Dorothy Yeboah-Manu is a microbiologist and Professor at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the University of Ghana.
[6][7] She completed a PhD in medical parasitology and infection biology at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in 2006.
[2][8] She was awarded a five-year Wellcome Trust fellowship in 2012, allowing her to work on mycobacterium tuberculosis.
[10] She is concerned about the fast spread of tuberculosis in Ghana's urban areas.
[7][12][13] She is a member of the boards of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, the World Health Organization Global Network of Laboratories Confirming Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection and the National Buruli Ulcer Control Program.