PhD Defense | Ms. Esther Bayiga Diana Zziwa

The Dean, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) Professor Rhoda Wanyenze with pleasure invites you to the blended public PhD defence of Ms. Esther Bayiga Diana Zziwa on the topic " An analysis of the pattern of pedestrian injuries and deaths in relation to land-use, transport and socioeconomic factors in Kampala city, Uganda"

Date: Tuesday October 22, 2024

Time: 8:00 AM EAT

Physical Venue: College Board Room, MakCHS, Makerere University College of Health Sciences -Mulago Hill

Zoom Link Details: https://bit.ly/EstherBayiga

Kindly register in advance for this meeting using the provided Zoom link.

PhD Candidate: Ms. Esther Bayia Diana Zziwa 

Opponent:

⦿ Dr. Eric Dumbaugh, Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida Atlantic University

External Examiner:

⦿ Professor Geetam Tiwari, Emeritus Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Internal Examiners:

⦿ Dr. Simon Kasasa, Senior lecturer, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public health, Makerere University

⦿ Dr. Paul Mukwaya, Senior lecturer and head, Department of Geography, Geo-information and Climatic Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University

Supervisors

⦿ Prof. David Guwatudde, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Makerere University

⦿ Dr. Meleckidzedeck Khayesi, Department of Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

⦿ Dr. Milton Mutto, Executive Director, Pincer Training and Research Institute/ Honorary Lecturer, Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)

Doctoral Committee 

⦿ Dr. Esther Buregyeya, Associate professor and chair, Department of Disease Control and Environmental health

⦿ Dr. Olive Kobusingye, Immediate past head and Senior Research Fellow, Trauma, Injury and Disability research unit, Makerere University School of Public health

Chairperson

Dr. John C. Ssempebwa Associate professor and past chair, Department of Disease Control and Environmental health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences Makerere University Kampala.

About the Candidate

Esther Bayiga is a PhD candidate at the School of Public Health, Makerere University (MakSPH), where her research, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education, focuses on pedestrian safety and the built environment in Kampala, Uganda. In addition to her doctoral work, she is a Research Fellow in the Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, specializing in road safety with nearly 10 years of experience.

Esther holds a Master’s degree in Health Services Research from MakSPH, with a focus on road safety. She was a 2015-2016 NIH Fogarty Fellow through the Johns Hopkins-Makerere University collaboration on trauma, injury, and disability research. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health Sciences and a Master of Public Health.

Previously, Esther served as secretary of the PhD Forum at MakSPH and is a member of the WHO's Global Technical Advisory Group on Motorcycle Safety. This group brings together experts from countries with high motorcycle use, including Uganda, Viet Nam, Kenya, Colombia, and Malaysia.

Her research interests span both intentional and unintentional injury prevention, with a focus on road and traffic safety. Key areas include injury epidemiology, the built environment’s role in road safety, post-crash emergency care, health intervention costing, and evaluating the effectiveness of these interventions.

All are welcome.