Associate Professor of Anatomy
Chair, Anatomy Department, School of Biomedical Sciences
Makerere University College of Health Sciences
School: Biomedical Sciences
Department: Anatomy
Associate Professor William Buwembo PhD is a dental surgeon and the current Chair of the Department of Anatomy who has supervised 9 graduate students. Dr. Buwembo doctoral thesis was on micro bacterial drug resistance patterns of Streptococcus viridians group, which are normal flora of the oral cavity, to cotrimoxazole (an antibiotic that was at the time used for prophylaxis in People living with HIV) and other commonly used antibiotics. This doctoral work was accomplished using various microbiological techniques that included: isolation, culture and sensitivity, ordinary and real time PCR platforms, cloning and sequencing. From his doctoral studies, he identified and contributed 45 new S. viridians gene sequences. He has also completed a post-doctoral fellowship on the associations between periodontal disease, oral P. gingivalis infestation and rheumatoid arthritis in Ugandans. This post-doctoral fellowship is part of the NIH/FIC next generation faculty development “NURTURE” grant to Makerere University PD. Prof. Nelson Sewankambo (5D43TW010132). In addition, Dr. Buwembo has previously done work leading up to publications on dental caries, periodontal disease in diabetes mellitus, teeth for age estimation, teeth morphology and eruption times, vaccine trials, medical education, and pain. He is the PD of the NIDCR grant 1R56DE032217.
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