Andrew Kambugu

Andrew Ddungu Kambugu is a Ugandan physician who serves as The Sande-McKinnell Executive Director at Uganda Infectious Disease Institute[1] and a Honorary Senior lecturer at Makerere University College of Sciences.[2] He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota.[3][2] In July 2020, he was appointed to the United Nations 2021 Food System Scientific Group.[4][5][6]


Andrew Kambugu
Born
Andrew Ddungu Kambugu

1973 (age 48–49)
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
Alma materMakerere University
(Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery),
(Master of Public Health),
Royal College of Physicians
(Post Doctoral Fellowship)
OccupationPhysician researcher and academic
Years active1998—present
TitleThe Sande-McKinnell Executive Director at Infectious Disease Institute
Spouse(s)Joyce Balagadde-Kambugu

Early life and education

Kambugu was born on 22 February 1973 in Kampala,Uganda. He attended Buganda Road Primary School, King's College Budo for both O & A level and in 1992 he was enrolled at Makerere University, Uganda for a Bachelor of Medicine and surgery and a Masters degree in Medicine specialising in Internal Medicine graduating in 1997 and 2002 respectively.[1] He is a trained fellow in infectious diseases from University of Manitoba.[6][2]

Career

Kambugu did his medical internship at Mulago National hospital in Kampala (1997–98) and has served as a Medical Officer of Uganda Telecom (1998-1999), as a Medical Resident in the Department of Medicine at Makerere University Medical School (October 1998-November 2002),[7] as a physician attending Ward 4B at Mulago Hospital (December 2002 - August 2005) as Head of Preventative Care and Treatment Programme (2005-2012),[7] as Head of Research Programme (May 2012- update) and in May 2013 he was appointed as The Sande-McKinnell Executive Director at Infectious Disease Institute.[6][1] Kambugu is a Honorary Senior lecturer in the Department of Medicine at Makerere University College of Health Sciences.[2] He has presented at Medical conferences inside and outside Uganda such as at Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, The International AIDS conference, The South Africa HIV Clinicians Society (2014, 2016), The International Workshop on HIV in Resource Limited Settings(2012, 2014, 2015 $2016).[8] Kambugu serves as a consultant to the World Health Organization on Antiretroviral Therapy since 2010.[9]

Research

He is cited with an H-Index of 36 with 5504 citations in over 120 peer-reviewed journal in scientific publications.[10] He is a Council member for African Centers of Excellence in Bioinformatics.[6][11]

Personal life

Kambugu is married to Joyce Balagadde-Kambugu and they have two children.[12]

References
  1. "Dr. Andrew D Kambugu". Infectious Diseases Institute. Retrieved 19 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Dr. Andrew D Kambugu, M.Med, FRCP (London)". Health Informatics Research Group. December 7, 2017.
  3. https://www.education.co.ug/2020/05/07/peter-waiswa-makerere-university-who/
  4. "Advisory Committee and Scientific Group for the 2021 Food Systems Summit". United Nations Secretary-General. June 29, 2020.
  5. "The Executive Director, Dr Andrew Kambugu named on the UN 2021 Food Systems Summit « INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSTITUTE".
  6. "Andrew Kambugu « Interest Conference".
  7. "Andrew Kambugu – Researchers for Global Health".
  8. https://edge.ug/2020/07/09/makereres-dr-kambugu-named-on-un-2021-food-systems-summit-scientific-group/
  9. Wamai, Mark (July 1, 2020). "IDI's Dr. Kambugu Named on UN 2021 Food Systems Summit Scientific Group". Makerere University News.
  10. "Andrew Kambugu".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "Global Council | ACE". ace.niaid.nih.gov.
  12. "Dr. Andrew Kambugu « INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSTITUTE".
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