Harriet Mayanja-Kizza

Harriet Mayanja-Kizza
Born Uganda
Residence Kampala, Uganda
Nationality Ugandan
Citizenship Uganda
Alma mater Makerere University
(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
(Master of Medicine in Medicine)
Case Western Reserve University
(Master of Science in Immunology)
American College of Physicians
(Fellow of the American College of Physicians)
Occupation Medical researcher, academic administrator
Years active 1978–present
Home town Kampala
Title Dean
Makerere University School of Medicine
Religion Christian

Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, MBChB, MMed, MSc, FACP, is a Ugandan physician, researcher, and academic administrator. She is the Dean of Makerere University School of Medicine,[1][2] the oldest medical school in East Africa,[3] established in 1924.[4]

Background and education

She was born in the Central Region of Uganda in the 1950s. She holds the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, obtained from Makerere University in 1978. She also holds the degree of Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine, obtained in 1983, also from Makerere. She studied immunology and pathology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, graduating with the degree of Master of Science in those fields in 1999.[2] She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.[5]

Career

Mayanja-Kizza has worked as a lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine at Makerere University Medical School. She has also served as the head of the Department of Internal Medicine, both at the medical school and at Mulago National Referral Hospital, the university's teaching hospital. In November 2010, she was appointed dean of the Makerere Medical School, at Makerere University College of Health Sciences.[5][6] She has presented widely at national, regional, and International conferences and has published extensively in peer journals.[7]

Other considerations

Her area of specialization is immunology, focusing on the interaction between HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Her research studies, are in the areas of immunopathogenesis, and immune-modulation treatments among patients with HIV and Tuberculosis.[2] Professor Harriet Mayanja-Kizza is a Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ AF. "Accordia's Academic Alliance: Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, MBChB, MMed, MSc". Accordia Foundation (AF). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Campus Times Reporter (3 December 2014). "Profile of Professor Harriet Mayanja-Kizza; Dean, School of Medicine at Makerere University College of Health Sciences". Kampala: Uganda Campus Times. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. ↑ UVRI (11 April 2014). "Uganda Virus Research Institute: Our Partners". Entebbe: Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI). Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Makerere University Medical School Was Founded In 1924". Columbia University Medical College (CUMC). 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  5. 1 2 UCSF (27 May 2011). "2011 Sub-Saharan Africa CFAR Conference: Speaker Bio - Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, MBChB, MMed, MSc, FACP". University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  6. ↑ IDI, . "Academic Profile of Professor Harriet Mayanja-Kizza". Infectious Diseases Institute. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  7. ↑ UCT (2009). "In Depth Review Professor Harriet Mayanja-Kizza's Work". 2009 The Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative (UCT). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  8. ↑ UNAS, . "UNAS: Fellow Profile". Uganda National Academy of Science (UNAS). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
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