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July 11, 2025 ResourcesShort Course
📅 30 July – 01 August 2025
📍 MaKCHS Conference Room, Makerere University
🧭 Course Overview
The RCR Course is organized under the SUSTAIN: Advancing Makerere University Masters of Health Sciences in Bioethics Program. It is designed to foster a culture of ethical and responsible research practice among health researchers and bioethics professionals in Uganda.
🎯 Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
✔️ Identify and prevent research misconduct
✔️ Understand ethical principles and professional norms in scientific research
✔️ Apply responsible practices in all research-related activities
🗂️ Course Content Includes:
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Introduction to RCR and Research Ethics
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Human and Animal Subject Protections
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Conflict of Interest & Peer Review
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Collaborative and Community-Based Research
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Mentor-Mentee Relationships
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Data Management, Authorship & Publication
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Financial Responsibility in Research
👥 Target Audience
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Researchers, Assistants, Coordinators
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Graduate Students & Supervisors
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Research Administrators
🏅 Certificates will be awarded to participants with at least 80% attendance.
💰 Course Fee:
UGX 205,000 or USD 56
(Includes meals and refreshments)
🏦 Payment Details:
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UGX Account: 9030026194023
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USD Account: 9030026194147
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Bank: Stanbic Bank, Mulago Branch
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Account Name: Makerere University Biomedical Research Center Limited
📩 After payment, send proof via WhatsApp or email and bring a hardcopy deposit slip on the first training day.
📬 Contact: Miriam Musazi
📞 +256 782 363 996 / +256 701 363 996
✉️ mmusazi@gmail.com
📍 Department of Anatomy, Bioethics Centre, Room C4
📌 Registration Deadline: 26 June 2025
Only paid applicants will be considered.
May 8, 2025 Trainings
MakBRC invites you to a Free Physical Training Course on Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) — designed for professionals seeking to strengthen their laboratory standards and quality systems.
🧪 What the Training Covers:
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Overview and Background of GCLP
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Essentials of GCLP
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Introduction to Laboratory Quality Management Systems (QMS)
💡 Join us for:
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Practical hands-on tips
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An exclusive laboratory tour
📅 Date: 19th – 21st May 2025
📍 Venue: PLT College of Health Sciences
🔗 BOOK YOUR SPOT NOW!
📞 Contact: Nabwire Sarah
📱 +256 752 601022
📧 monitor@brc.mak.ac.ug
Spaces are limited. Don’t miss this opportunity to build your skills and boost your lab’s performance!
May 3, 2025 Conference
- THEME: EMBRACING BIOETHICS IN GLOBAL HEALTH
- Subthemes
| 1. Health Equity | 4. Global Health research |
| 2. Global Health Security and Ethics of Emerging and re-emerging diseases | 5. Global Health and Environment
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| 3. Emerging technologies in
· Human genetics and genomics, · artificial intelligence, · data science and machine learning. |
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- Venue: Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda.
- Proposed dates: 11th and 12th November 2025
- Call for abstracts
| Proposed deadline | 1st August 2025 |
| Abstract submission form | |
| Abstract submission link | https://shorturl.at/xB0RT |
- Registration dates
| Proposed Dates | |
| Early bird | 29th August 2025 |
| Registration open until – Late registration | 24th October 2025 |
- Payment & Registration procedure:
| Registration | Registration fees |
| Early bird
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5 participants USD 325 10 participants USD 640 |
| Late registration |
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| Online registration form | |
| Conference registration link | https://shorturl.at/VOUUW |
- Payment & Registration procedure:
| Uganda Shillings | Dollar Currency |
| Account Name: MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER LIMITED
Account Number: 9030026194023 Bank Name: Stanbic Bank Branch: Mulago Currency: UGX |
Account Name: MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER LIMITED
Account Number: 9030026194147 Bank Name: Stanbic Bank Branch: Mulago Currency: USD |
- Conference email
makbioethicsconference@gmail.com
- Advertisement
| Details | Amount in USD |
| Packages for exhibition at the conference | |
| 1. Package 1
· Exhibition table for the company products · 3 participants · 10 minutes presentation · Poster of company products |
$2,000 |
· Medium Exhibition table for the company products · 2 participants · 5 minutes presentation · Poster of company products |
$1,500 |
· Small Exhibition table for the company products · 1 participant · Poster of company products |
$1,000 |
· 1 participant · Poster of company products |
$500 |
May 3, 2025 Bioethics publications
Muwonge, A., Bessell, P.R., Bronsvoort, M.B.D.C., Mugerwa, I., Mwaka, E., Ssebaggala, E., Wee, B.A., Kiayias, A., Mpyangu, C.M. and Joloba, M.L.,. Assessing the Impact of Haulage drivers in Uganda’s COVID-19 Delta Wave. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health. 2025;15: 54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-025-00387-w
Deborah Ekusai-Sebatta, Ritah Shanice Namugenyi, Eva Lakera, Erisa Mwaka, Rachel Kingc,, David S. Lawrencee, and Janet Seeley. Ethical issues surrounding the implementation of long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. International Health 2025; 0: 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf016
Mwaka ES, Bazzeketa D, Mirembe J, Emoru RD, Twimukye A, Kivumbi A. Barriers to and enhancement of the utilization of digital mental health interventions in low-resource settings: Perceptions of young people in Uganda. Digital health. 2025 Feb;11: 20552076251321698.
Nabukenya S, Waitt C, Twimukye A, Mushabe B, Castelnuovo B, Zawedde-Muyanja S, Muhindo R, Kyaddondo D, Mwaka ES. Decision-making and role preferences for receiving individual pharmacogenomic research results among participants at a Ugandan HIV research institute. BMC Medical Ethics. 2025 Feb 8;26(1):23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-025-01181-w
Ali J, Esmonde K, Agudelo-Londoño S, Jannat Z, Shrestha P, Torres-Quintero A, Mwaka E. “Digital benefit sharing” for non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance in low–and middle-income countries: implications for digital health governance. Policy Studies. 2025 Jan 29:1-8. doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2025.2452437
Nabirye AK, Munabi IG, Mubuuke AG, Kiguli S. Emotional and psychological experiences of nursing students caring for dying patients: an explorative study at a national referral hospital in Uganda. BMC Medical Education. 2025 Jan 20;25(1):96.
Ajalo E, Mukunya D, Nantale R, Kayemba F, Pangholi K, Babuya J, Langoya Akuu S, Namiiro AM, Nsubuga YB, Mpagi JL, Musaba MW, Munabi IG. Widespread use of ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence tools among medical students in Uganda: A cross-sectional study. PloS one. 2025 Jan 9;20(1):e0313776.
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