Our Team

Meet Our Core Team

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Prof. Celestino Obua, PhD
Principal Investigator and Director

"Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (FUNAS) and the Vice Chancellor, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST)."

Prof. Celestino Obua, PhD
Principal Investigator
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Jessica Haberer, BS, MD
Principal Investigator

" an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Director of Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health. She has worked in global health since 2004 and conducted research on medication adherence for the treatment and prevention of HIV and tuberculosis since 2008. "

Jessica Haberer, BS, MD
Principal Investigator
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Leo Celi, MD, MSc, MPH
Principal Investigator

"a Clinical Research Director of the Laboratory of Computational Physiology. His laboratory developed and maintains the Medical Information Mart in Intensive Care (MIMIC) database."

Leo Celi, MD, MSc, MPH,
Principal Investigator
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Edith K. Wakida, PhD
Deputy Director

Edith K. Wakida, PhD
Deputy Director
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Samantha Mary, M&E
Hub Administrator

a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist and Certified Research Administrator with 10 years of experience in pre and post award management of NIH funded Grants.

Samantha Mary, M&E
Hub Administrator
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Dr. Ngonzi Joseph, PhD
Co - Investigator, Avemap Project, Uganda

Dr. Ngonzi Joseph, PhD
Co - Investigator, Avemap Project, Uganda
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Dr. Simon Arunga
Co - Investigator, Modria Project, Uganda

Dr. Simon Arunga
Co - Investigator
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Dr. Fred Kaggwa
Co - Investigator, DMAC

Dr. Fred Kaggwa
Co - Investigator, DMAC
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Mr. Mwavu Rogers
Key Person, DMAC

Mr. Mwavu Rogers
Key Person, DMAC
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Dr. Brendah Ainomugisha
Key Person, Avemap Project, Uganda

Dr. Brendah Ainomugisha
Key Person, Avemap Project,Uganda
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Dr. Thomas Okpoti Konney
Co - Investigator, Avemap Project, Ghana

Dr. Thomas Okpoti Konney
Co - Investigator, Avemap Project,Ghana
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Dr. Michael Gichangi
Co - Investigator, Modria Project, Kenya

Dr. Michael Gichangi
Co - Investigator, Modria Project, Kenya
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Dr. Teddy Kwaga
Kep Person, Modria Project, Uganda

Dr. Teddy Kwaga
Key Person. Modria Project, Uganda
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Dr. Nyawira Mwangi
Key Person, Modria Project, Kenya

Dr. Nyawira Mwangi
Key Person, Modria Project, Kenya
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Dr. Annette Abuya
Project Coordinator, Modria Project, Kenya

Dr. Annette Abuya
Project Coordinator, Modria Project, Kenya