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Prof. Angela Ofori-Atta is a practicing Clinical Psychologist, researcher, teacher and past chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Ghana Medical School, and outgoing chair of the Ghana Psychology Council. She is an accomplished author of several research articles and a book on Trends in Mental Health Research in Ghana. She co-leads the MHealer Research on a digital intervention in faith healing camps and the Escaping Poverty Randomized Control Trial where her cognitive behavioral intervention has been tested against conventional economic programs. She founded and directs the Psych Corps, a program which delivers psychology first aid in communities. Angela has previously held political office as Deputy Minister for Manpower Development and Employment and worked on political and activist campaigns including those of Liberian President Sirleaf’s 2005 campaign, and to free former Nigerian President Obasanjo from political imprisonment. Angela holds graduate degrees (MA and PhD) in psychology from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology/Zoology from the University of Ghana. In service to her community, ‘Prof Angie’ hosted a weekly radio show ‘Beautiful Minds’ during the covid years which sought to build resilience and reduce the stigma of mental illness. She serves on the boards of The Enterprise Group, Databank, Accra College of Medicine and the Africa Leadership Initiative, West Africa (ALIWA). She is married to Ken Ofori-Atta, a Henry Crown fellow of the Go Forth class and is herself a Fellow of Totum Bonum, the second West African class of the African Leadership Initiative.
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