Research grants and collaborations

Sickle CELL Pan-African Research Consortium (SPARCO) Uganda: Strengthening Capacity for Clinical Care, Research and Training in Sickle Cell Disease – SCRT (3U01HL156914-04S1)

DSpace- Ethical Implications of Paediatric HER Use in Medical Research in Uganda and Botswana.  3U01HD114479-02S1

Investigating the role of altered lung microbiome in fueling Th17 mediated airway inflammation in COPD among HIV-infected individual (3R21TW012354-02S1)

Fogarty International Center

SUSTAIN: Advancing Makerere University Master of Health Sciences in Bioethics. To implement a sustainable advanced master’s level education that provides in-depth understanding of international research ethics in clinical, biomedical, behavioral and public health research, and enhances application of research ethics principles in the East Africa (2R25TW009730-06).

Engaging Young People in the Development of Digital Mental Health Innovation in Africa. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) (EP/T029595/1)

Bioethical Issues in the Use of Mobile Phone Data for Public Health Research in Uganda National Institutes of Health (3R01AI093856-07S1).

The goal of our proposed supplemental work was to generate information about the ethical utilization of CDRs specifically identifying concerns, limitations and opportunities for fostering data privacy and security for responsible conduct of public health research within the African context

National Human Genome Research Institute

Return of individual genomic results from paediatric research (3U01HG009810-03S1)

The project aimed to explore experiences, perspectives and preferences of genomic researchers, parents and adolescents on the return of individual results in research involving minors as research participants.

The goal is to develop a sustainable core group of doctoral-level trained     bioethics scholars at Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) with the capabilities to conduct original empirical or conceptual bioethics research on challenging health issues and to support the design and implementation of health research at the highest bioethics          standards in an African context (D43TW010892-01A1).

Genetics and genomics research in Uganda: Towards context-specific ethics guidelines (U01HG009822-01A1).

The overall goal of this proposed project is to systematically develop ulturally appropriate model ethics guidelines for conducting genetics and genomics research (GGR) in Uganda.

Fit-for-purpose, affordable body-powered prostheses (EP/R013985/1)

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK)

Diagnostics, prosthetics and orthotics to tackle health challenges in developing countries.

Ethical and social issues in informed consent processes in African genomic research (1U01HG0009810-01). To contribute to a better understanding of the ethical legal and societal issues associated with, and the eventual protection of various genomic research stakeholders in low resource settings.

Creative and Novel Ideas in HIV Research:Bone mineral density in HIV infected patients on long-term ART in Uganda (P30 AI027767-26).