Family and friends of Professor Mrs Mabel Oti-Boadi, a clinical Psychologist and an Associate Professor at the Psychology Department of the University of Ghana on Sunday gathered to celebrate her recent promotion.
Prof Oti-Boadi was recently promoted by the University of Ghana to become an associate Professor of Psychology.
Members of the 50 and counting club, a club of people 50 years and above within the Adentan community and the Positive Impact Club, a group of students mentored by Prof. Oti-Boadi, together with family, loved ones, some parents of children with disabilities, friends and some members of the academia recounted their experiences with Prof. Oti-Boadi and the positive impact she has had on their lives.
Prof. Mrs Mabel Oti-Boadi is a fellow with the Fox International Fellowship at Yale University and the Center for Suicide and Violence Research-Ghana (CSVR).
She is also a fellow with the Pan-African Gender Integration Platform (Pa-Gip fellow) at Gender Malaria Policy and Advocacy Project-Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy and an affiliate with the Center for Gender Studies and Advocacy and the Center for Ageing Studies, University of Ghana.
Prof. Oti-Boadi is a board member of the Inclusive Family Alliance, an organization that champions inclusion, supports and empowers families of children with disabilities and has published peer reviewed journals in areas of adolescent and women’s mental health and the dynamics of parenting children with special needs.
Prof. Oti-Boadi is also a philanthropist who usually donates to orphanages and the special needs communities every year on her birthday
She is a licensed practising Clinical Psychologist in Ghana.