The Dean School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences invites you to be part of Dr. Clara Wekesa’s PhD defense scheduled for Thursday 19th December 2024 at 4:00 pm (EAT). See details below:
PhD Candidate: Dr. Clara Wekesa
PhD Thesis Title: Liver Fibrosis Among Adults in Urban Uganda: Diagnosis, Distribution, Correlates and Patterns of Liver Disease
Date: Thursday 19th December 2024
Time: 4:00 pm (EAT)
Venue: MakCHS Conference Room and Online
Join Zoom Meeting
https://mak-ac-ug.zoom.us/j/81839472503?pwd=b5PjeK5Jb0MmIVq34aynAEQh4wI4tW.1
Meeting ID: 818 3947 2503
Passcode: 009500
Opponent
Professor Emma Thomson, PhD, FRCP, Clinical Professor of Infectious Diseases/Associate Director MRC – University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research & Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, NHS GG&C
Supervisors
Assoc. Prof. Ponsiano Ocama, Academic Hepatologist, Department of Medicine, SOM, College of Health Sciences Makerere University
Dr. Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi, Global Health Specialist, Public Health, Cambridge University
Professor Gregory D. Kirk, Vice Dean for Research, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Internal Examiners
Professor Harriet K. Mayanja, Department of Medicine, SOM, College of Health Sciences Makerere University
Assoc. Prof. Charles Karamagi, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Paediatrics, College of Health Sciences Makerere University
External Examiner
Professor Thomas Vanwolleghem, Deputy Head of the Department Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp.
Defense Chair
The Dean School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University
