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Christopher Sebuliba
ID: UNCST-2024-R003928
 CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AND FIRM PROFITABILITY IN HOTELS FOUND IN GREATER KAMPALA METROPOLITAN AREA, UGANDA
REFNo: SS3697ES

1. To assess the effects of customer relationship management on firm profitability in hotels in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.
2. To examine the mediating effect of customer satisfaction on the relationship between customer relationship management and firm profitability in hotels in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.
3. To evaluate the moderating influence of service quality on the relationship between customer relationship management and firm profitability in hotels in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.

 Uganda 2025-04-11 17:12:22 2028-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
JENNIFER KASABIITI
ID: UNCST-2021-R013974
 OBSTETRIC FISTULA AN INDICATOR OF MATERNAL HEALTH CARE IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS5475ES

1.To study the regional prevalence of obstetric fistula and the individual demographic and socio-economic factors associated with fistula risk among women in Uganda over time (2006-2020).
2.To examine the interlinkages between obstetric fistula occurrence, antenatal care (ANC) attendance, place of delivery, mode of delivery (vaginal birth/Caesarean birth) and health care provider on attendance
3.To understand the medical, personal experiences and history of women in Uganda living with an obstetric fistula
4.To understand the medical, personal experiences and history of women in Uganda living with an obstetric fistula
 Uganda 2025-04-11 17:11:02 2028-04-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nelson Muwereza
ID: UNCST-2024-R015793
 Development of Theileria parva transmission blocking antigens: toward control of East Coast fever cattle-disease
REFNo: NS914ES

1 Identify brown ear tick-saliva and T. parva coding proteins that induce cattle acquired tick and ECF immunity.
2 Examine the diversity of the identified genes of T. parva in ticks and cattle.
3 Develop recombinant proteins based on the identified tick-saliva and T. parva immunogenic gene sequences.
4 Formulate recombinant protein-based antigens and evaluate their potential to interfere with T. parva transmission in cattle and ticks

 Uganda 2025-04-11 17:09:47 2028-04-11 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mary Sally Kabasa
ID: UNCST-2024-R004662
 DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A CASCADED PCM LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE UNIT FOR EXTENDED NIGHT SOLAR CROP DRYING
REFNo: SIR487ES

General Objective: To develop and evaluate the performance of a cascaded PCM packed-bed latent heat thermal energy storage (PB-LHTES) unit capable of supplying energy for extended night drying of crops.

Specific Objectives:
i. To perform simulations to determine the appropriate quantities of the available PCMs required for the cascaded PCM LHTES unit to last at least 11 hours of discharge.
ii. To refine the design and develop the cascaded PCM LHTES system based on the simulation results, focusing on integrating the PCMs and system architecture.
iii. Test and evaluate the thermal performance and efficiency of the developed cascaded PCM LHTES unit in real-world conditions under no load.
iv. To Implement the cascaded PCM LHTES system in a pilot-scale solar drying setup and assess its performance in drying select crop types.

 Uganda 2025-04-11 17:08:32 2028-04-11 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Josephine Najjuma Nambi
ID: UNCST-2021-R013717
 Improving diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in pregnancy in Uganda
REFNo: HS5524ES

1. To describe the completeness of blood pressure measurements in the antenatal card among women attending the antenatal clinic
2. To describe the stakeholder’s knowledge, barriers and facilitators to screening and timely diagnosis of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
3. To describe the stakeholders self-reported solutions to the barriers to screening and timely diagnosis of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

 Uganda 2025-04-11 17:07:35 2028-04-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jenifer Apil
ID: UNCST-2025-R016724
 Convergence or Divergence: A comparative Analysis of Tradition and Scientific Recommended Cassava Processing Practices in Terego District Northwestern Uganda
REFNo: A562ES

i. To analyze the convergences or divergences between traditional and scientific recommeded cassava processing practices.
ii. To assess the consumer-preferred quality attributes of cassava flour and how they contest with the scientific recommended quality attributes.
iii. To evaluate perceived threat of cassava cyanide poisoning among the Lugbara communities

Uganda 2025-04-11 17:04:54 2028-04-11 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nelly  Jaden Aggrey
ID: UNCST-2024-R004165
 COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS TOWARDS PREGNENCY- RELATED CHALLENGES AMONG TEENAGERS IN MBARARA DISTRICT SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3644ES

TO ASSESS COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS AIMED AT ADDRESSING PREGNANCY- RELATED SOCIAL AND HEALTH CHALLENGES AMONG TEENAERS IN MBARARA DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN
South Sudan 2025-04-11 17:03:39 2028-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ian Ortega
ID: UNCST-2024-R016038
 Factors Influencing Newspaper Readership in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SS3651ES

i) To establish the influence of demographics on newspaper readership in Kampala.
ii) To establish the influence of socioeconomic status on newspaper readership in Kampala.
iii) To establish the influence of technology on newspaper readership in Kampala.
iv) To establish the influence of content perceptions on newspaper readership in Kampala.

 Uganda 2025-04-11 16:59:22 2028-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Enock  Kabanda
ID: UNCST-2023-R005775
 PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF DEPRESSION AMONG JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS IN KAMPALA METROPOLITAN AREA
REFNo: SS3669ES

1. To determine the prevalence of depression among junior police officers in the Kampala metropolitan area.
2. To determine the factors causing depression among junior police officers in the Kampala metropolitan area.

 Uganda 2025-04-11 16:57:44 2028-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Emmanuel Sendaula
ID: UNCST-2020-R014767
 A Pilot Study of the Self-Assessment Tool for Mental Health in Children and Youth
REFNo: HS5608ES

Main objective
To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the inerRAI Self-Reported Assessment for Mental Health in Youth (SAMHY) and the interRAI Parent/Caregiver Assessment Report of Mental Health for Children and Youth (PAMHY) in Uganda.
Specific objectives:
a) To assess the feasibility of the SAMHY and PAMHY among children and youth aged 4–21 years in Uganda.
b) To determine the acceptability of the SAMHY and PAMHY tools among participants, caregivers, and assessors in Uganda
c) To collect comprehensive data on mental health, well-being, and social determinants impacting children and youth.

 Uganda 2025-04-11 16:55:21 2028-04-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Edward Bbaale
ID: UNCST-2025-R017376
 Improving Bill Payment for Water and Sanitation Services in Uganda
REFNo: SS3693ES

Understand the magnitude and scope of arrears among NWSC customers (secondary billing records) Design and test an intervention to improve customer bill payment among NWSC residential customers (randomized controltrial of staff incentives)
Assess customer perceptions of a fair price for water service (household survey with randomized information treatment) To investigate the role of information provision in improving the payments for water and sanitation services
Uganda 2025-04-11 16:52:44 2028-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Begumana Daniel
ID: UNCST-2024-R003195
 INCIDENCE OF AND RISK FACTORS OF COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT FOR PREMALIGNANT CERVICAL LESIONS AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS5782ES

To determine the incidence of and describe the nature of early complications of treatment for premalignant cervical lesions at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

To determine the risk factors associated with early complications of treatment for premalignant cervical lesions at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
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 Uganda 2025-04-11 16:50:45 2028-04-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
John Okeya Bonaventure
ID: UNCST-2024-R016505
 Enhanced Shared Leadership in promoting Instructor Effectiveness in Technical Institutes in Uganda: Case of Eastern Uganda
REFNo: SS3708ES

1. To establish how shared leadership is promoted in Technical Institutes in Uganda. ,3. To explore Enhanced shared leadership practices that promote instructor effectiveness in Technical Institutes in Uganda.,2. To explore Instructors’ experience of shared leadership in Technical Institutes in Uganda.,1. To establish the promotion of shared leadership in Technical Institutes in Uganda. ,
 Uganda 2025-04-11 16:49:15 2028-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Aggrey Semeere Semwendero
ID: UNCST-2019-R001648
 Precision Imaging to Evaluate Kaposi Sarcoma (PRIME-KS)
REFNo: HS5498ES

•Aim 1: Refine SkinScan3D Technology and Usage Protocols for Routine KS Imaging:
•Aim 2: Compare Reproducibility and Accuracy of KS Lesion Size Measurements Between SkinScan3D and Current Standard of Care Measurement.
•Aim 3: Validate and Optimize SkinScan3D Clinical Workflow in Real-World Settings.

Uganda 2025-04-11 16:47:49 2028-04-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Phiona Bukirwa
ID: UNCST-2022-R009880
 Cancer Registration in Kyadondo County, Uganda
REFNo: HS5693ES

1. To describe the cancer incidence trends in Kyadondo County from the year 2017 (last year of complete registration) to date. 2. To determine the age-specific incidence rates and crude incidence rates per 100,000 of the population for the different cancers found amongst the population of Kyadondo County. 3. To determine the proportion of cancer patients who get treatment for their cancer. 4. To determine cancer survival for the registered cases.
Uganda 2025-04-11 16:44:55 2028-04-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Henry Ddungu
ID: UNCST-2019-R000966
 Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Video-Based Educational Initiative for Cancer Patients and Caregivers in Uganda
REFNo: HS5791ES

Our study aims to test the acceptability and efficacy of a video education tool for improving patient and caregiver knowledge and understanding regarding cancer diagnosis and treatment. ,
 Uganda 2025-04-11 16:44:08 2028-04-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
HARRIET KUSIIMA
ID: UNCST-2023-R006553
 Barriers and facilitators to optimal treatment coverage of mass drug administration for schistosomiasis among adults in Mayuge District, Uganda
REFNo: HS5732ES

(i) To assess the perceptions of programme implementers regarding the implementation of MDA for schistosomiasis among adults in Mayuge district, Uganda.

(ii) To explore the barriers to optimal treatment coverage of MDA for schistosomiasis among adults in Mayuge district, Uganda.

(iii) To explore the facilitators to optimal treatment coverage of MDA for schistosomiasis among adults in Mayuge district, Uganda.

 Uganda 2025-04-11 16:41:06 2028-04-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Willy Ssengooba
ID: UNCST-2022-R001801
 Proof-of- concept: Understanding Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Diversity, Evolution, Epidemiology and Pathogenicity in Tuberculosis-High Burden African Contexts (DEEP-NTM): Uganda
REFNo: HS5734ES

Objective 1 (O1) To describe the species and intra-species level diversity of NTM within each geographical area through phylogenomic studies.
Objective 2 (O2) To understand the phylogeography of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in sUganda.
Objective 3 (O3) To assess the significance of NTM isolates and their relation to NTM-PD in different populations.
Objective 4 (O4) To use results as a proof-of-concept to design a prospective multi-centre study to:
i) investigate sub-regional geographical variations
ii) to distinguish variants associated with colonisation and NTM-PD
iii) to identify risk factors, potential routes of acquisition and transmission and clinical outcomes of NTM-PD.
 Uganda 2025-04-11 16:38:31 2028-04-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ANNAH ATUHAIRE
ID: UNCST-2021-R011702
 MEDIATING EFFECT OF INCLUSIVE STRATEGIES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION AND EDUCATIONAL INCLUSION OF CHILDREN IN STREET SITUATIONS IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3751ES

i. To examine the effect of stakeholder collaboration on educational inclusion of children in street situations under the condition of controlling for covariates in Kampala district, Uganda.
ii. To assess the effect of stakeholder collaboration on inclusive strategies for education of children in street situations in Kampala district, central Uganda.
iii. To assess the effect of inclusive strategies on educational inclusion of children in street situations in Kampala district, Uganda.
iv. To examine the mediating effect of inclusive strategies on the relationship between stakeholder collaboration and educational inclusion of children in street situations in Kampala district, Uganda.
v. To explore the perceptions of stakeholders towards inclusive strategies for enhancing stakeholder collaboration for educational inclusion of children in street situations in Kampala district, Uganda

 Uganda 2025-04-11 16:37:44 2028-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Keya Khandaker
ID: UNCST-2024-R016173
 State of the Worlds Girls 2025 - Child, Early and Forced Marriages and Unions
REFNo: SS3753ES

Justification:
Despite large-scale policy action and legislative reform towards addressing child marriage, the practice remains highly prevalent. There is a growing urgency in the need to spotlight efforts to end CEFMU - while the global prevalence is decreasing, it is doing so far too slowly. ICRW and Plan International research suggests child marriage persists due to the interplay of gender norms, poverty, as well as wider scale issues around weak enforcement of legislation, poor economic prospects for girls, and natural and humanitarian disasters. The persistence of child marriage is an outcome of global level crises - referred to by UNICEF as a ‘polycrisis’ – that are indicative of the global rollback on girls’ rights. There is a clear need for further evidence on the lives and contexts of the girls who are often ‘hard-to-reach’: by engaging with already married girls / girls in unions, this research can establish how we can effectively support these girls who have been missed by current child marriage interventions. Key to the research is the ability to adapt the findings to make clear, evidence driven recommendations for action that will be relevant for Plan offices focused on addressing CEFMU at the community through to the global and regional level.
Objectives:
1. 1. What are married girls’ / girls in unions’ everyday experiences across livelihoods and income, health, education, household decision-making, and agency?
2. 2. In what ways does existing legislation, service provision and policy on CEFMU support married girls? And how are these measures implemented to be inclusive of marginalized married girls?
3. 3. What support do girls in marriages / unions need to promote and safeguard their rights?
 UK 2025-04-11 16:35:51 2028-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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