Churchill Lukwiya Onen (born c. 1955) is a
Ugandan
physician and
medical researcher
Medical research (or biomedical research), also known as experimental medicine, encompasses a wide array of research, extending from " basic research" (also called ''bench science'' or ''bench research''), – involving fundamental scienti ...
, who serves as a
Senior Consultant Physician at the ''Centre for Chronic Diseases'', in
Gaborone,
Botswana.
Background and education
Onen was born in Uganda circa 1955. He attended local elementary schools. He studied at
Namilyango College for his high school education, graduating with a
High School Diploma
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in 1973.
In 1974, he was admitted to
Makerere University Medical School, the oldest school of medicine in
East Africa
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Due to the historical ...
. He graduated in 1979 with a
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (
MBChB) degree.
Following a year of internship, and another as a medical officer, he returned to Makerere to pursue a
Master of Medicine in
Internal Medicine, graduating in 1984. In 2010, the same university awarded him a
Doctor of Medicine degree, based on his research and thesis on ''Macrovascular Complications of Diabetes in adults in Botswana''.
Dr Onen is a
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, having been awarded the Fellowship in 2005.
Career
Dr Onen is a senior consultant physician at the ''Centre for Chronic Diseases'', a private medical practice that offers treatment in a number of specialties, including Cardiology, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, among others. The practice is based at
Gaborone Private Hospital
Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census.
Gaboron ...
, Botswana.
Family
Dr Churchill Lukwiya Onen is married to Dr Margaret Aber Onen, a librarian and social worker. Together, they are the parents of Dr Barbara Lachana Onen, an Internal Medicine Specialist Physician consultant in acute care medicine, and Dennis Lukwiya Onen, a recording artist.
Other considerations
Dr Churchill Onen is the founder and president of Diabetes Association of Botswana. In the past, he served as Project Manager of MASA, the mass population antiretroviral therapy programme in Botswana, which began in 2002.
Book chapters edited
Management of Hypertension and Dyslipidemia for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular DiseaseAuthors: Panniyammakal Jeemon, Rajeev Gupta, Churchill Onen, Alma Adler, Thomas Gaziano, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Neil Poulter. In ''Disease Control Priorities'' (third edition): Volume 5, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Related Disorders. Washington, DC: World Bank. 2017.
References
External links
About Life Gaborone Private Hospital
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21st-century Ugandan physicians
Living people
Acholi people
1954 births
Makerere University alumni
People from Northern Region, Uganda
People educated at Namilyango College
Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
20th-century Ugandan physicians