Dr. Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu is senior lecturer and psychiatric epidemiologist at Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) in Kampala, Uganda.
Dr. Nakimuli-Mpungu completed her Master of Medicine in Psychiatry at MakCHS in 2006. In 2012, she attained a doctoral degree in psychiatric epidemiology from John’s Hopkins University, USA. This year, she was recognized for her work in using group support psychotherapy to treat depression in persons living with HIV and awarded the 2016 Elsevier Foundation Award for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World in Biological Sciences: Agriculture, Biology, Medicine. Previously, she has won the International Fulbright Science & Technology Award for her Doctoral studies (2007) and the International ASTRAZENECA/APIRE Young Minds in Psychiatry Award (2005) for demonstrating exceptional promise in mental health research.
Experience
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2013–2016Senior lecturer and Psychiatric Epidemiologist , Makerere University
Education
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2012Johns Hopkins University, PhD
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2006Makerere University, MMED(Psych)
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1999Makerere University, MBChB
Grants and Contracts
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2016Transition to Scale (Phase II): Social, Emotional and Economic empowerment through Knowledge of Group Support Psychotherapy content (SEEK-GSP) project
- Role:
- Principle Investigator
- Funding Source:
- Grand Challenges Canada Grant Number 0770-05
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2015The effects of group support psychotherapy delivered by lay health workers on depression among persons living with HIV in rural northern Uganda
- Role:
- Principle Investigator
- Funding Source:
- MQ: Transforming Mental Health, Grant code:MQ15FIP100024 Nakimuli-Mpungu
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2012Rising Stars in Global Health: Developing and testing a culturally sensitive group support psychotherapy model to treat depression in HIV positive individuals
- Role:
- Principle Investigator
- Funding Source:
- Grand Challenges Canada Grant Number 0124-01
- Uganda
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