Career Journey

Current Position

Associate Professor

Makerere University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Kampala, Uganda since 2016.

Lecturer
Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda, from 2008 to present. Responsibilities included teaching Health Policy, Planning, and Management; supervising master and PhD students; coordinating demographic surveillance site start-ups; and leading maternal, newborn, and child implementation research projects.
Visiting Researcher
Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, since 2003.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Health Systems and Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, January 2011 to December 2012.
District Medical Officer
Ministry of Health/Iganga district, Uganda, 2000-2008. Responsibilities included planning, implementation, supervision, and monitoring and evaluation for comprehensive health care, including human resources management. Left at the level of Principal Medical Officer.
Part-Time Consultant
World Health Organization/Ministry of Health, Uganda, 2004-2005. Conducted situation analysis for pediatric HIV/AIDS training and supported HIV/AIDS integration into IMCI and scale-up efforts.
National Health Officer
Uganda Red Cross Society, 1999-2000.
Intern Doctor
Rubaga Referral Hospital, Kampala.