Wilhemina is a PhD candidate in the Nutrition & Health Sciences program at Emory University. She has academic training in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Ghana and Public Health from the University of Nottingham. Her research interests and experience include using population-based approaches to prevent malnutrition in all its forms and investigating how nutritional, lifestyle, and biological factors influence the development of cardiometabolic diseases. Her current work explores the connection between female reproductive history and metabolic conditions, including diabetes and obesity.
Prior to joining Emory, she worked on an IDRC-funded project that focused on generating evidence for policy actions to improve the food environments of children.
Areas of Interest
- Built Environment
- Cardiometabolic Diseases
- Epidemiology
- Maternal and Child Health
- Nutrition
- Obesity Prevention
Education
- Bachelor of Science 2011, University of Ghana
- Master of Public Health 2017, University of Nottingham
Affiliations & Activities
- American Society of Nutrition
Publications
- , 2024, Google Scholar Profile, , ,
- Wilhemina Quarpong, Samson Wakoli, Shadrack Oiye, Anne M Williams, 2023, Interpreting alignment to the EAT?Lancet diet using dietary intakes of lactating mothers in rural Western Kenya, Maternal & Child Nutrition, ,
- Amos Laar, Bridget Kelly, Michelle Holdsworth, Wilhemina Quarpong, Richmond Aryeetey, Gideon Senyo Amevinya, Akua Tandoh, Charles Agyemang, Francis Zotor, Matilda E Laar, Kobby Mensah, Dennis Laryea, Gershim Asiki, Rebecca Pradeilles, Daniel Sellen, Mary R L'Abbe, Stefanie Vandevijvere, 2021, Providing measurement, evaluation, accountability, and leadership support for NCDs prevention in Ghana: adapting the INFORMAS approach, Frontiers in nutrition, 8, 504
- Laurene Boateng, Wilhemina Quarpong, Agartha Ohemeng, Matilda Asante, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, 2019, Effect of complementary foods fortified with Moringa oleifera leaf powder on hemoglobin concentration and growth of infants in the Eastern Region of Ghana, Food science & nutrition, 7, 302-311
- Wilhemina Quarpong, Timothy R Card, Joe West, Masoud Solaymani-Dodaran, Richard FA Logan, Matthew J Grainge, 2019, Mortality in people with coeliac disease: Long-term follow-up from a Scottish cohort, UEG Journal, 7, 377-387