Associate Professor, Head of Department
Makerere University, College of Health Sciences
School: Medicine
Department: Paediatrics and Child Health
Victor Musiime, MBChB, MMed (Paed), PhD is an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health. He supervises post graduate research (PhD and Master’s degrees), conducts clinical and didactic teaching sessions for undergraduate and post graduate courses and provides clinical care to children on the inpatient/outpatient wards of Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital. He also mentors post doc and other related research fellowships, including those offered by the Fogarty International Centre. He has been conducting infectious diseases research, including clinical trials, for over 20years. He has been on Trial Steering Committees and Data Safety Monitoring Boards/Committees of several clinical trials. In addition, he has been on organizing and scientific committees of several international conferences. Through this research and clinical care, he has developed great experience in infectious diseases, and other childhood disorders, with over 130 peer reviewed scientific journal publications (by July 2024). He is a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Paediatric Drug Optimization Groups (PADO) for antiretroviral therapy and for antibiotics. He previously served as a member/ co-chair of the Paediatric AIDS working Group (PAWG) of WHO. He is a member of the National Formulary Committee of the National Drug Authority (NDA). He chairs the board of directors of Kawempe Home care, and is a member of the board of the African Network for the Care of Children and Adolescents affected by AIDS (ANECCA). Within Makerere University, he is a member of the School of Medicine Research Ethical Committee (SOMREC) and the Higher Degrees Research Ethical Committee (HDREC), as well as being on the interim board of the Makerere University Health Services which oversees the activities of the University hospital.
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