Richard Odame Phillips is a Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine & Dentistry and Scientific Director of the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He has a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) obtained at KNUST, PhD in Infection and Immunity obtained at the University of London (UK) and has a Fellowship in Internal Medicine with the West African Postgraduate Medical College(2008) & Ghana Postgraduate Medical College(2013). He has 25 years experience in the practice of Medicine at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi where he held the position of Infectious Disease Consultant.