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Joseph Lutaakome
ID: UNCST-2020-R008323
Exploring strategies to improve cervical cancer prevention in women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Uganda
REFNo: HS2954ES

To evaluate the care cascade of cervical cancer screening, and completion of the steps of this cascade, in WLHIV pre- and post-integration with HIV healthcare services in Uganda.

To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the ScreenFire® HPV assay (Atila Biosystems, Inc., Mountain View, California) to detect HPV infection compared to Gene Xpert HPV assay (Cepheid, Inc, Sunnyvale, California).

To understand country-level perspectives of integration of cervical cancer screening
strategies within routine HIV healthcare services
Uganda 2023-09-11 10:36:35 2026-09-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Dickens Akena Howard
ID: UNCST-2019-R000179
NeuroGAP follow up study on Anhedonia, OCD, Discrimination, and Suicidality
REFNo: HS3158ES

1.Characterize anhedonia, OCD, stigma, and suicidality using diagnoses and item-level data collected across the NeuroGAP samples. 2. Generate high-quality harmonized phenotype data across psychiatric conditions in the study population, and 3. Conduct genetic analyses aimed at identifying genes linked to anhedonia, OCD, stigma and suicidality in the NeuroGAP-Psychosis the Ugandan populations, develop population-valid polygenic risk scores and contribute data to global meta-analyses aimed at identifying genes for these psychiatric conditions in African and trans-ethnic populations.
Uganda 2023-09-08 14:00:44 2026-09-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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ESTIMATION OF STANDARD HEIGHT OF OCCLUSAL RIM BLOCK FOR COMPLETE DENTURE FABRICATION AMONG UGANDAN POPULATION ATTENDING MAKERERE UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL IN KAMPALA, UGANDA: KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCES, AND PERCEPTIONS OF PATIENTS AND DENTAL PRACTITIONERS.
REFNo: HS3092ES

iv.To evaluate the suitability of the established standard occlusal rim block height among the dental clinicians in Makerere University Dental Hospital in Kampala district of Uganda.,iii.To establish the standard occlusion rim block height among patients attending Makerere University Dental Hospital in Kampala district of Uganda. ,ii.To explore the experiences, knowledge, and perceptions of the dental clinicians and technologists in denture fabrication procedures. ,i.To explore lived experiences, knowledge, and perceptions among the complete denture wearers attending Makerere University Dental Hospital in Kampala district of Uganda. ,To establish the patients’ and clinicians’ experiences, knowledge, and perceptions on complete denture usage and estimate the standard height of occlusal rim block among Ugandan edentulous patients attending Makerere University Dental Hospital, Uganda.,
Uganda 2023-09-05 14:10:54 2026-09-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Faith Nawagi
ID: UNCST-2021-R013751
Expansion of LactaMedia’s Image Collection on LactaHub to Africa with Uganda as a Pilot Country
REFNo: HS3028ES

To expand LactaMedia’s image collection to include women from African ethnicities. ,LactaMedia’s goal is to curate a robust, ever growing media resource, rich with contributions that reflect communities around the globe.,
Uganda 2023-09-05 14:09:24 2026-09-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Victoria Namuggala Flavia
ID: UNCST-2019-R000991
Identity and Belonging: Indigenous Perspectives to Teenage Parenthood in Uganda
REFNo: SS1920ES

Overall, the study intends to explore from an indigenous perspective the influence of teenage parenthood on identity formation and belonging among young people in central Uganda.
Specifically, the study will;
1. Explore the gendered experiences relating to identity and belonging encountered by teenage parents in Kampala.
2. Examine the forms of resistance and agency teenage parents adopt in claiming their individual and collective identity as members of indigenous groups.
3. Explore indigenous community perceptions relating to teenage parenting in Kampala.
4. Examine social norms and language relating to teenage parenthood in Kampala

Uganda 2023-09-05 14:08:13 2026-09-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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