Francis Ofori-Awuku

Graduate Research Assistant

Francis Ofori-Awuku is a PhD student in environmental health sciences at the University at Albany’s School of Integrated Health Sciences and a graduate research assistant at the Rockefeller Institute of Government. His research focuses on environmental and public health issues that inform policy and drive population health solutions for sustainable development. With over a decade of experience in community-based interventions, including his work as a senior technical officer at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the regulator of Ghana’s cocoa industry, Francis is committed to advancing environmental stewardship and public health awareness globally.

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An Overview of PFAS in Biosolids: Part II

December 19, 2024

In the second part of this series, authors Laura Rabinow and Francis Ofori-Awuku describe the federal regulatory process for biosolids and some of its limitations. Continue Reading...


An Overview of PFAS in Biosolids: Part I

October 10, 2024

Biosolids? Sewage sludge? PFAS contamination? Part I of this series on PFAS in biosolids outlines what biosolids are and describes their production and use nationally and in New York State. Continue Reading...