The Department of Medical Biochemistry has state-of-the-art equipment that can help in analyzing a range of Biochemical Parameters.
MakBRC (https://brc.mak.ac.ug/) supports our Laboratory management while the Laboratory Quality Management System (LQMS) is supported by the Laboratory Consortium (https://labconsortium.com).
The Department of Biochemistry, through the Makerere Biomedical Research Center (Mak-BRC), The Uganda National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services (UNHLS) and the Continental Biomedical and Health Laboratory Consortium, have a collaboration that provides clinical care and conducts research in both communicable and non-communicable diseases with the overall objective of building laboratory capacity in Uganda.
Our Core Values
- Excellence in Laboratory Services and Research
- Partnership with mutual respect
- Professional development.
- Integrity.
- Transparency
What we do
- Metabolic abnormalities caused by Genetics (inborn errors of metabolism), chronic diseases and aging. Assessment of Geriatric Physiological Derangements and the Metabolic Syndrome.
- Infectious Diseases research aimed at improving antibiotic prescription practices and reducing the risk of antimicrobial resistance development.
Core activities
- Health Care and Clinical Research. We provide health care and conduct research on metabolic disorders and infectious diseases.
- Diagnostic discovery: We conduct clinical trials on new diagnostics and evaluate the accuracy of available diagnostic tools
- Laboratory Services: We work to improve the quality of laboratory service delivery with a special emphasis on the private sector.
- Capacity building and Systems Strengthening: We build capacity through training, technology advancement and improvement of laboratory service infrastructure especially in the private sector
- Global Security: We support health systems for the private sector to develop capabilities to prevent, detect and respond to disease outbreaks and epidemics.