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PIUS OKELLO ROBERT
ID: UNCST-2026-R024675
School Management Functions and Academic Performance of Students in Government-Aided Secondary Schools A Case of Dokolo District, Uganda
REFNo: SS5162ES

Purpose of Study
To investigate the contribution of School Management Functions and its relationship with academic Performance of Students in Government-aided Secondary Schools in Dokolo District.


Specific Objectives
1. To evaluate the effect of management planning function on academic performance of students in Government-aided Secondary Schools in Dokolo District.

2. To analyze the effect of management organizing function on academic
performance students in Government-aided Secondary Schools in Dokolo District.

3. To assess the role of management controlling function on academic performance of students in Government-aided Secondary Schools in Dokolo District.

4. To investigate the mediating effects of perceived on relationship between school management functions and academic performance of students in government-aided Secondary Schools in Dokolo District.
Uganda 2026-04-20 16:25:31 2029-04-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Clifton IRAHUKA
ID: UNCST-2025-R018482
Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Offline-First AI Health Companion for Frontline Health Workers in Uganda: A Mixed-Methods Concurrent Triangulation Study
REFNo: HS7408ES

General objective To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an offline-first AI Health Companion for clinical decision-making among Frontline Health Workers in health facilities in Luweero District, Uganda. Specific objectives To assess the feasibility of the offline-first AI Health Companion application among FHWs in public health facilities in Luweero district. To evaluate the acceptability of the offline-first AI Health Companion among FHW in public health facilities in Luweero district. To determine the individual, technological and organisational factors that influence the adoption and sustained use of AI clinical decision support tools among FHWs in public health facilities in Luweero district. To explore the facilitators of and barriers to scaling offline AI decision support tools among FHWs in Luweero district
Uganda 2026-04-20 16:19:00 2029-04-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Madrine Nabukenya Mkisa
ID: UNCST-2026-R024084
Psychological Resilience among Teachers in Private Secondary Schools in Wakiso District, Uganda.
REFNo: SS5118ES

i) To document factors that influence the psychological resilience of teachers in private secondary schools in Wakiso district ii) To explore the perception of teachers on self-efficacy, affective flexibility, and spiritual well-being in private secondary schools in Wakiso district. iii) To assess the influence of self-efficacy, flexibility, and spiritual well-being on teachers’ ability to adapt to employment terms (remuneration, job security, career growth, workload management, resource management) in a private secondary school in Wakiso district. iv) Examine the relationships that may exist between self-efficacy, flexibility, spiritual well-being, and psychological resilience among teachers in private secondary schools in Wakiso district.
Uganda 2026-04-20 16:16:00 2029-04-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
David Mafigiri Kaawa
ID: UNCST-2019-R001276
Testing on the frontline: empowering health engagement through ‘rational use’ of diagnostics for infectious and non-communicable disease (TIYENI Dx)
REFNo: SS5125ES

1. To define ‘rational use’ from the perspective of users, families, communities and frontline health workers and document social and structural drivers of self-testing for self-care under specific external conditions of stigma, emergency disease outbreaks and lifestyle and risk management for chronic disease across mainstream and marginalised groups.

2. To unpack the dynamic between empowerment through self-testing and engagement with public and private health services including the role of frontline health providers influencing self-testing in different contexts and potential for linkage to health and data systems.

3. To explore discourses of uncertainty, trust and risk influencing individual, family, community and frontline health worker decisions, embedded within complex socio-ecological environments and the impact of these on intended and unintended, beneficial and potentially harmful health and social consequences of self-testing.

4. To co-production of toolkits for ‘rational use’ of frontline diagnostics including community review of the UNICEF ‘Lets Test Toolkit’ and co-adaptation of self-testing generic and self-testing specific implementation guidelines and instructions for use.

5. To promote health equity across mainstream and marginalised groups in access to and ‘rational use’ of self-testing and monitoring that appropriately reflects future direct to consumer markets through a) informing country level strategies on frontline diagnostics as part of national health plans and b) developing a theoretical framework for people-centred ‘rational use’.

Uganda 2026-04-20 16:06:19 2029-04-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
John Mary Kanyamurwa
ID: UNCST-2025-R019398
Climate Change Threats to Livelihood Resilience and Adaptive Governance in Uganda's Bulambuli District
REFNo: SS5070ES

Major Objective To critically examine the impacts of climate change on livelihood resilience and adaptive governance in Uganda’s Bulambuli District, focusing on identifying targeted strategies to enhance rural communities' adaptive capacity and resilience to climate-induced shocks. Specific Objectives 1. To analyze the impacts of climate change on rural farm livelihoods and socio-economic stability in Bulambuli District. 2. To investigate the mechanisms by which governance system interventions address climate change challenges and enhance livelihood resilience. 3. To evaluate local communities' coping mechanisms in response to climate-induced challenges in Bulambuli District. 4. To identify gaps in governance mechanisms that hinder effective adaptation of rural communities' resilience to climate change impacts in the district.
Uganda 2026-04-20 16:02:15 2029-04-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ROGERS NAMWIYIRI
ID: UNCST-2025-R018056
Lived Experiences of Out-of-School Adolescents in Kampala: A Qualitative Exploration of Drivers of Risky Sexual Behaviours, and Mitigation Counselling Strategies
REFNo: SS5119ES

1.To identify the lived experiences of out-of-school adolescents in relation to risky sexual behaviours
2.To describe the underlying drivers of risky sexual behaviours among out-of-school adolescents

3.To identify mitigation strategies for reducing risky sexual behaviours among out-of-school adolescents in Kampala
4.To analyse the effectiveness of counselling strategies tailored to reducing risky sexual behaviours among out-of-school adolescents.

Uganda 2026-04-20 15:57:51 2029-04-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Daphine Asiimwe
ID: UNCST-2025-R021246
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND PERFORMANCE OF TOURISM INDUSTRY IN KAMPALA, UGANDA
REFNo: SS5120ES

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of management information systems on performance of the tourism industry in Kampala, Uganda.

Objectives
This study will be based on the following objectives;
1. To examine the effect of information management on performance of the tourism industry in Kampala, Uganda.
2. To examine the effect of customer relationship management on performance of the tourism industry in Kampala, Uganda.
3. To evaluate the effect of destination management on performance of the tourism industry in Kampala, Uganda.
4. To assess the moderating effect of operational efficiency in the relationship between management information systems and performance of the tourism industry in Kampala, Uganda.

Uganda 2026-04-20 15:55:56 2029-04-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
John Othieno
ID: UNCST-2025-R020125
EXPANDING BRAIN TUMOR SEGMENTATION DATA TO CAPTURE AFRICAN POPULATIONS (BRATS-AFRICA)
REFNo: HS6328ES

1. To avail high-quality real-world imaging and clinical data carefully curated to preserve the heterogeneity in real world acquisition of clinical data and the inherent clinical presentation of brain tumors - a heterogenous disease with pathological features overlapping other noncancerous lesions in the brains.
3. To further expand BraTS-Africa project imaging datasets to include other brain tumor types (other than gliomas only), metastasis, and lesions such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy lesions from Uganda.

Uganda 2026-04-20 11:07:38 2029-04-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Shango Patience  Jakheng Emmanuel
ID: UNCST-2025-R020526
WHOLE-GENOME CHARACTERIZATION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CARE AT ISHAKA ADVENTIST HOSPITAL, WESTERN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS7175ES

1. To determine the prevalence of HPV infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Ishaka Adventist Hospital. 2. To characterize the genotype distribution and genomic diversity of HPV strains circulating among pregnant women in this population. 3. To identify risk factors associated with HPV infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Ishaka Adventist Hospital. 4. To characterize HPV genomic integration patterns using whole-genome sequencing, stratified by HIV status and HPV phylogenetic clade. 5. To quantify E6/E7 oncogene expression using transcriptomic analysis and assess its relationship with HPV genomic status (integrated versus episomal). 6. To determine the phylogenetic relationships of HPV strains detected among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Ishaka Adventist Hospital.
Nigeria 2026-04-20 11:04:16 2029-04-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Gladys Angee
ID: UNCST-2025-R021927
Cost Management Practices, Operational Efficiency and Financial Performance of Agro-processing Firms in Acholi Sub-region
REFNo: SS5093ES

i. To establish the relationship between cost management practices and financial performance of agro-processing firms in Acholi sub-region. ii. To determine the correlation between cost management practices and operational efficiency of agro-processing firms in Acholi sub-region. iii. To establish the association between operational efficiency and financial performance of agro-processing firms in Acholi sub-region. iv. To find out the mediating role of operational efficiency on the influence of cost management practices on financial performance of agro-processing firms in Acholi sub-region v. To document the moderating role of firm characteristics on the relationship between cost management practices and financial performance of agro-processing firms in Acholi sub-region
Uganda 2026-04-20 11:00:51 2029-04-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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