Year: 2023

KCMUCo Graduation
THRiVE, fresh PhD graduates

THRiVE extends its hearty congratulations to its new PhD graduates, Dr. Ruby Mcharo and Dr. Robert Kaaya, upon being conferred with doctorates from Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo). The duo received their awards during the university’s 24th graduation ceremony held on November 18, 2023. For his Ph.D. fellowship under THRiVE, Dr. Kaaya explored the […]

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Call for PhD fellowships

Makerere University in collaboration with the Uganda Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Children’s National Hospital received funding from the National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Centre to implement the Impact Training Program. The goal of the program is to equip and nurture emerging research leaders and professional scholars in Uganda to generate […]

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Rheumatic Heart Disease webinar

Addressing the IMPACT of Rheumatic Heart Disease Lessons from the past and guidance for the futureRheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) currently affects over 40 million people around the world, most of whom live in low and middle income countries. Additional research is urgently needed to develop and scale strategies to combat this disease.In this 4-part webinar […]

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THRiVE Outputs 2023

Dr Susan Atuhairwe successfully defends PhD thesis RACHEAL NINSIIMA On March 27 2023, Dr Susan Atuhairwe, a THRiVE-2 PhD fellow successfully presented and defended her thesis on ‘Safety, effectiveness and acceptability of Misoprostol for treatment of incomplete mid trimester abortion in Uganda.’ She was supervised by Profs Kristina Gemzell Danielsson from Karolinska Institutet; Josephat Byamugisha […]