Dr Priscilla Abrafi Opare-Addo (MD, MWACP)  is a Physician specialist, Part-time lecturer and Neurology Fellow at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

Training: She received MD  from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. She received her Membership in Internal Medicine from the West African College of Physicians and is currently a Neurology Fellowship-trainee with the same college. She is a Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease Research Training (S-CaRT)- Fogarty International Centre (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fellow and a TALENTS (Training Africans to Lead and Execute Neurological Trials & Studies) Program scholar.

Research areas: Priscilla is passionate about stroke prevention and improving patient outcomes through research. Her research interest is in stroke and vascular neurology, particularly the institution of strategies to improve disease outcomes through the implementation of recommended stroke interventions, systems of care and exploring the mechanisms of stroke risk among Africans including the role of genetic and epigenetic risk determinants in primordial, primary, and secondary stroke prevention

Research experience and publications: She has authored multiple peer-reviewed articles in stroke and other neurological diseases. Priscilla is currently leading efforts to improve the quality of stroke care in Ghana, where the prevalence of stroke is steadily increasing and the propensity for poor outcomes is considerable. She is the principal investigator for the ACTIVATE  Stroke Thrombolysis project in Ghana.

She has been involved in numerous research projects including the Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network (SIREN) Multisite Case-Control Study in Ghana and Nigeria to evaluate the epidemiologic landscape of stroke in West Africa. Additionally, she has been involved in studies to investigate the implication of atherosclerotic risk and Chronic Kidney disease for secondary risk reduction among stroke survivors. She also serves as a co-investigator for several ongoing Stroke RCTs in Ghana including Controlling Resistant hypertension to avert Stroke using Physiological Profiling (CRISP Study)- a pilot mechanistic trial, Phone-based Intervention under Nurse Guidance (PINGS II) study- Phase III randomized Clinical trial, Stroke Minimization through Additive Anti-atherosclerotic Agents in Routine Treatment (SMAART) trial.

Priscilla currently serves on the planning committee of the African Stroke Organization (ASO).

In Private: She loves to cook, travel, and listen to good music.