Board of Directors
The Board provides oversight and strategic Direction to the RHSP. It is made up of expert researchers, Academics and Scholars with vast expeirence in the field of Scienctifc research, virology and Epidemiology
Prof. David Serwadda
Co-founder and Chair
Dr. Serwadda is one of the founders of the RHSP (formerly Rakai Project) and has been a Program principal investigator since 1988.
He has been a leading researcher in the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
Prof. Nelson Sewakambo
Co-founder and Board Member
He is a professor of medicine and former principal of the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, a semi-autonomous constituent college of Makerere University.
He has been at the forefront of research about the disease, specializing in HIV clinical drug trials. Sewankambo is a Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Ronald Gray
Director
Dr. Gray is the Robertson Professor of Reproductive Epidemiology in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and has joint appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and International Health.
Dr. Maria Wawer
Director
Dr. Wawer is a Professor in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Public Health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Dr. Fred Nalugoda, PhD
Head Grants, Science & Training
Dr. Fred has spent over 20 years at the RHSP. He is been very instrumental in the transformation of research through training and development.
Dr. Tom Lutalo, PhD
Head, Data & Biostatistics
Dr. Tom is an experienced Biostatician and has contributed to variuos research articles over the years. He heads the Data and Biostatistics department where he oversees Data Collection, Analysis, Storage and Reuse.
Senior Management Team
The Rakai Health Sciences Program(RHSP) is led by reknown experts in the field of clinical research. The Senior Management Team (SMT) is carefully selected by the Board and this team manages the day-to-day Programs and Research activities of the RHSP.
Dr. Godfrey Kigozi, PhD
Research Director
Dr. Kigozi has over 15 years in Research direction working with numerous collaborators world over on HIV and other Epidemiological Diseases in the RHSP.
Dr. Joseph Kagaayi, PhD
Executive Director
Since he joined the program in 2000, Dr. Kagaayi has been at the fore-front of the Epidemiological research in the RHSP. His work has been published in Leading Journals including PubMed, UK Scientific Journal as well as the JHU Public Health Journal.
Agnes Nantongo
Finance Director
Agnes has over 10 years experience managing research programs and finance. She holds an MBA from Bristol University in the UK and a BA in Finance from Makerere University, Kampala.
Dr. Gertrude Nakigozi, PhD
Programs Director
Dr. Gertrude joined the RHSP in 2000 as a clinical researcher, She has since then published over 20 articles and Abstracts. She is a Phd holder from Johns Hopkins Univesity Bloomberg School of Public Health.
