Charles Ssemugabo (cohort 9, Makerere University) successfully defended his PhD thesis titled ‘Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables: Exposure and Health Risks Among Consumers from Farm to Fork in Kampala Metropolitan Area in Uganda’ on August 30, 2023. Charles is set to graduate in January 2024. Source: CARTA Newsletter Issue 69
On August 3, 2023, Prof. Edward Bbaale, the new Director of the Directorate of Research and Graduate Training at Makerere University, was appointed the CARTA focal person for the university. He will replace Prof. Buyinza Mukadasi, one of our longest-serving focal persons. We are happy to have Prof. Bbaale on board, and we look forward […]
Frederick Oporia (cohort 10 fellow, Makerere University) was invited to a live interview on NBS, a national television in Uganda, on August 5, 2023, to give expert opinion from the academic perspective on the state of drowning in Uganda. This followed the incident of a boat capsizing in which at least 30 people drowned in […]
The program’s tenth cohort successfully completed their fourth and final Joint Advanced Seminar (JAS) which was hosted by Makerere University, Uganda. The seminar was organized in a blended format, comprising a four-week purely virtual component, followed by a two-week residential stay. The virtual sessions commenced on July 3 and concluded on July 28, 2023. The […]
Godwin Anywar (cohort 6 graduate, Makerere University) was promoted to a Lecturer position at Makerere University on August 1, 2023. He has been serving as an Assistant Lecturer at the same institution since 2016. Within the month, he was selected to be a Mentor for the Science Advice Skills Development Program (SASDP-2) of the International […]
Steven Kisaka (cohort 7 graduate, Makerere University) was appointed Director of Corporate Services at the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) Secretariat on August 1, 2023. Before this appointment, he worked as a Lecturer at Makerere University. Source: CARTA Newsletter Issue 68
On July 1, 2023, Henry Zakumumpa (cohort 4 graduate, Makerere University) received funding for a proposal on ‘Strengthening Institutional Support for postdoctoral researchers in a Bid to Reposition Makerere University’s Research-led University.’ The grant is from the International Research Exchanges Board (IREX) based in Washington DC with funds provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New […]
Stephen Wandera (cohort 2 graduate, Makerere University) was promoted to the position of Senior Lecturer in the Department of Population Studies on July 21, 2023, during the 711th Meeting of the Appointments Board of Makerere University. Source: CARTA Newsletter Issue 67
On July 27, 2023, Charles Ssemugabo (cohort 9 fellow, Makerere University) received the Fogarty Global Health Fellowship under the University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI) GloCal Health Fellowship program as a postdoctoral trainee for the year 2023-2024. He will undertake a study to establish the correlation between environmental and biomonitoring exposure assessment to pesticides […]
The School of Public Health, Makerere University hosted a five-day training of trainers (ToT) for CARTA’s Academic, Professional, and Administrative Staff (APAS) workshop on July 17 – 21, 2023. The workshop sought to strengthen institutional responsiveness to graduate training and research and enable trainees to effectively facilitate APAS workshops for their units, in line with […]