David M. Serwadda is a Ugandan

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, public health specialist and medical administrator. Currently he is a

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Makerere University School of Public Health Makerere University School of Public Health (MUSPH) is one of the schools that comprise the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, a constituent college of Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. Location M ...

, one of the schools of

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 ...

, a semi-autonomous constituent college of

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, the oldest university in Uganda. Serwadda is also a founding member of ''Accordia Global Health Foundation’s Academic Alliance.

Background and education

He was born in

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, Uganda's capital city. Serwadda was educated at

Namilyango College Namilyango College is a boys-only boarding middle and high school located in Mukono District in the Central Region of Uganda, whose history and excellence in sports and academics have made it one of the most prestigious schools in Uganda. It is ...

, a prestigious, all-boys residential middle and high school (Grades 8 - 13), located in

Mukono District Mukono is one of the districts in the Central Region of Uganda. The town of Mukono is home to the district's main commercial center and district headquarters. Location Mukono District is bordered by Kayunga District to the north, Jinja Distri ...

, from 1972 until 1977. In 1978, he entered the Makerere University School of Medicine, where he obtained a

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, graduating in 1983. He went on to obtain a

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degree, specializing in internal medicine, also from Makerere University, in the mid-1980s. He later obtained a

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degree and a Master of Public Health degree, both from the

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, USA.

Work experience

In the early 1980s, Serwadda was one of the earliest physicians in Uganda to recognize the new disease that caused patients to lose weight and "slim" down to abnormal chachectic sizes. The new disease, at first called ''Slim Disease'', became known as

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/ AIDS. He has been a leading researcher in the epidemiology of

/ AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. He has published the finding of his research in numerous

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and other peer publications. He has attended many national, regional and International conferences as a presenter and/or moderator on the subject matter. In the 1990s, he was appointed Director of the then Makerere Institute of Public Health. He served in that position until 2007 when he was promoted to the position of

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, following the elevation of the Institute to a constituent School of

. He later resigned as Dean of the School of Public Health, but he continues to teach and carry out research in his capacity as Professor of Public Health. Serwadda is a Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences.

Personal details

Serwadda is married and, by his wife Deborah Serwadda, is the father of three adult children.

References

External links

Website of Accordia Global Health Foundation
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Background and education

Work experience

Personal details

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