ACHIEVE Global Health Researcher Panel

The National Institutes of Health-funded ACHIEVE global health research training program at Washington University in St. Louis welcomes visiting scholars from Sub-Saharan Africa each spring to work closely with their faculty mentors on their pilot research projects and to gain new skills in implementation science and data science health research. This speaker series panel of ACHEIVE scholars from Uganda and South Africa will share their pilot research studies focusing on a range of topics from cervical cancer and HIV to interpersonal violence among inmates in Juvenile correctional facilities. They will share their work and engage in a discussion on topics relevant to emerging independent global health research. Please join the conversation!
Panelists:
Anita Kabarambi, ACHIEVE Trainee/Fogarty Fellow, Makerere University, Uganda, Research Topic: A Pilot Study Assessing the Impact of Public Health Messaging and HPV Vaccination Uptake Among Adolescents and Young Women Living with HIV in Uganda
Scovia Mbalinda, ACHIEVE Trainee/Fogarty Fellow, Makerere University, Uganda, Research Topic: HPV Vaccination rates in Young Female Adolescents Living with HIV in Mityana District, Uganda
Sebenzile Nkosi, ACHIEVE Trainee/Fogarty Fellow, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, Research Topic: Interpersonal Violence among Inmates in Juvenile Correctional Facilities in South Africa
Racheal Nalunkuma, ACHIEVE Trainee/Fogarty Fellow, Makerere University, Uganda, Research Topic: Facility-based Young People and Adolescent Peer Supporters (YAPS) Model on HIV-stigma and Antiretroviral therapy Adherence among Adolescents and Youth Living with HIV in Kampala Uganda