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: Christopher Kintu

Title: "The Predictive Utility of Polygenic Risk Scores for Chronic Kidney Disease in Africans."

Date and Time: Friday 3^rd May, 2024 at 11:30 AM EAT.

Opponent/External Examiner:
Professor Emile Chimusa, Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, UK 

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. Bagaya S. Bernard, Makerere University
5. Dr. Kalyesubula Robert, Makerere University

Internal Examiners:

1. Dr. Gerald Mboowa, Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University
2. Dr. Haruna Muwonge, Department of Physiology, CHS, Makerere University

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

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