The Dean, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences (CHS), Makerere University with pleasure invites you to the PhD Defence of the following candidate:

Name: Richard Mayanja

Title: "Genetic Determinants of Kidney Function in Sub-Saharan Africa."

Date and Time: Friday 10^th May, 2024 at 10:00 AM EAT.

Opponent/External Examiner:
Prof Ananyo Chondhury, University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Supervisors:

1. Prof. Segun Fatumo, Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Medical Research Council/ Uganda Virus Research Institute (MRC/UVRI) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
2. Dr. Tinashe Chikowore, Brigham Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
3. Dr. Daudi Jjingo, African Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics (ACE-B)/College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS), Makerere University
4. Dr. Obondo J. Sande, Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University

Internal Examiners:

1. Dr. Misaki Wayengera, Senior Lecturer, Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Makerere University
2. A/Prof. Nicholas Bbosa, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK. Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. Scientist/Project Leader, Medical Research Council Uganda Research Unit

Defence Chair:
Assoc. Prof. David P. Kateete, Dean, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/92313800716?pwd=bjUvaHNyUFpnbVVacjFsNHJLQnNUQT09

Meeting ID: 923 1380 0716
Passcode: 158038