Professor Daniel Ansong is a Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health. He is a former Dean of the School of Medical Sciences, at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi Ghana. His research focus is on severe malaria in children and vaccine research. He has co-led pivotal Phases II and III clinical trials and contributed to the WHO-sponsored RTS,S Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme in Ghana. 

Daniel has over two decades of experience in severe malaria clinical research. He has contributed immensely to building research capacity in Ghana. He played pivotal roles in the Severe Malaria in African Children (SMAC) consortium and the Artesunate versus Quinine in the treatment of Severe Falciparum Malaria in African children (AQUAMAT) Trial. Currently, he is the Ghana site Principal Investigator for the Severe Malaria a Research and Trials (SMAART) consortium.