About

Frank Ekow Atta Hayford is a senior lecturer and a registered Dietician at the Department of Dietetics. His research interest is in the areas of Clinical / Public Health Nutrition in the life cycle, Nutritional Epidemiology and Immunology and Sports Nutrition.

Research Areas

His current research work aims at identifying and enhancing host factors/products against infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) using nutritive agents/substances such as omega-3 fatty acids as host-directed therapeutics, as alternative and innovative adjunct therapy disease management strategies

Publications

1. Saka, R., Domfeh, E. A., Hayford, F. E.A, Asante, M., Amoah, A. G., Asare, G. A., & Wiredu, E. K. (2023). Nutritional status and effect of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) on selected trace elements in people living with HIV in Ghana. Scientific African, e01586.
2. Nketiah GB, Odoi-Agyarko K, Ndanu TA, Hayford FEA, Amoh G, et al. (2023) Physical inactivity among corporate bank workers in Accra, Ghana: Implications for health promotion. PLOS ONE 18(5): e0277994.
3. Hayford, F. E.A, Dolman, R. C., Ozturk, M., Nienaber, A., Ricci, C., Loots, D. T., & Malan, L. (2021). Adjunct n-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Treatment in Tuberculosis Reduces Inflammation and Improves Anemia of Infection More in C3HeB/FeJ Mice With Low n-3 Fatty Acid Status Than Sufficient n-3 Fatty Acid Status. Frontiers in nutrition, 8
4. Frank EA Hayford, Mumin Ozturk, Robin C Dolman, Renee Blaauw, Arista Nienaber, Du Toit Loots, Frank Brombacher, Cornelius M Smuts, Suraj P Parihar, Linda Malan (2021), Longer-Term Omega-3 LCPUFA More Effective Adjunct Therapy for Tuberculosis Than Ibuprofen in a C3HeB/FeJ Tuberculosis Mouse Model, Frontiers in Immunology, 12, 659943
5. Nienaber, A., Hayford, F.E.A., Variava, E., Martinson, N., Malan, L. (2021), The Manipulation of the Lipid Mediator Metabolism as Adjunct Host-Directed Therapy in Tuberculosis, Frontiers in Immunology, 12, 623941
6. Nienaber A, Baumgartner J, Dolman RC, Ozturk M, Zandberg L, Hayford FEA, Brombacher F, Blaauw R, Parihar SP, Smuts CM, Malan L. (2020). Omega-3 Fatty Acid and Iron Supplementation Alone, but Not in Combination, Lower Inflammation and Anaemia of Infection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Infected Mice. Nutrients, 12(9), 2897
7. Arista Nienaber, Mumin Ozturk, Robin C Dolman, Lizelle Zandberg, Frank EA Hayford, Frank Brombacher, Renee Blaauw, Cornelius M Smuts, Suraj P Parihar, Linda Malan (2021), Beneficial effect of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on tuberculosis in mice, Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 2021, 170, 102304
8. Frank Ekow Atta Hayford, Robin Claire Dolman, Renee Blaauw, Arista Nienaber, Cornelius Mattheus Smuts, Linda Malan & Cristian Ricci (2020), The effects of anti-inflammatory agents as host-directed adjunct treatment of tuberculosis in humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Respiratory research, 21 (1), 1-14
9. Arista Nienaber, Mumin Ozturk, Robin C Dolman, Renee Blaauw, Lizelle Zandberg, Simone King, Melinda Britz, Frank EA Hayford, Frank Brombacher, Cornelius M Smuts, Suraj P Parihar, Linda Malan (2020), Omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids promote antibacterial and inflammation-resolving effects in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected C3HeB/FeJ mice, dependent on fatty acid status, British Journal of Nutrition, 1-35
10. Appiah, C.A., Mensah, F.O., Hayford, F.E.A., Awuuh, V.A., Kpewou, D.E. (2020), Predictors of undernutrition and anaemia among children aged 6–24 months in a low-resourced setting of Ghana: a baseline survey, Journal of Health Research, 35(1), pp. 27–37
11. Appiah, C.A., Afriyie, E.O., Hayford, F.E.A., Frimpong, E., (2020), Prevalence and lifestyle-associated risk factors of metabolic syndrome among commercial motor vehicle drivers in a Metropolitan city in Ghana, Pan African Medical Journal,  36, pp. 1–16, 136
12. Appiah, C.A., Samwini, A.M., Brown, P.K., Hayford, F.E.A., Asamoah-Boakye, O. (2020), Proximate composition and serving sizes of selected composite Ghanaian soups, African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 20(2), pp. 15898–15918
13. Zheng Feei Ma, Hongxia Zhang, Sue Siang Teh, Chee Woon Wang, Yutong Zhang, Frank Hayford, Liuyi Wang, Tong Ma, Zihan Dong, Yan Zhang, Yifan Zhu. (2019). Goji Berries as a Potential Natural Antioxidant Medicine: An Insight into Their Molecular Mechanisms of Action. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2019.
14. Frank Ekow Atta Hayford, Collins Afriyie Appiah, Taofik Al Hassan, Odeafo Asamoah-Boakye, Matilda Asante, (2019) A pilot study comparing bioelectrical impedance analysis and body mass index in determining obesity among staff of a Ghanaian University, Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 49 Issue: 2, pp.240-248,
15. Cao, Y., Ma, Z.F., Zhang, H., Jin, Y., Zhang, Y. and Hayford, F., (2018). Phytochemical properties and nutrigenomic implications of yacon as a potential source of prebiotic: Current evidence and future directions. Foods, 7(4), p.59.
16. Frank Hayford, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, and Esther Sakyi-Dawson, (2015),“Food Choice Behaviour among Ghanaians: Implications for Health Promotion.” Journal of Nutrition and Health, 3(1): 22-28. doi: 10.12691/jnh-3-1-4.
17. Freda Dzifa Intiful, Akosua Bema Ankomah, Matilda Asante, Anna Amoako-Mensah, Rebecca Steele-Dadzie, Laurene Boateng, Frank Hayford and Portia Dzivenu, (2015). Quality of Life of Overweight and Obese Patients.  Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 7(1): 1-7
18. Steele-Dadzie, Rebecca, K., Dzivenu, Portia. Asante, Matilda, Hayford, Frank, Intiful, Freda, D., Anna Amoako-Mensah and Boateng, Laurene, (2015). “An assessment of food labels of some selected pre-packaged food products on the Ghanaian market’’, International Journal of Current Research, 7(8), 19030-19034.