Prof Kofi Busia is the Pro Vice Chancellor of Pentecost University, Ghana, and a distinguished Chartered Chemist, Medical Herbalist (Phytotherapist), and an academic with over 30 years of professional experience in teaching, research, policy, and multidisciplinary health systems strengthening. As a trailblazer in the field of ethnomedicine, he pioneered the establishment of the world’s first Doctor of Herbal Medicine degree programme at Pentecost University. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Herbal Medicine (Elsevier), Associate Professor in Ethnomedicine and Phytotherapy at Pentecost University, Adjunct Professor at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo State, Nigeria, and Eminent Visiting Scientist at Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, India. Prof Busia previously served as Director of Healthcare Services, Acting Director of Planning and Health Information, and Programme Officer for Traditional Medicine at the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), where he led major regional health projects funded by USAID, WHO, Johns Hopkins University, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He was instrumental in producing Volumes I and II of the West African Herbal Pharmacopoeia and led WAHO’s efforts in adolescent health, COVID-19 response, and leadership capacity development. Prof Busia’s academic journey spans some of the UK’s top universities. He holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry and a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from Birkbeck, University of London, a BSc (Hons) in Herbal Medicine from Middlesex University, and trained in medical science at Queen Mary, University of London. He has lectured at leading institutions including Birkbeck, Middlesex University, University of Ghana, University of East London, Lincoln University College, Malaysia and the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo State, Nigeria. A widely published scholar and author, his works include Organic Chemistry for Schools, Advanced Level and Senior High School Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, and the two-volume Fundamentals of Herbal Medicine. He contributed to CRC Press’s African Indigenous Medical Knowledge and Human Health and edited the 2nd Edition of the Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia. Prof Busia continues to speak at international fora and lead technical workshops on traditional medicine, public health leadership, and medicinal plant research. In 2013, he was honoured as Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Burkina Faso (Knight of the National Order of Burkina Faso). He remains an active advocate for integrating traditional medicine into modern healthcare through science, education, and policy.