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ANNETTEE NAKIMULI OLIVIA
ID: UNCST-2022-R011194
 Early pregnancy predictors of pre-eclampsia and its adverse outcomes in Uganda: a prospective cohort study at a busy peri-urban hospital
REFNo: HS918ES

1) To determine the exposures (epidemiological, clinical, laboratory) linked to pre-eclampsia and its adverse outcomes.
2) To determine the positive predictive value of screening using biomarkers (soluble Flt-1 and placental growth factor) and serial ultrasound for pre-eclampsia and its adverse outcomes.
3) To generate a resource of data and biological samples to facilitate hypothesis driven and discovery based approaches to identifying novel predictors and/or mechanisms of pre-eclampsia.

Uganda 2020-12-03 2023-12-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Emanuele Colonnelli
ID:
INFORMATION FRICTIONS IN GOVERNMENT-FIRM RELATIONSHIPS
REFNo: SS606ES

The broad objective of our research is to provide the first comprehensive
understanding of the market for government contracts in a LIC country, with an emphasis on understanding what are the main challenges to the participation of firms to the procurement process and to the competitiveness and efficiency of public procurement.
 Italy 2020-12-03 2023-12-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
GRACE MBABAZI
ID:
HIV AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN UGANDA A Narrative exploration of lived experiences of HIV positive in- patients that develop comorbid Psychiatric disorders in Uganda, A Psychoanalytic Psychotherapeutic Perspective
REFNo: HS614ES

Aim and objectives
The proposed study intended to explore the lived experiences of people with HIV infection who develop psychiatric disorders using a psychotherapeutic approach. To fulfil this aim, the following objectives will be met:
• Explore the experiences of people with HIV and co-morbid psychiatric diagnoses
• Understand the lived experiences through a psychotherapeutic perspective
• Establish the key challenges facing this patient group and implications of these findings for future research

UK 2020-12-02 2023-12-02 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Peter Akera Akera
ID:
ORAL HEALTH AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN GULU DISTRICT, NORTHERN UGANDA
REFNo: HS700ES

1. To determine oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among children (11-13 years).
2. To describe the current oral health status of children (11-13 years).
3. To explore schoolteacher’s perceptions and knowledge in relation to oral health, risk factors, and their contribution in health promotion.
4. To explore the oral health promotion experiences in schools among leaders, stakeholders and policy makers.

 Uganda 2020-12-02 2023-12-02 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Stephen  Cose Christopher
ID: UNCST-2020-R015824
 A TB Postmortem Study
REFNo: HS703ES

• To determine the drivers of consent and decline for post mortem procedures and for donation of tissues for medical research
• To undertake postmortem procedures within 8 hours of death
• To determine cell viability and correlate this with time from death
• To undertake flow cytometry and cell stimulation studies to Identify phenotype, function and frequency of TB specific cells within tissues and blood of deceased patients
• To understand the tissue architecture and cell subset organization of cells involved and uninvolved tissues using new imaging techniques.


 UK 2020-12-02 2023-12-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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