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December 15, 2021 Science week 2021
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As Makerere University Biomedical Research Centre [MakBRC], we believe in science for many reasons: 1st, to sustain lives, 2nd, make living simple for people in societies where we live.

Welcome to MakBRC podium in the Science week at Kololo Airstrip, explore the importance and the future of Science with MakBRC.



Mwaka, Erisa Sabakaki, Deborah Ekusai Sebatta, Joseph Ochieng, Ian Guyton Munabi, Godfrey Bagenda, Deborah Ainembabazi, and David Kaawa-Mafigiri. “Researchers’ perspectives on return of individual genetics results to research participants: a qualitative study.” Global Bioethics 32, no. 1 (2021): 15-33.

Ochieng, Joseph, Betty Kwagala, John Barugahare, Erisa Mwaka, Deborah Ekusai-Sebatta, Joseph Ali, and Nelson K. Sewankambo. “Perspectives and ethical considerations for return of genetics and genomics research results: a qualitative study of genomics researchers in Uganda.” (2021).

Ochieng, Joseph, Betty Kwagala, and Nelson Sewankambo. “Collection and use of human materials during TB clinical research; a review of practices.” (2021).

Ali, Joseph, Betty Cohn, Erisa Mwaka, Juli M. Bollinger, Betty Kwagala, John Barugahare, Nelson K. Sewankambo, and Joseph Ochieng. “A scoping review of genetics and genomics research ethics policies and guidelines for Africa.” BMC Medical Ethics 22, no. 1 (2021): 1-15.

Mbalinda, Scovia Nalugo, Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka, Derrick Lusota Amooti, Eleanor Namusoke Magongo, Philippa Musoke, and Dan Kabonge Kaye. “Ethical challenges of the healthcare transition to adult antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinics for adolescents and young people with HIV in Uganda.” BMC medical ethics 22, no. 1 (2021): 1-14.

Kaye, Dan Kabonge. “Motivation to participate and experiences of the informed consent process for randomized clinical trials in emergency obstetric care in Uganda.” BMC Medical Ethics 22, no. 1 (2021): 1-12.

Nichol, Ariadne A., Erisa S. Mwaka, and Valerie A. Luyckx. “Ethics in Research: Relevance for Nephrology.” In Seminars in Nephrology, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 272-281. WB Saunders, 2021.

Kamuya, Dorcas, Mary A. Bitta, Adamu Addissie, Violet Naanyu, Andrea Palk, Erisa Mwaka, Eunice Kamaara et al. “The Africa Ethics Working Group (AEWG): a model of collaboration for psychiatric genomic research in Africa.” Wellcome Open Research 6, no. 190 (2021): 190.

Wolde, Telahun Teka, Rosemary Musesengwa, Andrea Palk, S. Mwaka Erisa, Violet Naanyu, Adamu Addissie, and Getnet Tadele. “Ethics review of multicenter neuro-psychiatric & neurodevelopmental genetics research protocols: a case study of the NeuroDev & NeuroGap-Psychosis studies.” Wellcome Open Research 6, no. 193 (2021): 193.



Kaye, Dan Kabonge. “Why ‘understanding’of research may not be necessary for ethical emergency research.” Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 15, no. 1 (2020): 1-8.

Mbalinda, Scovia Nalugo, Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka, Derrick Lusota Amooti, Eleanor Namusoke Magongo, Philippa Musoke, and Kaye K. Dan. “Ethical challenges of the healthcare transition to adult Antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinics for HIV infected adolescents and young people in Uganda.” (2020).

Barugahare, John, Fredrick Nelson Nakwagala, Erisa Mwaka Sabakaki, Joseph Ochieng, and Nelson K. Sewankambo. “Ethical and human rights considerations in public health in low and middle-income countries: an assessment using the case of Uganda’s responses to COVID-19 pandemic.” BMC Medical Ethics 21, no. 1 (2020): 1-12.

Ochieng, Joseph, Erisa Mwaka, Betty Kwagala, and Nelson Sewankambo. “Evolution of research ethics in a low resource setting: A case for Uganda.” Developing world bioethics 20, no. 1 (2020): 50-60.
Obasa, A. E., S. Singh, E. Chivunze, T. Burgess, F. Masiye, T. Mtande, J. Ochieng et al. “Comparative strategic approaches to COVID-19 in Africa: Balancing public interest with civil liberties.” South African medical journal= Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 110, no. 9 (2020): 858.

Barugahare, John, and Paul Kutyabami. “Nature and history of the CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines and implications for local implementation: A perspective from East Africa.” Developing world bioethics 20, no. 4 (2020): 175-183.



Kaye, Dan K., Gershom Chongwe, and Nelson K. Sewankambo. “Ethical tensions in the informed consent process for randomized clinical trials in emergency obstetric and newborn care in low and middle-income countries.” BMC medical ethics 20, no. 1 (2019): 1-8.

Kaye, Dan Kabonge. “The ethical justification for inclusion of neonates in pragmatic randomized clinical trials for emergency newborn care.” BMC pediatrics 19, no. 1 (2019): 1-8.

Mwaka, Erisa, Janet Nakigudde, Joseph Ali, Joseph Ochieng, Kristina Hallez, Raymond Tweheyo, Alain Labrique, Dustin G. Gibson, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, and George Pariyo. “Consent for mobile phone surveys of non-communicable disease risk factors in low-resource settings: an exploratory qualitative study in Uganda.” Mhealth 5 (2019).

Mwaka, Erisa, and Lyn Horn. “Researchers’ perspectives on informed consent and ethical review of biobank research in South Africa: A cross-sectional study.” Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 14, no. 4 (2019): 307-317.

NABUKENYA, SYLVIA. “AN ASSESSMENT OF UNDERSTANDING OF INFORMATION PROVIDED IN GENETIC RESEARCH AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AT THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSTITUTE (IDI).” PhD diss., Makerere University, 2019.

Barugahare, John. “‘Bioethical Realism’: A Framework for Implementing Universal Research Ethics.” Developing world bioethics 19, no. 3 (2019): 128-138.

Barugahare, John. “Bioethical reflexivity and requirements of valid consent: conceptual tools.” BMC medical ethics 20, no. 1 (2019): 1-10.




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