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Oyo Charles
ID: UNCST-2025-R017632
 Governing Board Functionality in Catholic Institutions in Uganda: Critical Refelection on Education and Health Institutions
REFNo: SS3883ES

1.3 The General Objective
The general objective of this study is to explore the functionality of the governing boards in Catholic institutions in Uganda.
1.4 Specific Objectives
1. To assess the governing boards functions in Catholic institutions in Uganda.
2. To assess the drivers of governing board functionality in catholic institutions in Uganda.
3. To assess employees’ perceptions on governing board functionality in Catholic Institutions


Uganda 2025-07-10 13:51:55 2028-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Mary Nabacwa Ssonko
ID: UNCST-2023-R007407
 The contribution of Results Based Financing Supported Health Facilities to Gender Based Violence and Reproductive Health Service Provision: A Case Study of the Heroes Program in Eastern and Central Uganda
REFNo: SS3906ES

Identify the scope of coverage of GBV/RH in Heroes program RBF enrolled versus non-enrolled health facilities. ,To examine the challenges of the RBF approach in GBV/RH work in health facilities in the Heroes program districts of focus. ,To assess the contribution of RBF to the health systems strengthening blocks in GBV/RH service provision in the Heroes program. ,To examine the levels of satisfaction with the GBV/RH services in the Heroes program RBF enrolled versus non-enrolled health facilities. ,To assess the contribution of RBF to GBV/RH service provision in supported health facilities in Central and Eastern Uganda using the case of the Heroes Program.,
 Uganda 2025-07-10 13:47:16 2028-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Pauline Byakika-Kibwika
ID: UNCST-2019-R001206
 ASSESSING TRAINING NEEDS FOR RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE MEMBERS REGARDING THEIR COMPETENCES TO REVIEW PROTOCOLS WITH EMERGING AND COMPLEX STUDY DESIGNS, AND RESEARCH INVOLVING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN SOUTH-WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: HS6001ES

2. To identify training needs of REC members regarding their competences in reviewing research protocols involving vulnerable populations ,1. To identify the training needs of REC members regarding their competences in reviewing research protocols with emerging and complex study designs,To assess the training needs of REC members in South - Western Uganda regarding their competences to review protocols with emerging and complex study designs as well as research involving vulnerable populations with the aim of building their capacity and expertise to enhance the ethical review process,
 Uganda 2025-07-10 13:44:53 2028-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Okoya  James Nil
ID: UNCST-2024-R004572
 Anaerobic co-digestion of Cow dung with Soya bean and sunflower wastes. Process Optimization and Life Cycle Assessment.
REFNo: SIR530ES

The general objective of the study is to evaluate the applicability of anaerobic co-digestion of Cow dung with soya bean and sunflower wastes.
Specific Objectives:
i. Characterize the physical and chemical properties of cow dung, on-farm Soya bean, and Sunflower Wastes.
ii. Optimize anaerobic co-digestion conditions of cow dung with on-farm soya bean and sunflower wastes.
iii. Quantify the GHG emissions from the AcoD to estimate their environmental impacts.
 Uganda 2025-07-10 13:43:28 2028-07-10 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Jasmine Therese Arcilla Baltazar
ID: UNCST-2025-R017891
 Tapeworms, Gender and Pig Farming
REFNo: HS6091ES

The overall aim of this research is to develop a deeper understanding of the socioecological gender structures that lead to the endemicity of Taenia solium in smallholder pig farming communities in northern Uganda, focusing on the formed perceptions and behavioral outcomes related to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and pig care taking. The following are the sub objectives. 1) To explore how gender structures shape understanding of pig wellbeing and WASH-related caretaking practices. 2) To understand the ways gender structures in smallholder pig farming communities in Uganda influence the perception of health risks in relation to T. solium and WASH practices. 3) To find ways for socioecological and gender ‘spill-overs’ to be better integrated into One Health-WASH approaches in smallholder pig farming communities in Uganda.
 Philippines 2025-07-10 13:40:32 2028-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Clare Clingain
ID: UNCST-2020-R014406
 Unpacking mentorship effects for hosts and refugees in Nairobi and Kampala
REFNo: SS3924ES

1. Understand why mentorship may work better for certain demographic subgroups. 2. Understand why women appeared to not benefit from any arm of the program, and better understand what changes or additions to both cash and mentorship programs may be necessary to see similar improvements for women as for men
 USA 2025-07-10 13:38:24 2028-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sande Ojara
ID: UNCST-2019-R000236
 Pilot Validation of the verify-IMI for comprehensive maternal-perinatal risk assessment and tracking at St. Mary’s Lacor Hospital, Gulu city, Uganda.
REFNo: HS6054ES

1.3 Study Objectives
1.3.1 General Objective
To validate the Verify-IMI software for maternal-perinatal risk assessment and tracking, assessing its accuracy, feasibility, and impact on clinical decision-making at St. Mary's Lacor Hospital.
1.3.2 Specific Objectives
● To train and assess healthcare workers' proficiency in using Verify-IMI for maternal-perinatal risk assessment and monitoring.
● To evaluate the accuracy and predictive performance of the Verify-IMI software in identifying high-risk pregnancies compared to standard clinical assessments.
● To determine the impact of Verify-IMI on clinical decision-making, maternal-perinatal risk stratification, and early intervention.
● To assess the feasibility and acceptability of Verify-IMI among healthcare providers and pregnant women at St. Mary's Lacor Hospital.

 Uganda 2025-07-10 13:37:15 2028-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
SSENTONGO JOHN
ID: UNCST-2025-R016726
 COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES, EXPERIENCES, AND FACTORS THAT SHAPE THE PERCEPTIONS ON THE INFORMED CONSENT PROCESS IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH IN BUSHENYI DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: HS6055ES

Objectives:

Main Objective
1. To examine the community perspectives, experiences, and factors that shape the perceptions on the informed consent process in public health research in Bushenyi district, Southwestern Uganda.
Specific Objectives
1. To explore the perspectives of community members concerning the informed consent process in public health research in Bushenyi District, Southwestern Uganda.
2. To describe the experiences of community members concerning the informed consent process in public health research in Bushenyi District, Southwestern Uganda.
3. To establish the factors that shape the perceptions on the informed consent process in public health research in Bushenyi district, Southwestern Uganda.
 Uganda 2025-07-10 13:33:40 2028-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Astrid Jenkins Yogi
ID: UNCST-2024-R015681
 The Making of Memory: Tracing the Origins, Development, and Contestation of Post-Colonial Memory Regimes in East Africa
REFNo: SS3936ES

This research investigates the emergence and evolution of post-colonial memory regimes in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, focusing on how these states have navigated the legacy of British colonialism after independence. It explores why states with traumatic colonial histories take divergent approaches to memorialising trauma, and how these memory regimes shape national identity and international relations. By examining the institutional, cultural, and diplomatic dimensions of memory politics—particularly through national curricula, monuments, independence celebrations, and post-colonial foreign policy—the project contributes to International Relations and memory studies by deepening our understanding of how national memory evolves after traumatic historical events. In doing so, it has three primary objectives: first, to make a theoretical contribution by addressing a gap in International Relations (IR) literature on memory politics, which has the tendency to focus on European and East Asian contexts, and thereby neglects an understanding of the development of official memory in the African context; second, to provide empirical insights into how East African states navigated nation-building and the politics of remembrance in the context of ethnic diversity, colonial legacy, and broader systemic pressures; and third, to highlight the utility of moving away from a predominant focus on conflict as the object of study in international relations, which offers limited insight into cases where states undergo a traumatic period, and yet do not develop strong state led nationalist politics surrounding that trauma. The study combines archival research, elite interviews, and discourse analysis. Archival work will be conducted at Makerere University and the National Archives of Uganda, focusing on records related to post-colonial state building, commemorative practices, and UK–Ugandan relations. Interviews will be held with policymakers, civil society actors, academic experts, and individuals with expertise in the independence struggle and memory politics. Ethical considerations remain central to the project. Participation in interviews will be voluntary, with informed consent obtained in writing, or recorded verbally if necessary. Interviewees may withdraw at any time without penalty, and pseudonyms will be used unless express permission is granted. Data will be securely stored and anonymised.
 Cyprus 2025-07-10 13:31:14 2028-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Elly Atuhumuza
ID: UNCST-2024-R002706
 Evaluating the Effects of StrongMinds Commu-nity-Based Group Interpersonal Therapy on De-pression and Secondary Outcomes in Uganda: A Randomized Controlled Trial
REFNo: SS3945ES

This study aims to evaluate the impact of the StrongMinds IPT-G model in reducing depressive symptoms and improving secondary outcomes related to quality of life and labour supply. The study also seeks to assess the feasibility of delivering a compressed six-week IPT-G intervention in a programmatic setting. Additionally, as this is a pilot RCT, this study will inform the proto-cols, outcome metrics and optimal design of an eventual larger-scale efficacy study.
Uganda 2025-07-10 13:30:00 2028-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Arinaitwe lucian
ID: UNCST-2025-R018143
 THE CONTRIBUTION OF OBUNTU TOWARDS PEACE-BUILDING IN KIGEZI-UGANDA
REFNo: SS4019ES

1. To investigate Obuntu philosophies in terms of ethical values espousing contribution towards peace-building efforts, in Kigezi region 2. To assess the Obuntu-peace implementations, in terms of what is done, up to the grassroots levels 3. To determine the leading factors responsible in unraveling conflicts thereof
 Uganda 2025-07-10 13:28:08 2028-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Stephen Oupal
ID: UNCST-2024-R003568
 Baseline for Uganda Refugees Resilience Initiative Project
REFNo: A609ES

I. To establish the baseline values of the log frame indicators on outcome and output level in accordance with the two consortia (DRC and SCI) project Log frames.
II. To provide context information about the project’s relevant thematic areas through qualitative interviews.

 Uganda 2025-07-10 13:25:48 2028-07-10 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jane Patricia Bako
ID: UNCST-2025-R017603
 ASSESSMENT OF UGANDA’S LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS
REFNo: SS3968ES

1. Examine the mental health and well-being challenges of legal professionals in Uganda
2. Assess how the theoretical frameworks can help to understand these challenges
3. Examine how mental health challenges affect the performance of legal professionals and the justice ecosystem in Uganda
4. Establish how the mental health and well-being of legal professionals in Uganda can be improved.

 Uganda 2025-07-10 13:20:18 2028-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Gloria Kaudha
ID: UNCST-2025-R017148
 Assessing the clinical practices of primary Health Care Workers in evaluating children presenting with acute respiratory symptoms and skin infections at Health Center IVs and IIIs in Kampala, Uganda.
REFNo: HS6119ES

General Objective:
To Assess the clinical practices of primary Health Care Workers evaluating children presenting with acute respiratory symptoms and skin infections in Kampala, Uganda.

Specific Objectives:
1.To assess the clinical practices (history, physical examination, investigations and treatment) of health care workers in evaluating children with acute respiratory symptoms and skin infections in Kampala, Uganda.
2.To describe the facilitators and barriers to the clinical practices including treatment given to children with acute respiratory symptoms and skin infections

 Uganda 2025-07-10 13:17:46 2028-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bongomin Joachim
ID: UNCST-2025-R017414
 GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL MAPPING USING HYDROLOGIC, DROGEOLOGIC AND STRUCTURAL MODELS IN TOCHI WATERSHED (UGANDA)
REFNo: SIR527ES

General objective
To develop methodology for delineation of groundwater recharge zone using hydrologic,
hydrogeologic and structural models.

Specific objectives
1. To develop groundwater flow map within the vadose zone using SWAT model.
2. To develop groundwater table profile for the watershed.
3. To generate litho-stratigraphic pile potential to transmit groundwater.
4. To delineate groundwater potential in Tochi watershed.

Uganda 2025-07-10 13:14:02 2028-07-10 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Charlotte Brown Louise
ID: UNCST-2021-R012078
 Plants, Toxicity and Science at African Borderlands: Cassava\'s Ambivalent History in West Nile, Uganda
REFNo: SS3980ES

To support the profile of situated knowledge in discussions of agricultural change,To contribute social science evidence to African Environmental Health,To contribute to debates within Geography concerning agricultural development,To understand the changing relationship of agricultural farmers to cassava in West Nile, Uganda,
 UK 2025-07-10 13:12:43 2028-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Tumwebaze G Godfrey
ID: UNCST-2024-R002158
 AN INTEGRATED MOBILE COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK FOR ENHANCING LIVESTOCK DISEASES MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY SERVICES
REFNo: SIR490ES

Main Objective 1. The overall goal is to enhance the monitoring, controlling and management of livestock diseases using a comprehensive mobile-based communication framework. Specific Objectives 1. Evaluate the challenges and barriers livestock (cattle) farmers face in managing diseases and accessing advisory services through mobile communication technologies. 2. Develop of an integrated mobile communication framework for enhancing livestock disease management and advisory services. 3. Evaluate the usability, acceptability and effectiveness of the developed framework through the use of a mobile application
 Uganda 2025-07-10 13:06:07 2028-07-10 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Cynthia Agema Lysanne
ID: UNCST-2025-R018967
 Exploring the balance between social disappointment and inequity aversion in chimpanzees.
REFNo: NS979ES

The objective of this study is to gain deeper insight into the behavioural responses of chimpanzees to unequal reward distributions, and to examine whether these responses are primarily driven by social disappointment or by inequity aversion. We aim to better understand the cognitive and emotional processes underlying social evaluation in great apes. The study contributes to the scientific understanding of the evolutionary roots of fairness and social expectations, and offers practical value for improving animal welfare, especially in captive or sanctuary settings, by adapting care practices based on species-specific social sensitivity.
 Netherlands 2025-07-10 12:51:39 2028-07-10 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Martin Kaddumukasa.
ID: UNCST-2024-R003870
 Prospective Global Platform to Evaluate and Enhance Cognitive and Functional Trajectories after Stroke (PROSPECT)
REFNo: HS5743ES

We will identify the natural history and population attributable
risk of key factors for post-stroke cognitive and functional
impairment, including baseline characteristics, details of the index
stroke and post-stroke complications
 Uganda 2025-07-10 12:50:40 2028-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Daniel Atwine
ID: UNCST-2019-R012948
 SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF THE PHOTO-KABADA DEVICE AS COMPARED TO DEVICES IN ROUTINE USE IN ADMINISTERING PHOTOTHERAPY FOR BABIES WITH NEONATAL JAUNDICE: AN OPEN-LABEL, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (MUST-2024-1404).
REFNo: HS5411ES

5) Secondary: To describe the experiences of health workers using the test (Photo-Kabada) and control PT devices and caretakers of children treated with these devices.,4) Secondary: To compare the other safety and efficacy outcomes when babies are treated with Photo-Kabada compared to available phototherapy devices on the neonatal unit of MRRH. ,3) Secondary: To compare the reduction in bilirubin levels per unit time when babies are treated with Photo-Kabada compared to available phototherapy devices on the neonatal unit of MRRH. ,2) Primary: To compare the efficacy of Photo-Kabada phototherapy machine with existing phototherapy machine at selected hospitals in treating neonates with jaundice.,1) Primary: To compare the safety of Photo-Kabada phototherapy machine with existing phototherapy machine at selected hospitals in treating neonates with jaundice.,
 Uganda 2025-07-10 11:09:52 2028-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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