Awards & Distinctions

Selected Academic Distinctions and Other Merits

Member of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, 2021-to date
Director of Adara Development (Uganda), 2021-to date
Awarded Presidential National Independence Heroes Medal, 9th October 2016
Award of Excellency by the Minister of Health for contributing towards improved care for preterm and newborn babies in Uganda, 2012
Award of Excellence for being a dedicated Lecturer contributing to the Saving Mothers Program at Uganda Christian University, 2012
Director for the INDEPTH Network Maternal Newborn and Child Health Working Group, 2009
Director for the Makerere University Maternal Newborn and Child Health Centre of Excellence, 2004 to date
Award in recognition of fundraising efforts for newborn health research in the INDEPTH Network Consortia, 2011

The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research 25th Anniversary series, 2023: "The most significant challenges facing HPSR"
National television keynote, 2020: "Addressing Preventable Maternal Deaths in Uganda"
UNC African Studies Center, 2020: "Strategies for Building Effective Research Partnerships in Africa"
The 10th National Quality Improvement Conference, 2024: "Understanding Health Systems Strengthening in Resource-Limited Settings"
First National MNH Quality of Care Forum, 2022: "Promising Solutions and Innovations for Strategy and Policy Changes"
Uganda Safe Motherhood Conference, 2023: "The State of Maternal and Newborn Health in Uganda"
UPA Annual Conference, 2021: "The State of Newborn Health in Uganda"
RMNCAH Symposium, 2018: "Maternal, Newborn, and Child Mortality Countdown: Key Best Practices and Lessons for Uganda"
7th Annual Early Career Health Researchers Symposium, Aga Khan University, 2023: Keynote on Physician Researchers