PhD Defense | Namaganda Lukia Hamid

Greetings!

The Dean, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) Professor Rhoda Wanyenze with pleasure invites you to the blended PhD defence of Namaganda Lukia Hamid (BEHS, MPH) on the topic; " Malnutrition a probable predictor of mortality in Cerebral Palsy (CP),” and the effect of the positive deviance and parent facilitator training strategies to malnutrition among children and youth with CP in eastern Uganda."

Date: Thursday October 10, 2024

Time: 10:00 AM EAT

Physical Venue: Dean's Conference room, School of Medicine New Mulago Hospital Complex

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

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

Opponent:

⦿ Dr. Melissa Gladstone, Professor in Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics and International Child Health at the Department of Women and Children’s Health, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool

External Examiner:

⦿ Dr. Gulam Khandaker, Adjunct Associate Professor, Child Health Research Centre, the University of Queensland Australia

Internal Examiners:

1)     Dr. Peter Waiswa, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)

2)      Dr. Ezekiel Mupere, Associate Professor, Paediatrics and Child Health at College of Health Sciences Makerere University

Supervisors

1) Dr. Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)

2) Dr. Angelina Kakooza Mwesige, Associate Professor and Child neurologist in the Department of Paediatrics & Child Health at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.

3) Prof. Hans Forssberg, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet (KI)

Doctoral Committee

1) Dr. Milton Mutto, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)

2) Dr. Richard Kajura, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)

3) Dr. Joan Mutyoba, Head, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) 

Chairperson

Dr. Noah Kiwanuka, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences Makerere University Kampala.

We look forward to your esteemed presence at the Défense, either physically at the Dean's Conference room, School of Medicine New Mulago Hospital Complex, or virtually via the provided Zoom link. Your valuable insights and participation in the academic discussions will be greatly appreciated.