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Lucia Rost Aline
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Negotiating time use: an inter-generational mixed methods approach to intra-household decision-making on care and domestic work in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS59ES

My research develops an intergenerational approach to understanding intra-household decision-making on time use, especially with regards to time spent on care work—in the post-conflict setting in Northern Uganda.
Germany 2017-06-13 2020-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
China Scherz Rose
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Investigating the Role of Spiritual Experience and Social Support in Processes of Personal Change: Alcohol Abuse and Therapeutic Pathways in Uganda
REFNo: SS65ES

RESEARCH QUESTION TO BE ADDRESSED BY THIS PROPOSAL 1) How do spiritual experiences influence people’s efforts to change health-related behaviors? 2) How does social support influence people’s efforts to change their health-related behaviors? 3) How are these two factors interrelated?
USA 2017-06-13 2020-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Sarah Bridge
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Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Meningitis Registry
REFNo: HS61ES

Our primary goal is to collect clinical, laboratory, demographic, geographic and economic data in real-time on Ugandan meningitis patients and to compile this information into a meningitis registry. Our central hypothesis is that data extracted from this registry can be used to guide meningitis treatment and prevention, improve resource allocation, facilitate treatment distribution networks, improve global data on meningitis and inform health care policy in Uganda and other similar countries in the meningitis belt. Aim 1: To use the FilmArray ME assay and GenExpert Ultra assays, in conjunction with existing CSF testing, to diagnose etiologies of meningitis in children and adults at MRRH. -We hypothesize that the use of FilmArray ME and GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra assays at MRRH will allow better characterization of meningitis epidemiology in Uganda and streamline care decisions through the creation of a diagnostic algorithm for meningitis patients. Aim 2: To gather population-based epidemiologic data on meningitis in Mbarara, Uganda, in a centralized meningitis registry. -We hypothesize that creation of a meningitis registry will guide meningitis treatment and prevention, improve resource allocation, facilitate treatment distribution networks, improve global data on meningitis and inform health care policy in Uganda. Aim 3: To gather population based data on the economic impact of meningitis and its complications through cost questionnaires to better characterize the financial burden of meningitis to patients in resource-limited settings. -We hypothesize that the cost burden to patients with meningitis is significant and that a cost-effective analysis will lead to informed recommendations to guide health policy in Uganda.
USA 2017-06-13 2020-06-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Rene Dommain
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Testing Historical Presence of Mountain Gorillas and Elephants in an African Biodiversity Hotspot using Targeted Enrichment of Sedimentary Ancient DNA
REFNo: NS13ES

Reconstructing the floristic and vegetation history of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for the past ca. 30000 years. Determining the past presence and invasion history of mountain gorillas and elephants at Bwindi Forest. Determining the natural climatic and habitat conditions that enable gorilla survival and predict future gorilla distribution in Uganda.
 Germany 2017-06-13 2020-06-13 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Tiffany Atkinson Aria
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Testing the role of turbidity and diet on the reproductive traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae)
REFNo: NS16ES

The goal of the proposed research is to better understand the influence of turbidity and diet on the behavior and development of reproductive traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae).
 USA 2017-06-06 2020-06-06 Natural Sciences Degree Award
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