Raphael Owor, MBChB, MD, FRCPath, ScD, is a Ugandan

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pathologist Pathology is the study of the causal, causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when us ...

, academic and medical researcher. He is the immediate past Chancellor of

Mbarara University of Science and Technology Mbarara University of Science & Technology (MUST), commonly known as Mbarara University, is a public university in Uganda. Mbarara University commenced student intake and instruction in 1989. It is one of the ten public universities and degree ...

, serving in that capacity from 2003 until 2007. Prior to that, he served as the Dean of

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, after serving as Pathology Professor and Head of Department at Makerere University.

Early life and education

For his O-Level and A-Level studies, Owor attended St. Peter's College Tororo, before he was admitted to

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 ...

to study human medicine. He graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. He further obtained the degree of

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in Pathology, also from Makerere. Following his studies at Makerere, he received further training in the

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, specializing in

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. He was conferred with the title of

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. Later, on 30 January 2010, Mbarara University awarded him an

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degree.

Career

Owor was one of the academicians who remained behind running Makerere University Medical School, when Ugandan dictator

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expelled Asians in 1972. Owor took over the Department of Pathology and started training new Pathologists under the Master of Medicine in Pathology program. Under his tenure, the Master of Medicine in Hematology program was also introduced. Later, he served as the Dean, Makerere University School of Medicine, before he served as the chancellor of Mbarara University, from 2003 until 2007. He was the first person in Uganda, who is not a head of State, to serve as the chancellor of a public university.

Other responsibilities

In 2003, he became the founding

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of the African Health Research Forum, a pan-

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n organisation that aims to promote health research for development in Africa.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Owor, Rahael Living people Ugandan pathologists People from Tororo District Ugandan Roman Catholics Makerere University alumni Academic staff of Makerere University Academic staff of Mbarara University People from Eastern Region, Uganda Fellows of the Royal College of Pathologists Year of birth missing (living people)

Early life and education

Career

Other responsibilities

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