Role: PhD Fellow

Affiliation: Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

PhD Project Title: Characterization of Tuberculosis Associated Lung Fibrosis and Prevention Using Doxycycline in A Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

Bio: Dr. Ahmed Ddungu, MBChB, MMed, is an Internal Medicine Physician (Internist) based at the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Makerere University. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) and a Master of Medicine (MMed) in Internal Medicine, both from Makerere University. He currently serves as a Clinic Physician (Internist) in the Prevention, Care and Treatment Department at IDI and the HIV Centre of Excellence, which provides comprehensive ambulatory HIV care to more than 8,500 people living with HIV. Dr. Ddungu is also an Associate Research Fellow at the Makerere University Lung Institute, an integrated lung health research, training, and care institution at Makerere University. His research interests focus on chronic lung diseases, HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and related long-term respiratory complications. He has published in peer-reviewed journals and has participated in and led funded research projects in these areas. His medium- to long-term goal is to strengthen his research skills and develop into an independent clinical researcher. He is currently pursuing a PhD at Makerere University, where his doctoral research focuses on characterizing TB-associated lung fibrosis.