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Andrew Ddungu Kambugu is a Ugandan physician who serves as The Sande-McKinnell Executive Director at Uganda Infectious Disease Institute and a Honorary Senior lecturer at Makerere University College of Sciences. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the
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. In July 2020, he was appointed to the
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2021 Food System Scientific Group.


Early life and education

Kambugu was born on 22 February 1973 in Kampala, Uganda. He attended Buganda Road Primary School, King's College Budo for both O & A level and in 1992 he was enrolled at
Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...
,
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for a
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and
surgery Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...
and a Masters degree in
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specialising in Internal Medicine graduating in 1997 and 2002 respectively. He is a trained fellow in infectious diseases from
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Career

Kambugu did his medical internship at Mulago National hospital in Kampala (1997–98) and has served as a Medical Officer of Uganda Telecom (1998-1999), as a Medical Resident in the Department of Medicine at
Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...
Medical School (October 1998-November 2002), as a physician attending Ward 4B at
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(December 2002 - August 2005) as Head of Preventative Care and Treatment Programme (2005-2012), as Head of Research Programme (May 2012- update) and in May 2013 he was appointed as The Sande-McKinnell Executive Director at Infectious Disease Institute. Kambugu is a Honorary Senior lecturer in the Department of Medicine at
Makerere University College of Health Sciences Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) is a constituent college of Makerere University, Uganda's oldest university. The schools of the college offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the biomedical sciences, health science ...
. He has presented at Medical conferences inside and outside Uganda such as at Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, The International AIDS conference, The South Africa HIV Clinicians Society (2014, 2016), The International Workshop on HIV in Resource Limited Settings(2012, 2014, 2015 $2016). Kambugu serves as a consultant to the
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on Antiretroviral Therapy since 2010.


Research

He is cited with an
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of 39, i10 index of 120 and with 6598 citations in over 120 peer-reviewed journal in scientific publications. He is a Council member for African Centers of Excellence in Bioinformatics. Some of his most cited articles are listed below; * Timing of antiretroviral therapy after diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis * Outcomes of cryptococcal meningitis in Uganda before and after the availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy * Retention in care among HIV-infected patients in resource-limited settings: emerging insights and new directions * Cost-Effectiveness of Serum Cryptococcal Antigen Screening to Prevent Deaths among HIV-Infected Persons with a CD4+ Cell Count ≤100 Cells/''μ''L Who Start HIV Therapy in Resource-Limited Settings * Clinical features and serum biomarkers in HIV immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome after cryptococcal meningitis: a prospective cohort study * Predictors of long-term viral failure among ugandan children and adults treated with antiretroviral therapy * Paucity of initial cerebrospinal fluid inflammation in cryptococcal meningitis is associated with subsequent immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome * Assessment of second-line antiretroviral regimens for HIV therapy in Africa * Severe renal dysfunction and risk factors associated with renal impairment in HIV-infected adults in Africa initiating antiretroviral therapy * Tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in countries with limited resources * Cause-specific mortality and the contribution of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in the first 3 years after antiretroviral therapy initiation in an urban African cohort * Retention in Care and Patient-Reported Reasons for Undocumented Transfer or Stopping Care Among HIV-Infected Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Eastern Africa: Application of a Sampling-Based Approach * Belief in divine healing can be a barrier to antiretroviral therapy adherence in Uganda


Personal life

Kambugu is married to Joyce Balagadde-Kambugu and they have two children.


References


External links


Website of Infectious Diseases Institute
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