Godwin Anywar (cohort 6 graduate, Makerere University) was selected as a 2023 Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) Fellow at the American Studies Association (ASA) on June 16, 2023. The fellowship comes with a two-year ASA and Emerging Scholars Network Membership. ASA plans to host 15 of the Carnegie fellows to present their work at […]
Charles Ssemugabo (cohort 9 fellow, Makerere University) won a grant to design a multifaceted, community-driven, behavioral change intervention to improve first response to childhood burns (Cool-Burn20) with colleagues from the George Institute for Global Health at Imperial College London. He will be the Ugandan lead for the 18-month (July 2023 – December 2024) Medical Research […]
The Eastern Africa FAIMER Regional Institute (EAFRI) invites applications for the 2023 intake of participants. EAFRI will welcome its first class of Fellows on 7th August 2023. Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda, is the EAFRI host institution, and Mbarara University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine in Mbarara, Uganda, is […]
Godwin Anywar (cohort 6 graduate, Makerere University) was invited to speak at the prestigious Volkswagen (VW) Summer School held at the Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria, in South Africa. He presented on ‘Ethnopharmacological data collection from knowledge holders’. The summer school took place between May 15 – 19, 2023, under the theme ‘Ethnopharmacological relevance: […]
On 10th May 2023, the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER)[1], East Africa FAIMER Regional Institute (EAFRI) was launched at a colourful ceremony held at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS). The EAFRI will operate a multilateral partnership model, with MakCHS, serving as a host institution and Mbarara University […]
Henry Zakumumpa (Cohort Four Fellow, Makerere University) was appointed Technical Lead for a $ 2.2 million dollar grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The project seeks to establish an Africa-wide HIV Control Working Group (HCWG) tasked with developing strategies for the sustainability of HIV epidemic control in Africa. The HCWG will have representation […]
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) on 30th January 2023 officially welcomed the Cohort 2022 of Gerda Henkel funded PhD fellows in a ceremony that was presided over by the Principal represented by her Deputy Assoc. Prof. Eric Awich Onen. 11 fellows in this Cohort 2022 were facilitated with new Mac Book Air […]
Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) in Leadership and Training: The project funded by Michigan State University’s Alliance for African Partnership (AAP), under the Transforming Institutions Strategic Funding seeks to deepen knowledge and sensitivities on diversity and inclusion at the participating institutions. The Second D&I Workshop Held at Makerere University The Department of Extension and Innovation Studies, […]
This is an extremely exciting moment as we celebrate the Community and Public engagement in research-related activities discussed in this Newsletter. They were carried out by students from different schools in partnership with THRiVE researchers. THRiVE stands for “Training Health Researchers in Vocational Excellence”. The institutions in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and the United Kingdom participating […]
About 40 PhD students from the College of Humanities & Social Sciences(CHUSS) were on 16th May 2022 retooled on the guidelines and expectations from the Directorate of Research and Graduate Training (DRGT). Besides reviewing guidelines and timelines to funded students, DRGT requirements and expectations, the graduate workshop was also aimed at equipping students with knowledge on how […]