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Namara Grace
ID: UNCST-2023-R005711
 RE: READING BANYAKORE POTS: NARRATIVES OF MARRIAGE POTS BY WOMEN AND POTTERS OF BIHARWE, MBARARA CITY WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3475ES

1. To establish the historical evolution that grounds the Banyakore marriage pots in the context of design and the associated traditions, norms and practices
2. To examine factors that influence meaning making of the Banyakore marriage pots among the people of Mbarara City, southwestern Uganda from its inception to the present day
3. To document the role and cultural relevance of the Banyakore marriage pots based on the narratives of Women and Potters of Mbarara City, Western Uganda

 Uganda 2025-07-22 16:49:00 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rita Nassanga
ID: UNCST-2020-R014686
 USE OF BRAIN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS4777ES

1. To document information about the use of brain MRI for dementia in low- and middleincome countries based on a systematic review and meta-analysis from published literature. 2. To explore the perceptions and practices of imaging personnel and physicians in using brain MRI as a diagnostic approach for dementia in Uganda. 3. To describe the volume and structural changes in brain MRI of patients with a clinical diagnosis of Dementia. 4. To determine the agreement between brain MRI and the Mini Mental State Exam in the diagnosis of dementia. 5. To determine the effect of training of Radiology Senior House Officers and Radiologists on the brain MRI interpretation for patients with a clinical diagnosis of dementia.
Uganda 2025-07-22 16:39:18 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
COMFORT ANKUNDA
ID: UNCST-2024-R004433
 The Role of Sport in Social inclusion and integration in Sweden and Uganda
REFNo: SS3768ES

Objectives
The primary objective of the study is explore how sport facilitates or otherwise hinders social inclusion and integration especially for vulnerable children and youth including those with a migrant background, living in poor families or affected HIV/AIDS or other disasters. The study will explore the following questions:
1. How is social inclusion and integration understood and defined by the children, youth and staff in sport-based projects that contribute to social inclusion and integration and by other relevant actors and stakeholders?
2. How do the involved young people perceive and experience the sport-based projects that contribute to social inclusion and integration they participate in?
3. What enables or limits beneficiaries’ and leaders’ participation in the different levels of sport-based initiatives that contribute to social inclusion and integration?
4. What needs to be done to improve the active participation of children and youth in their own social inclusion and integration processes?

 Sweden 2025-07-22 16:30:39 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Linda Adiru Atiku
ID: UNCST-2024-R015308
 Laboratory-Based Surveillance for Eschar-Associated Rickettsial Infections in Uganda
REFNo: HS5142ES

1. To retrospectively identify any eschar swabs collected during January 1, 2021, through November 30, 2024 as part of routine anthrax surveillance that are positive for Rickettsia spp.
2. To prospectively identify any eschar swabs collected beginning December 1,2024 through December 31, 2025 as part of routine anthrax surveillance for diagnostic purposes that are positive for Rickettsia spp.
3. To describe the epidemiology of persons with rickettsial infection identified from eschar swabs collected for anthrax surveillance.

 Uganda 2025-07-22 15:53:57 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
OLIVERCAROLINE WOKALI
ID: UNCST-2025-R017008
 Prevalence and factors associated with neurodevelopmental impairment among children with and without HIV from infancy to prepuberty at Mbarara: a multi-center study
REFNo: HS6174ES

1. To determine the prevalence of neurodevelopmental impairments among children with and without HIV 2. To determine the factors associated with neurodevelopmental impairments among children with and without HIV
 Uganda 2025-07-22 15:52:51 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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