Prior to his appointment in January 2022, He was the founding Director of the West African Center for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP).

[1] He is the current chairman of the CKT-UTAS governing council[2] and the Africa Global Editor of the Experimental Biology and Medicine (EBM) journal.

[9] Prof. Awandare also led significant research into molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases in lower income setting in Africa.

[11] During the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic, Awandare led a group of scientist at the University of Ghana and the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research to sequence SARS-COV2 virus isolates from Ghanaian patients.

[15] In 2013, Awandare led a consortium from the University of Ghana in a proposal to set up a new African Centre of Excellence to research infectious pathogens in Africa.

The consortium consisted of faculty from the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology (BCMB) and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), with support from staff of the University of Ghana Computing Systems (UGCS).

Following the award of $8 million from the World Bank in November 2013, Awandare became the Founding Director of The West African Center for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP).

[18] He is the current board chairman of the CK Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS) governing council.