From proposal to publication: together.
AESRN is a peer-led network of young Ghanaian nurse researchers. We are not an NGO, training program, or mentorship platform. We are colleagues who come together to share ideas, design studies, conduct research, and publish collaboratively.
Our purpose is simple: advance Ghanaian nursing and health sciences research while building our own research portfolios, purely through collaboration. No hierarchy. No external programs. Just researchers working side by side.
Explore Our Research Areas Meet Our Members
Collaborate. Write. Publish. — Not Mentorship
At AESRN, collaboration drives everything. Members combine their research skills, creativity, and experience to turn ideas into published work. The following principles define our network:
Skill‑Based Teamwork
Members contribute their expertise in study design, data collection, analysis, and manuscript writing.
Co‑Authorship, Not Training
Every member is a competent researcher. We work as equals, sharing responsibilities and credit.
Impact Through Collaboration
By working together, we increase research output, strengthen our portfolios, and contribute meaningfully to Ghanaian health sciences literature.
The Publication Journey
Idea Generation & Team Formation
Members bring research ideas. Teams form based on complementary skills for project success.
Collaborative Study Design
Research questions, methodology, and plans are co-developed. Responsibilities are shared from the start.
Data Collection & Analysis
Teams work together to collect and analyze data with rigor and relevance to Ghanaian healthcare contexts.
Manuscript Writing & Review
Each member contributes to drafting, reviewing, and refining the manuscript. The process is fully collaborative, with shared responsibility and accountability.
Publication & Dissemination
Final manuscripts are submitted to journals under co-authorship. Work strengthens both the Ghanaian research landscape and individual member portfolios.
Research Areas
Our members focus on areas that address pressing health challenges in Ghana while building collective expertise and research portfolios.
Maternal & Child Health
Antenatal care, safe motherhood, neonatal care, childhood immunisation, and nutrition within the Ghanaian context. Focus areas include high-risk pregnancy management, maternal and neonatal mortality reduction, adolescent reproductive health, postpartum care, PMTCT, family planning, maternal and perinatal epidemiology, and implementation research to improve outcomes in resource-limited settings—all from Ghanaian perspectives.
Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Hypertension, diabetes, liver disease, cancer, kidney disease, and other non-communicable diseases in Ghana. Emphasis on prevention, early detection, lifestyle modification, patient self-management, palliative care, chronic disease epidemiology, risk factor surveillance, and data-driven strategies to strengthen NCD control.
Mental Health & Psychiatry
Depression, substance use, anxiety, and community mental health in Ghana. Areas of interest include stigma reduction, adolescent and maternal mental health, crisis intervention, integration of mental health into primary care, psychiatric epidemiology, and population-based approaches to improving access and outcomes.
Emergency & Critical Care
Triage, trauma care, sepsis management, intensive care, and emergency obstetric care in resource-limited hospitals. Focus on survival outcomes, patient safety, health services research, quality improvement, and data-informed emergency care systems strengthening.
Nursing Education & Workforce
Nursing curricula, clinical training, nurse retention, and leadership development—strengthening Ghana's nursing workforce through evidence and collaboration.
Community & Public Health
Health promotion, infectious disease prevention (malaria, TB, HIV), chronic disease screening, and community outreach in Ghana. Focus on disease surveillance, outbreak response, field epidemiology, mobile health initiatives, and reducing health disparities through population-level interventions.
Network Members
AESRN members are Ghanaian nurses and healthcare professionals united by a shared passion for research. Each member contributes their expertise to collaborative projects, from idea generation to publication. Membership is based on active engagement and research contribution, not hierarchy or training needs.
Mudasir Mohammed Ibrahim
Founder & Member
Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana
Edna Die
Member
Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana
Abdul-Malik Seidu
Member
Nurses' and Midwives' Training College, Tamale, Ghana
Abdul Latif Abdul Rahaman
Member
Le Mete Ghana, Tamale Urology and Modern Surgical Centre
Alhassan Issahaq
Member
Nurses' and Midwives' Training College, Tamale, Ghana
Coming Soon
Our collaborative publications will be listed here. The network is currently working on research projects.
Funding Opportunities
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Joining Our Network
Interested in joining AESRN?
For inquiries, contact: research.aesrn@yahoo.com