MUII:: Makerere University/UVRI Infection and Immunity Research Training Programme

Annual General Meeting Participants

Opening of the Training Building

The UVRI Training Building was officially opened on 13th August 2015 by the Vice Chancellor Prof John Ddumba Ssentamu.

Induction of Interns 2017 with some of the key speakers

Makerere University/UVRI

Short Courses

Publications & Releases

What's happening

MMED Grant Call out

This call is directed at clinicians that wish to gain more experience in basic sciences, and laboratory skills that surround their clinical research question of interest. The Award duration is usually 1 year.

Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held in June 2018

Application forms are available under Downloads

Makerere-Cambridge collaboration building capacity in Immunology Research

As part of the collaborative efforts by MUII+ to build capacity of young African researchers, experts at Cambridge University conduct routine seminars for students at Makerere University.

The live and interactive video seminars aim to support Makerere University's Master of Science in Immunology and Clinical Microbiology. An average of nine seminars are held every semester.

Below is a link to the Seminar on The mammalian gut microbiome and its effects on the immune system and vaccine efficacy

Publications & Releases

Kyabayinze DJ, Asiimwe C, Nakanjako D, Nabakooza J, Bajabaite M, Strachan C, Tibenderana JK, Van Geetruyden JP. Programme level implementation of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) use: outcomes and cost of training health workers at lower level health care facilities in Uganda. BMC Public Health. 2012 Apr 20;12:291.

Nakimuli A, Chazara O, Farrell L, Hiby SE, Tukwasibwe S, Knee J, Jayaraman J, Traherne JA, Elliott AM, Kaleebu P, Mirembe F, Moffett A (2013). Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes and their HLA-C ligands in a Ugandan population. Immunoge

Deogratius Ssemwanga, Rebecca Nsubuga, Billy Mayanja, Frederick Lyagoba, Dave Yirrell, Lieve van der Pal, Heiner Grosskurth, Pontiano Kaleebu. Eect of HIV-1 Subtypes on Disease Progression in Rural Uganda: a Prospective Clinical Cohort study. AIDS 2012. In press

Male involvement during pregnancy and childbirth: men's perceptions, practices and experiences during the care for women who developed childbirth complications in Mulago Hospital, Uganda. Kaye DK, Kakaire O, Nakimuli A, Osinde MO, Mbalinda SN, Kakande N.

2. A Risk Prediction Model for the Assessment and Triage of Women with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Low-Resourced Settings: The miniPIERS (Pre-eclampsia Integrated Estimate of RiSk) Multi-country Prospective Cohort Study. Payne BA, Hutcheon JA,

Kiragga AN, Castelnuovo B, Kamya MR, Moore R, Manabe YC. Regional dierences in predictive accuracy of WHO immunologic failure criteria. AIDS. 2012 Mar 27;26 (6):768-70.

Abouyannis M, Menten J, Kiragga A, Lynen L, Robertson G, Castelnuovo B, Manabe YC, Reynolds SJ, Roberts L. Development and validation of systems for rational use of viral load testing in adults receiving rst-line ART in sub-Saharan Afr

Wandera B, Kamya MR, Castelnuovo B, Kiragga A, Kambugu A, Wanyama JN, Easterbrook P, Sethi AK. Sexual behaviors over a 3-year period among individuals with advanced HIV/AIDS receiv ing antiretroviral therapy in an urban HIV clinic in Kamp