The Dean, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, invites you to be part of Phillip Ssekamatte's Public PhD Defense, scheduled for Friday, 14th November 2025, at 10:00 AM (EAT). See details below:

PhD Candidate: Phillip Ssekamatte

Title: Immune Responses to Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Uganda

Date: Friday, 14th November 2025
Time: 10:00 AM (EAT)
Venue: MakCHS Conference Room

Join Zoom Meeting
https://mak-ac-ug.zoom.us/j/81792335901?pwd=6b1x8pH7S2sJdh3R2ivKnSTR5Mxxxc.1

Meeting ID: 817 9233 5901
Passcode: 232458

Supervisors
Assoc. Prof. Irene Andia Biraro, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Dr Obondo James Sande, Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Prof Reinout van Crevel, Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Opponent / External examiner
Prof. Benson R. Kidenya, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

Internal examiners / Examination panellists
Dr Samuel Okurut, Department of Research, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Assoc. Prof. David Meya, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Dr Freddie Bwanga, Head, Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Chair
Dean, School of Biomedical Sciences