The Dean, School of Biomedical, Makerere University College of Health Sciences invites you to be part of Richard Mayanja's Public PhD Defense scheduled for Friday 10th May 2024 at 10:00 AM (EAT). See details below:

PhD Candidate: Richard Mayanja

Title: Genetic Determinants of Kidney Function in Sub-Saharan Africa

Date: Friday 10th May 2024 

Time:  10:00 AM (East African Time)

Venue: Online and MakCHS BoardRoom

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/92313800716?pwd=bjUvaHNyUFpnbVVacjFsNHJLQnNUQT09

Meeting ID: 923 1380 0716
Passcode: 158038

Opponent/External Examiner

Prof Ananyo Chondhury
University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa)           

Supervisors
Prof. Segun Fatumo
Department of Non-Communicable Diseases,
Medical Research Council/ Uganda Virus Research Institute (MRC/UVRI)
and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Dr. Tinashe Chikowore
Brigham Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Dr. Daudi Jjingo
African Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics (ACE-B),
College of Computing
Makerere University, Kampala-Uganda

Dr. Obondo J. Sande
Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology,
Makerere University, Kampala-Uganda

Internal Examiners
Dr. Misaki Wayengera, 
Senior Lecturer, Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Makerere University, Kampala-Uganda

A/Prof. Nicholas Bbosa, 
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK. Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. Scientist/Project Leader, Medical Research Council Uganda Research Unit

Defense Chair
Assoc. Prof. David P. Kateete, Dean, MakCHS School of Biomedical Sciences