is one of the cornerstones of his research work, the second being the genetics of filariasis. In addition, he conducts research on other neglected tropical diseases such as schistosomiasis and intestinal helminthiasis.