Nakaganda, Annet http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3986-2794
Spencer, Angela
Mpamani, Collins
Nassolo, Cissy
Nambooze, Sarah
Wabinga, Henry
Gemmell, Isla
Jones, Andrew
Orem, Jackson
Verma, Arpana
Funding for this research was provided by:
African Development Bank
Article History
Received: 23 February 2024
Accepted: 20 June 2024
First Online: 2 July 2024
Declarations
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: The study was reviewed and approved by the University of Manchester Research Ethics Committee (Ref: 2018-2681-6425) and the Uganda Cancer Institute Research and Ethics committee (REF: 08-2017) who provided a waiver of consent from individual participants. Further regulatory clearance was obtained from the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (REF: SS4772).All the methods in this study were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations including: The Declaration of Helsinki; ICH-GCP guidelines; and the Uganda National Guidelines for Research involving Humans as Research Participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Dr. Annet Nakaganda is a Clinical Officer and a Principal Cancer Epidemiologist, specialized in the conduct of cancer clinical trials and epidemiological investigations for cancer control in Africa. She is currently the Head of Cancer Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Division at Uganda Cancer Insitute. Dr. Nakaganda holds a PhD in medicine (Cancer Epidemiology) and a Master’s degree in Public Health (Distinction) from the University of Manchester UK. Her recent work is focused on identifying novel approaches for accelerating timely availability and utilization of locally-generated quality cancer data to direct the cancer control effort in low-resource settings.Annet is trained, and recognized internationally, as a leader in cancer control planning and implementation. She is a supervisor for Field Epidemiology Fellows at the Uganda Cancer Institute and has more than 16 years of cancer research experience, serving in various positions including: principal investigator, research clinician; research coordination; research governance and research monitoring/auditing. Annet has worked to establish the Cancer Epidemiology and Clinical Trials unit at the Uganda Cancer Institute; and has led the harmonization of cancer registration guidelines for East Africa.Dr. Nakaganda is also trained in higher education curriculum and pedagogy and has extensive experience in teaching at the university level. She began her teaching career in 2016 as a Teaching Associate (TA) at The University of Manchester’s Masters of Public Health Program(MPH) and at the BSc. Biomedical science course, Biochemistry of Disease unit. She supported the design and development of The University of Manchester’s BSc. in Public Health course. She is presently a subject matter expert (SME) and lecturer on the MSc. Clinical Research and MSc. Public Health and Health Promotion curricula at the iHeed-University of Warwick. She also teaches Research Ethics and Good Clinical Practice and has taught over 600 researchers in Research Ethics through around 50 in-country trainings.She is a winner of several awards including: The HIV Trust Scholarship Award UK; University of Manchester Equity and Merit Scholarship Award; PRIM&R Global research scholarship USA; Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) World Cancer Congress travel grant; University of Mexico Prevent Cancer Foundation Immersion Scholarship Award; University of Manchester Doctoral Academy Research Excellence Award; CUGH-The Lancet Poster Competition Award; and BVGH’s AC3T Study Pool Mini-Grant Award. She has published in peer reviewed local and international journals and conferences.