Approved Research This page provides a searchable list of all research protocols that have been reviewed and approved by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology(UNCST).
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Henry Mugerwa
ID: UNCST-2019-R000420
Improving wastewater surveillance methods to enable pandemic monitoring and prediction
REFNo: NS536ES

To establish whether or not our methods would work for those pathogens in wastewater, or if it seems likely that further assay development may be required
Uganda 2023-09-12 8:36:54 2026-09-12 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Rapheal Wangalwa
ID: UNCST-2022-R008718
Assessment of the Medicinal Potential Of Ferns in Combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMFAR)
REFNo: NS569ES

i. To document the diversity and abundance of ferns in selected forest reserves in western Uganda.
ii. To determine the phytochemical profile of medicinal ferns from selected forest reserves in western Uganda.
iii. To Ascertain the antimicrobial activity of the extracts of the selected fern species against standard strains of selected microorganisms.

Uganda 2023-09-12 8:33:00 2026-09-12 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Deogratius Katongole
ID:
Establishing demand and access barriers to COVID-19 vaccination uptake amongst the elderly (aged 50 years and above) within eight districts with the lowest uptake in Uganda
REFNo: SS1912ES

ii) Observe the effect of COVID-19 vaccination integration with routine immunisation on reaching the elderly (50 years and above),i) Observe and document current COVID-19 vaccination uptake barriers within the elderly (50 years and above) in Uganda,
Uganda 2023-09-11 10:41:46 2026-09-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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 ScreenFireŽ 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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