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I graduated with a Bachelor of medicine and Bachelor of surgery degree in 1999 from Makerere University, a Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine from Makerere University in 2009 and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2016. I I have much experience in training and research. Research and publications My area of interest is Palliative medicine and I am actively involved in research in this area . I am was appointed an invited assistant investigator in the University of Coimbra in Portugal in 2022. I am also involved in collaborative research with the University of Coimbra, the University of Sheffield and Leeds. I have 31 publications in peer reviewed journals and 3 published book chapters. I have peer reviewed 6 manuscripts for 6 different journals. Teaching and training: I have 15 years of experience in training of both undergraduate and post graduate students in Internal Medicine. I have been working closely with the Department of Medicine Makerere University since 2008 initially supported by the University College London for 2 years to start up academic palliative medicine. In 2013, I was appointed an honorary senior lecturer in the same department for 2 years and in 2018 a part time lecturer for 1 year and in 2014 a lecturer in the Department of Medicine Makerere University, Kampala Uganda . Teaching has been a significant part of the work I have been doing for the last 14 years and I have been involved in teaching and training in the following ways: a) Teaching and facilitating didactic sessions for both undergraduate and postgraduate students b) I have been course co-coordinator for 3 courses in the Department of Medicine Makerere University including two post graduate courses and one undergraduate course c) I was involved in the revision of the curriculum of the Integrated Medicine course for third year postgraduate students and the Critical Care and Palliative care course for first year postgraduate students in the Department of Medicine Makerere University. d) I am involved in examining both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the same department and this includes setting examinations and conducting clinical examinations. Student Supervision and mentorship I have supervised 5 Masters of internal medicine students’ dissertations from Makerere College of Health sciences and all these dissertations have been successfully defended. I am also supervised 2 students’ dissertations doing the Master of Science in Palliative care at Hospice Africa Uganda, a degree affiliated to Makerere University. Examination of dissertations I have been the internal examiner of four dissertations for Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine, Makerere College of health Sciences and an external examiner for one Masters of Philosophy Palliative care dissertation from the University of Cape Town South Africa. Other academic responsibilities I am a member of the Uganda Cancer Institute ethics and research committee and the Hospice Africa Uganda ethics and research committee. I have participated in organising three conferences.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Elizabeth Namukwaya

Nomes de citação

  • Namukwaya, Elizabeth

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
8115-3FA9-2DBD
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5241-2742

Telefones

Telemóvel
  • (+256) 772595672 (Pessoal)

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Médicas e da Saúde
Formação
Grau Classificação
2011/10 - 2016/07
Concluído
Palliative care (Doktor (PhD))
The University of Edinburgh, Reino Unido
"Understanding Palliative care needs and concerns of patients with heart failure in Uganda" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Percurso profissional

Cargos e Funções

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2022/01/10 - 2026/12/31 invited assistant investigator Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Elizabeth Namukwaya; Andrea Bruno de Sousa; Sílvia Lopes; Dorothea Petra Touwen; Jenny Theodora van der Steen; Emmanuelle Bélanger; Joanna Brooks; et al. "EOLinPLACE: an international research project to reform the way dying places are classified and understood". Palliative Care and Social Practice (2024): https://doi.org/10.1177/26323524231222498.
    10.1177/26323524231222498
  2. Geraldine Kauma; Henry Ddungu; Isaac Ssewanyana; Sharon Nyesiga; Naghib Bogere; Teddy Namulema-Diiro; Pauline Byakika-Kibwika; Elizabeth Namukwaya; Harriet Mayanja Kizza. "Virologic Nonsuppression Among Patients With HIV Newly Diagnosed With Cancer at Uganda Cancer Institute: A Cross-Sectional Study". JCO Global Oncology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1200/GO.22.00262.
    10.1200/GO.22.00262
  3. Elizabeth Namukwaya; Elizabeth Nabirye; Adlight Dandadzi; David Akeju; Samuel Adejoh; Eve Namisango; Kennedy Nkhoma; Bassey Ebenso; Matthew J Allsop. "“From the Time You Start With them Until the Lord Calls You”: A Qualitative Study on the Experiences and Expectations of People Living with Advanced Cancer Interacting With Palliative Care Services in Uganda, Nigeria and Zimbabwe". Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.08.022.
    10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.08.022
  4. "Stakeholder perspectives and requirements to guide the development of digital technology for palliative cancer services: a multi-country, cross-sectional, qualitative study in Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe". BMC Palliative Care 20 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00694-y.
    10.1186/s12904-020-00694-y
  5. "Comparison of the health-related quality of life of end stage kidney disease patients on hemodialysis and non-hemodialysis management in Uganda". BMC Palliative Care 20 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00743-0.
    10.1186/s12904-021-00743-0
  6. "The role, impact, and support of informal caregivers in the delivery of palliative care for patients with advanced cancer: A multi-country qualitative study". Palliative Medicine 35 3 (2021): 552-562. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269216320974925.
    10.1177/0269216320974925
  7. "Understanding data and information needs for palliative cancer care to inform digital health intervention development in Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe: protocol for a multicountry qualitative study". BMJ Open (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032166.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032166
  8. "The Experiences of Palliative Care Specialists in Implementing Palliative Care into Their Work Settings in Lusaka, Zambia". Health (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/health.2019.1112126.
    10.4236/health.2019.1112126
  9. "Multidimensional needs of patients living and dying with heart failure in Kenya: a serial interview study". BMC Palliative Care (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-018-0284-6.
    10.1186/s12904-018-0284-6
  10. "End-of-Life Palliative Care Practices and Referrals in Uganda". Journal of Palliative Medicine (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2017.0257.
    10.1089/jpm.2017.0257
  11. "Chemotherapy Use at the End of Life in Uganda". Journal of Global Oncology (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jgo.2016.007385.
    10.1200/jgo.2016.007385
  12. "Improving care for people with heart failure in Uganda: serial in-depth interviews with patients’ and their health care professionals". BMC Research Notes (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2505-0.
    10.1186/s13104-017-2505-0
  13. Elizabeth Namukwaya; Christophe Leroyer; Scott A. Murray; Julia Downing; Mhoira Leng; Liz Grant. "‘I think my body has become addicted to those tablets’. Chronic heart failure patients’ understanding of and beliefs about their illness and its treatment: A qualitative longitudinal study from Uganda". PLOS ONE 12 9 (2017): e0182876-e0182876. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182876.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0182876
  14. "Faith and palliative care: a partnership of care in low- and middle-income countries". Development in Practice (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2017.1330400.
    10.1080/09614524.2017.1330400
  15. "What is known about heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of the English literature". BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000924.
    10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000924
  16. "Integrating palliative care into national health systems in Africa: a multi–country intervention study". Journal of Global Health (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.07.010419.
    10.7189/jogh.07.010419
  17. "Cancer and palliative care in Africa". European Journal of Cancer Care (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12655.
    10.1111/ecc.12655
  18. "A palliative care link nurse programme in Mulago Hospital, Uganda: an evaluation using mixed methods". BMC Palliative Care (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-016-0115-6.
    10.1186/s12904-016-0115-6
  19. "Understanding Models of Palliative Care Delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning From Programs in Kenya and Malawi". Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.03.017.
    10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.03.017
  20. "Diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology in providing a diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy among HIV-infected patients". African Health Sciences (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v15i1.15.
    10.4314/ahs.v15i1.15
  21. "Palliative Care Research in Africa: Consensus Building for a Prioritized Agenda". Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.03.022.
    10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.03.022
  22. "Provision of palliative care for life-limiting disease in a low income country national hospital setting: how much is needed?". BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care (2012): http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000188.
    10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000188
  23. "Predictors of treatment failure among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Mulago hospital, Uganda". African Health Sciences (2011): http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v11i3.70079.
    10.4314/ahs.v11i3.70079
  24. "Palliative care in Africa since 2005: good progress, but much further to go". BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care (2011): http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000057.
    10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000057
  25. "Cancer Pain Management in Resource-Limited Settings: A Practice Review". Pain Research and Treatment (2011): http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/393404.
    10.1155/2011/393404
  26. "Disparities in the Contribution of Low- and Middle-Income Countries to Palliative Care Research". Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2010): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.05.023.
    10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.05.023
Capítulo de livro
  1. "Current State of Palliative Care in Uganda". 267-278. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-54526-0_24