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: Dr. Jonathan Mayito

Title: "Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA in CD34-positive versus CD34-negative Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and the determinants of IGRA positivity in Latent Tuberculosis Infection."

Date and Time: Thursday 29^th February, 2024 at 2:00 PM EAT.

Opponent/External Examiner:
Professor Jerrold Ellner, Department of Medicine, Director of Research Innovations Center for Emerging Pathogens, The State University of New Jersey, USA 

Supervisors:

1. Dr. Irene Biraro Andia, Makerere University
2. Dr. Stephen Reece, University of Cambridge
3. Prof. Adrian Martineau, Queen Mary University of London

Internal Examiners:

1. Dr. Rose Nabatanzi, Immunology and Molecular Biology Department, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University
2. Dr. Sande James Obondo, Immunology and Molecular Biology Department, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University

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/97490527844?pwd=ZzNSb0s5T3BDb1RIZnU5K3hCNEg1Zz09

Meeting ID: 974 9052 7844
Passcode: 415428