David Serwadda

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David Serwadda
Born (1959-01-01) 1 January 1959 (age 65)
Master of Public Health)
Occupation(s)Physician, researcher, academic
Years active1984 — present
Known forMedical research
TitleProfessor of Public Health
Makerere University School of Public Health

David M. Serwadda is a Ugandan

medical administrator. Currently he is a Professor of Public Health at Makerere University School of Public Health, one of the schools of Makerere University College of Health Sciences, a semi-autonomous constituent college of Makerere University, the oldest university in Uganda. Serwadda is also a founding member of Accordia Global Health Foundation's Academic Alliance.[1]

Background and education

He was born in

Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.[3]

Work experience

In the early 1980s, Serwadda was one of the earliest physicians in Uganda to recognize the new disease that caused patients to lose weight and "slim" down to abnormal

medical journals and other peer publications. He has attended many national, regional and International conferences as a presenter and/or moderator on the subject matter.[6]

In the 1990s, he was appointed Director of the then Makerere Institute of Public Health. He served in that position until 2007 when he was promoted to the position of Dean, Makerere University School of Public Health, following the elevation of the institute to a constituent School of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. He later resigned as Dean of the School of Public Health, but he continues to teach and carry out research in his capacity as Professor of Public Health. Serwadda is a Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences.[7]

Research

As a medical researcher he has been involved in several scientific studies some of which are listed below;

  • HIV-1 infection associated with abnormal vaginal flora morphology and bacterial vaginosis. (co-authored) published in the Lancet.[8]
  • Control of sexually transmitted diseases for AIDS prevention in Uganda: a randomised community trial. (co-authored) published in the Lancet.[9]
  • Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world (co-authored) in the Lancet.[10]
  • Viral load and heterosexual transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. (co-authored) and published by the New England Journal of Medicine.[11]
  • Male circumcision for HIV prevention in men in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised trial. (co-author) published in the Lancet.[12]
  • Rates of HIV-1 transmission per Coital Act, by stage of HIV-1 infection, in Rakai, Uganda. (co-author) published in the Journal of infectious diseases.[13]
  • Probability of HIV-1 transmission per coital act in monogamous, heterosexual, HIV-1-discordant couples in Rakai, Uganda. (co-author) published by the Lancet.[14]

Personal details

Serwadda is married and, by his wife Deborah Serwadda, is the father of three adult children.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Accordia's Academic Alliance: David Serwadda MBChB, MMed, MSc, MPH". Accordia Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ^ Tegulle, Gawaya (23 March 2012). "Namilyango College: 110 years of excellence". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
    . Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  4. ^ Serwadda, D. et al (1985) Slim disease: A new disease in Uganda and its associations with HTLV-III infection, The Lancet, Vol.326, Issue. 8460, pp. 849-852
  5. ^ Simpson, Brian W. (2006). "World-Class Research on the "Slim Disease"". Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine: The Magazine of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS In Sub-Saharan Africa: A Shared Responsibility - Committee Member Biographical Sketches". National Academy of Sciences. 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  7. ^ "UNAS: Fellow Profile". Uganda National Academy of Science. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  8. S2CID 39406465
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  9. S2CID 18017317
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  10. S2CID 52810058
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  11. PMID 10738050
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  12. S2CID 15958720
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  13. S2CID 5871691
    . Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  14. S2CID 16092714
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