# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elsie-effah-kaufmann
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:35:50.131Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elsie-effah-kaufmann"
name: "Elsie Effah Kaufmann"
slug: "elsie-effah-kaufmann"
description: "Elsie Akosua Biraa Effah Kaufmann is a Ghanaian academic, academic administrator, biomedical engineer, and television host. She is the Dean of the School of Engineering Sciences at the University of Ghana since August 2022, the first woman to hold the position. Effah Kaufmann is renowned for her contributions to biomedical engineering education and research in Africa, and is the current host of the National Science and Maths Quiz since 2006."
tagline: "Ghanaian academic and biomedical engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elsie-Effah-Kaufmann.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1969-09-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.14989333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Elsie Effah Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elsie_Effah_Kaufmann"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Elsie Effah Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Effah_Kaufmann"
    title: "Elsie Effah Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Effah_Kaufmann"
    title: "Elsie Effah Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fat.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Effah_Kaufmann"
    title: "Elsie Effah Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D9%81%D9%87_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "السی عفه کافمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Effah_Kaufmann"
    title: "Elsie Effah Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Effah_Kaufmann"
    title: "Elsie Effah Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Effah_Kaufmann"
    title: "Elsie Effah Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Effah_Kaufmann"
    title: "Elsie Effah Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mos.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Effah_Kaufmann"
    title: "Elsie Effah Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Effah_Kaufmann"
    title: "Elsie Effah Kaufmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump