Damalie Nakanjako

Damalie is a Professor of Medicine, Principal of the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, and the immediate past Dean of the School of Medicine. Damalie holds a Bachelors Degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB), a Master of Medicine (MMED) in Internal Medicine from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, a Ph.D. from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and a certificate in Leadership and Management in Health from the University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

 

Damalie has a vast experience in Infectious Diseases care, research, and training. She led several research, training, and mentorship programs including Makerere University-UVRI Infection and Immunity (MUII) program (as co-director) to build Africa’s capacity for scientific leadership in Infection and Immunity research and the Afya Bora Consortium for global health leadership training in Africa (as country lead). She is the Scientific Director of the Translational Laboratory at Makerere University’s Infectious Diseases Institute where she gives mentorship and scientific leadership of a translational immunology research group. 

 

Her research demonstrated chronic immune activation and persistent dysfunction of both the innate and adaptive immune systems irrespective of suppressive antiretroviral therapy in Ugandan HIV treatment cohorts. Damalie is the winner of the 4th Fourth Annual Merle A. Sande Health Leadership Award 2013 in recognition of her contributions towards leadership and health care in Africa. She has established a translational immunology group at Makerere and has mentored over 50 upcoming scientists at post-graduate, doctoral, and post-doctorate levels, to build the next generation of scientists in Africa and worldwide. 

 

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