About Dr Sam Danso
I hold a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Leeds, an MSc in Advanced Software Engineering from Bournemouth University, and a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Sunderland.
Prior to my current role, I worked for several institutions and in various capacities since 2000, including Academic Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Research Associate at Newcastle University, Visiting Scientist at Harvard University, Consultant at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Data Science Manager in Ghana, Africa.
I currently have the following affiliations and memberships:
- Gates Sr. AD Fellow
- Associate Member of Royal Society of Medicine(opens in new tab)
- Member of British Computer Society
- Member of Scottish Dementia Research Consortium
- Member of Alzheimer’s Research UK Scotland Network
- Member of Brain Health Scotland Expert Hub
- Member of Collaboration for Alzheimer Prevention Data Sharing Working Group
- Honorary Academic Fellow, Edinburgh Dementia Prevention and Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences | University of Edinburgh Medical School(opens in new tab)
- Adjunct Prof , School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana(opens in new tab).
Teaching and supervision
I am module leader for:
- CET140 Specialist Project
- FDN006 Foundations of Computing.
I supervise MSc students on:
Interests
My research interest is in applied AI and data science with a focus on brain health. I am also interested in the privacy of AI models within the context of trustworthy AI and data protection.
I am a member of a PhD Advisory Committee at Ionian University, Greece.(opens in new tab)
I am open to PhD student research supervision – please get in touch if iyou're nterested in pursuing a PhD.
Research
Current research projects as Principal Investigator:
- The Ghana Prevent Programme: a multicentre study involving three UK and two international institutions
- Explainable AI for ADDR with funding support from Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Past research projects:
- AI Model Inferencing Project: a Fellowship grant funded by the Information Commissioner’s Office of the UK.
Areas of expertise
- Applied AI and machine learning
- Natural language processing and applications
- The human factors of cybersecurity
- Corpus and computational linguistics for text analytics
- Brain health.
Further information
- Reviewer for grant applications: UKRI
- Co-Guest Editor, Special Collection on Paradigms of Global Health: Sage Publications(opens in new tab)
- Journal reviewer: Brains Communication(opens in new tab).