Rahman Adam

Communication Design

About

As a faculty member of the Department of Communication Design, Adam Rahman has over 16 years teaching experience in higher education and coordinates the technical production of Open Educational Resources (OER) at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. With a number of publications to his credit, his research areas include Packaging Design, Interaction Design and Visual culture. He was a recipient of the University of Michigan African Presidential Scholarship (UMAPS) in 2010. He holds memberships in the Ghana Design Network (GDN) and the Institute of Packaging, Ghana (IOPG), among others. He is also a member of the African Group of Packaging Experts trained by the International Trade Center (ITC), Geneva, Switzerland. He serves on a number of boards and committees whose mandate straddle both academia and industry. He has to his credit an extensive experience engaging with both local and foreign government agencies, industry partners and packaging professionals.

Research Summary

(inferred from publications by AI)

The researcher's work is broadly focused on the intersection of health sciences, encompassing nutrition, surgery, genetics, and physiology. Through systematic reviews and clinical trials across diverse fields, they investigate topics such as metabolic compensation, nutritional risk assessment, surgical interventions for critically ill patients, and the role of nutritional therapy in chronic conditions like Crohn’s disease and spondyloarthritis. Their research integrates innovative tools likeustumal screening and advanced statistical models to address challenges in patient care and healthcare outcomes across these interconnected areas.

Research Themes

All (38 Papers)

Health Sciences (31 Papers)

Life Sciences (2 Papers)

Physical Sciences (5 Papers)

All Papers

Identifying critically-ill patients who will benefit most from nutritional therapy: Further validation of the “modified NUTRIC” nutritional risk assessment tool(2015)

Adequacy of Protein and Energy Intake in Critically Ill Adults Following Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation Is Dependent on Route of Nutrition Delivery(2020)

Elderly Persons With ICU‐Acquired Weakness(2013)

Nutrition Therapy for the Critically Ill Surgical Patient With Aortic Aneurysmal Rupture(2013)

Teduglutide in Patients With Active Crohn’s Disease and Short Bowel Syndrome(2019)

NutriSup-PPN: A pilot randomized control trial of oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) and peripheral parenteral nutrition (PPN) in canadian, malnourished, hospitalized patients(2022)

Survey of Home Parenteral Nutrition Programs in Canada(2016)

Allogenic Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Improves Abnormal Small Intestinal Permeability: A Randomized Control Trial(2020)

Efficacy of Probiotic Therapy in Preventing Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy(2016)

Malnutrition and Cachexia in Heart Failure(2015)

Self‐Screening for Malnutrition Risk in Outpatient Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)(2015)

Nutrition Therapy in Critically Ill Patients Following Cardiac Surgery: Defining and Improving Practice(2016)

Malnutrition Matters in Canadian Hospitalized Patients(2015)

Are housestaff identifying malnourished hospitalized medicine patients?(2014)

Tu1273 Validity of Self-Administered Nutritional Risk Screening Using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) in Outpatients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease(2014)

Use of self-administered Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) is not a valid means of identifying inpatients at risk for malnutrition on the Clinical Teaching Unit(2016)

Point Prevalence of Malnutrition Risk in a Tertiary Care Academic Hospital(2012)

Double-balloon enteroscopy in Crohn’s disease: findings and impact on management in a multicenter retrospective study(2015)

Previous Use of Antithrombotic Agents Reduces Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay in Patients With High-risk Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding(2018)

327 International Multi-Centre Study Assessing Impact of Anti-Thrombotic Drugs on Outcome in Upper Gi Bleeding(2017)

Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis during Invasive Mechanical Ventilation(2024)

Declining hospitalisation and surgical intervention rates in patients with Crohn's disease: a population‐based cohort(2019)

Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) predicts disease activity in patients with Crohn’s disease(2016)

Serial Monitoring of the Physiological Effects of the Standard Pico-Salax® Regimen for Colon Cleansing in Healthy Volunteers(2012)

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GIST): A Review of Cases from Nigeria(2019)

Mo1399 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: a Systematic Review of Diagnostic Yield and Complication Rates of Endoscopic Ultrasound Fine Needle Biopsy(2014)

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor experience in a surgical oncological unit in sub-Saharan Africa(2021)

Not All Critically Ill Obese Patients Are the Same: The Influence of Prior Comorbidities(2012)

Initiation of vedolizumab did not provoke new‐onset spondylarthritis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A prospective 24‐week study with imaging assessments(2024)

Su1553 - Impact of Fecal Microbial Transplantation on Intestinal Permeability in Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease(2018)

Geographical Distance From Transplant Center and Impact on Waitlist Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization Prelisting(2025)

Classification of Finger Movements Using EMG Signals with PSO SVM Algorithm(2022)

Producing Open Educational Resources From Scratch: The Case Of Health Sciences At University Of Ghana And Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology(2012)

Classification of Finger Movements Using EMG Signals with PSO SVM Algorithm(2022)

Euclidean distance matrix completion and point configurations from the\n minimal spanning tree(2016)

T1101 Physiological Monitoring of the Standard Picosalax Regimen for Colon Cleansing in Healthy Volunteers Reveals Subclinical Changes in Electrolytes and the Qtc Interval(2009)

Analisis Keandalan Pasokan Listrik Ke Bandar Udara Internasional Jawa Barat (BIJB) Di Kertajati(2018)

Tu1630 NO IMPACT OF DISTANCE FROM LIVER TRANSPLANT CENTRE ON WAITLIST MORTALITY: A POPULATION-BASED COHORT STUDY(2024)

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