Emmanuel Larweh-Lomotey

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Fighting Unwanted Pregnancy Outcomes in Ghana

MB ChB, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, School of Medicine & Dentistry, 2017
MPH ‘25 in Environmental Health

 

“Even before I started classes, I realized I made the right decision. During orientation, I realized everyone was so nice and I could really see the efforts the Rollins community was making to help every student succeed. I can say I am really impressed,” he says. “At Rollins, help and assistance come to you even before you ask.” 

 

Emmanuel Larweh-Lomotey was working as a physician in a regional hospital in Ghana when his interest in public health first started taking shape. “I saw so many unwanted pregnancy outcomes, like birth defects and maternal deaths,” he recalls. “With every unwanted outcome, I developed more interest in how things turned out that way.”  

Larweh-Lomotey began seeking out public health courses and training that could give him the research foundation he needed to help prevent these birth outcomes in Ghana. He quickly realized his more specific interests lay in that space between environmental health and maternal health—an area he rarely heard about on the news in Ghana. Determined to make an impact in this realm, Larweh-Lomotey applied to graduate schools and ultimately chose Rollins—his first time leaving Ghana— for three main reasons:  

  1. The financial aid offer was unmatched by the other schools he was accepted to. “I saw that as an indication that Rollins saw potential in me. They were willing to invest in me.”  
  2. The level of resources and research opportunities available to him at Rollins were impressive. “I was quite convinced that by coming to a place with the level of research activity as Rollins would benefit me.”  
  3. Testimonials from colleagues in Ghana who had attended Rollins were all positive. 
 

“Even before I started classes, I realized I made the right decision. During orientation, I realized everyone was so nice and I could really see the efforts the Rollins community was making to help every student succeed. I can say I am really impressed,” he says. “At Rollins, help and assistance come to you even before you ask.”  

Larweh-Lomotey is building his research capabilities through a Rollins Earn and Learn research assistant position in the multiple myeloma unit at Winship Cancer Institute. He has also made connections with environmental health faculty, including Michael Caudle, PhD, research associate professor, and Stephanie Eick, PhD, assistant professor. Eick introduced him to one of her students at Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, which is what he will be using for his integrative learning experience. Eick has also agreed to assist him with his applied practice experience and to put him on one of her future research projects when she has an opening.  

“My goal is to make the most out of all the resources available to me now so I will be able to develop into a highly competent public health professional equipped with the skills to contribute significantly in terms of policy formulation and health systems transformation in Ghana. I want to go back to Ghana and help communities. I want to make things better.”