Busitema University Hosts Two Scientists from the University of Bonn (UB) Germany

10 Aug 2023, 09:00 → 11 Aug 2023, 23:00 UTC

Faculty Building/Ground Floor-1 - Conference Hall (Busitema Campus)

Busitema University will be hosting two scientists from the University of Bonn (UB) Germany. This is a return visit after the Busitema University (BU) Scientists visited colleagues in Bonn in March 2023. The two universities applied for seed funding to enable development of a collaboration project. It’s a visit that will create awareness of the collaborations of Busitema University. The meeting will take place on 10/8/2023 at 9:00 - 12:30 in the Department of Engineering conference Hall at the at Busitema main campus

Thursday, 10 August

09:00 → 09:15 Arrival & Registration

@ The Hall

09:16 → 09:31 Speech Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Waako

@ The Hall

09:31 → 10:01 Speech Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Waako

• African German Partnership in the Field of Public Health
• Collaboration leadership from Uganda Perspective and Networking
• Future collaborations

10:01 → 10:30 Prof. Maxwell Otim Onapa

Immunology related to BU-UB REACH

10:30 → 10:59 Health Break

All Participants

11:00 → 11:29 Dr. Schlabe

• Research Activities of the Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Bonn during the pandemic
• BU-UB REACH – research on HIV/COVID19 coinfections on the turn of pandemic to endemic
• Future collaborations

11:30 → 11:45 Dr. Stanley Jacob Iramiot.

• Investigative capacity at Mbale Infectious Disease Clinic and data that will be available for BU-UB REACH.
• What will be needed outside the BU-UB REACH Project beyond what is available?

11:45 → 11:59 Dr. Denis Bwayo

HIV, HBV and HCV in Mbale Clinic

12:00 → 13:59 Health Break & Departure to Mbale Campus

HIV, HBV and HCV in Mbale Clinic

14:00 → 16:59 Retreat Application (Led By Dr Stefan)

Approximately 60 min for specific discussion points on
- Introduction
- Objective 1: Cross-sectional surveillance
- Objective 2: Determination of incidence, disease characteristics & outcomes, Study plan
- Objective 3: HIV Immunological and viral characteristics on HIV/COVID19 coinfections
- Formal - Ethics
- Funding - Resources, Staff Management Plan
- Research Management and Study Team, Clinical Team and Working collaboration.

17:00 → 17:10 Reception – Professor Peter Olupot-Olupot

Friday, 11 August

10:00 → 10:59 Meeting with BUFHS Scientists

• Future collaborations & Exchange (30 participants).

11:00 → 12:29 Professor Peter Olupot-Olupot

• To Lead on visiting Mbale Clinical Research Institute

12:30 → 13:59 Lunch Break (30 Participants)

14:00 → 16:59 Retreat – BU-UB REACH on the Study Proposal (6 Participants)

17:10 → 17:20 Closure