The Dean School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, invites you to attend the Public PhD defense as detailed below:

PhD Candidate:  Ann Jacquelline Nakitende     

Title: Repeated malaria attacks: Neuropsychological outcomes and exploration of Ugandan caregiver’s experience of parenting children.

Date: Friday, 26^th June, 2026

Time: 02:00 PM (EAT).

Venue: MakCHS Conference Room and Online

Join Zoom Meeting
https://mak-ac-ug.zoom.us/j/84882247777?pwd=UPorC2IniI8avy8n6RgiGbWsqHObCH.1

Meeting ID: 848 8224 7777
Passcode: 586706

Opponent

Prof. Karen Blackmon – Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Supervisors

1. Assoc. Prof. Paul Bangirana, PhD – Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Makerere University.
2. Assoc. Prof. Noeline Nakasujja, PhD – Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Makerere University.
3. Assoc. Prof. Richard Idro, PhD – Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, Makerere University.
4. Prof. Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, PhD – Professor Emeritus, Division of Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Neuropsychologist. 

Defense Chair: Assoc. Prof. Annettee Nakimuli, Dean, School of Medicine, MaKCHS