The Dean, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, invites you to attend Dr Joyce Sserunjogi Nalugya's Public PhD defense on Monday, 19th October 2026. See details below:

PhD Candidate: Dr Joyce Sserunjogi Nalugya      

Title: Alcohol Use Among Primary School-Aged Children In Uganda: Screening, Burden, Associated Factors and Academic Achievement

Date: Monday, 19th October 2026

Time: 11:00 AM (EAT).

Venue: MakCHS Conference Room and Online

Join Zoom Meeting
https://mak-ac-ug.zoom.us/j/81074942619?pwd=Yl6RXtkNBUsGFGUXyZSxANlpTa9kmo.1

Meeting ID: 810 7494 2619
Passcode: 707370

Opponent
Prof. Kwaku Oppong Asante, Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Accra Ghana

Supervisors
Assoc. Prof. Noeline Nakasujja, MBchB, M.Med., PhD, Department of Psychiatry School of Medicine, Makerere University CHS.

Prof. Grace Ndeezi, MBchB, M.Med, PhD, Department of Pediatric and Child Health, Makerere University CHS

Prof. Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, MD, PhD, Center for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway

Defense Chair: Prof. Annettee Nakimuli, Dean, School of Medicine, MaKCHS