John Opoku is a trained research scientist with over six years’ experience in neglected tropical diseases (NTD) research, including lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, and soil-transmitted helminthiasis. He obtained his first degree in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Cape Coast and subsequently undertook graduate studies with the Filariasis Research Group at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), obtaining a Master's degree (MPhil) in Clinical Microbiology at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana. He subsequently took up a position as a Graduate Research Assistant on the Filariasis Project at the KCCR and is currently a Biomedical Research Scientist on the Project. His research interests include the diagnosis and immunogenetics of filarial diseases, interdisciplinary research approaches, and drug intervention/clinical trials in filariasis and other infectious diseases.