Damalie Nakanjako

Damalie Nakanjako, is a Ugandan specialist physician, internist, immunologist, infectious diseases consultant, academic and researcher, who serves as the Principal and Professor of Medicine at Makerere University College of Health Sciences.[1] Immediately prior to her present position, she served as Dean of Makerere University School of Medicine, from 2019 until 17 February 2021.[2]

Damalie Nakanjako
Born1974 (age 47–48)
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
EducationMakerere University
(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
(Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine)
University of Antwerp
(Doctor of Philosophy
Occupation
Years active2000–present
Known forAcademics and Research
TitlePrincipal and Professor of Medicine at Makerere University College of Health Sciences

Background and education

She was born in the Buganda Region of Uganda in the 1970s. After attending local schools, she was admitted to Makerere University, where she studied human medicine. She graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) degree in 1999. She followed that with a Master of Medicine (MMed) degree in Internal Medicine, also from Makerere University. Her third degree was a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biomedical Science, obtained from the University of Antwerp, in Belgium, in 2010. According to her online curriculum vitae, she spent the years between 2011 and 2013 at the Infectious Diseases Institute, working as a postdoctoral fellow and at Uganda Virus Research Institute, working as a research scholar.[3]

Career

Nakanjako interned at Mulago Hospital in Internal Medicine and Obstetrics and Genecology, from 1998 until 1999. She spent another year at the same hospital as a medical officer. She then spent two years as a specialist medical officer at the CDC field station in Tororo, Uganda. In 2002, she returned to Mulago to pursue her master's degree.[3]

After her MMed studies she focused on clinical research in HIV/AIDS and she started lecturing in internal medicine at Makerere in 2007. Following her PhD studies, the Welcome Trust awarded her a scholarship to undertake a postdoctoral fellowship at Makerere, based at the Infectious Diseases Institute of the university.[3]

Makerere University appointed Nakanjako as Associate Professor of Medicine in 2013, serving in that capacity for five years. In 2018 she made full Professor.[3]

Other considerations

Professor Nakanjako has authored or co-written over 100 peer-reviewed articles, in the areas of her medical expertise in different medical journals.[4]

See also

References
  1. MUCHS (21 April 2021). "Collège Profile of Makerere University Collège of Health Sciences (MUCHS)". Kampala. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. Brenda Namatta (8 February 2021). "Dr. Nakimuli Takes Over Leadership of School of Medicine". Kampala: Makerere University School of Medicine. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. Damalie Nakanjako (2019). "Curriculum Vitae of Professor Damalie Nakanjako, Makerere College of Health Sciences" (Cached from the original on 21 April 2021). University of California. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. Researchgate (21 April 2021). "Partial Listing of Publications By Professor Damalie Nakanjako". Researchgate.net. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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