The president of Uganda, his excellency, Yoweri Museveni and chief guest bestowed the Golden Jubilee Award to THRiVE-2 post doc fellow, Dr. Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige in recognition of her contribution to the field of Science and Technology in the field of paediatric neurology in Uganda during the world International Women’s day Celebration day held at Busuubizi Core […]
THRiVE Annual General Meeting – 2018 THRiVE annual general meeting brings together researchers, supervisors and funders from the African continent to review progress and set new consortium objectives. visit the conference website to register for the conference
Purpose of small grants To enable early career researchers and global health professionals in the field of tropical medicine or global health to undertake clinical or scientific research or fieldwork, as stand-alone projects or distinct elements within a larger project. Small grant value and timescale The maximum RSTMH small grant awarded is £5,000 (including VAT). […]
Welcome to the 4th edition of THRiVE News 2017 themed “THRiVE on the Move”. THRiVE is an East African regional network of research excellence including universities and research institutes. THRiVE-2 has completed its second calendar year filled with excitements. Our vision: By 2030 Africa will lead research that has a major impact on health in […]
Introduction: This is a two weeks research methods course suitable for health researchers, social scientists, and students undertaking professional training (MSc, MMed, MPH, and PhD). Highly experienced researchers from the Tanzania National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) Mwanza Centre, Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) will […]
THRiVE-2 Advisory Board chair, Prof. Wilfred Mbacham was awarded the World Academy of Sciences Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa (TWAS-ROSSA) prize for Africa for the Public Understanding and Popularization of Science. This prize is awarded in fulfilment of the TWAS objective of recognising, supporting and promoting scientific capacity and excellence in the developing world. Prof. […]
Mary Vincent Mosha a Lecturer at KCMUCo and a THRiVE PhD fellow and her research is focused on Understanding modifiable factors associated with childhood overweight and obesity in Tanzanian primary schools. She has recently held a community led education activity to address the importance of healthy eating and lifestyle behaviors in a group of women. […]
Rheumatic heart disease currently affects about 40 million people worldwide, mainly young adults with about 345,000 annual deaths. Unfortunately most of these deaths occur in developing countries like Uganda where we have previously found an annual mortality of 17%. This is mainly because most of our patients present late with advanced disease. In 2010 Dr. Emmy […]
The aim of this 2-day workshop is to assist supervisors of postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows to achieve higher standards of practice in the supervision process to the benefit of both parties. The workshop will be highly interactive, containing a mixture of presentations and group work. Participants will also hear about real-life situations and institution […]
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Recently THRiVE selected very promising upcoming researchers to be sponsored for PhD training and others for postdoctoral placements. This is a good time to reflect on how we will ensure that they acquire exemplary knowledge, skills and culture of responsible conduct of research. We need to be pro-active in ensuring that none […]
