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Research Scientist
Case Western Reserve University
Owusua is a Research Scientist at the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). She holds a PhD in Spatially Integrated Social Sciences from the University of Toledo (UT), a Master of Art in Urban Studies, Graduate certificates in Urban Planning and Land Use Management from Minnesota State University (MSU) and a Bachelor of Science in Development Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. Owusua is socio-spatial scientist with expertise in Geographic Information Science (GISc), qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Her research agenda is an amalgamation of three interrelated themes: Food systems and Health Disparities, Geospatial Analysis for Community development, and COVID-19 and Community Health. Her current projects focus on the use of geospatial technologies, qualitative interviews, photo elicitation and community engaged systems-level interventions to promote equitable food systems and food sovereignty in the city of Cleveland, Ohio.