This Global Partner Spotlight highlights the work of our partners around the world. These sessions will provide a window into the priorities, challenges, and innovations of our collaborators in-country.
Speaker
Abel Kakuru, PhD, MS
Abel Kakuru is an epidemiologist at the Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC) in Uganda and a Lecturer at Busitema University. He holds a medical degree from Makerere University, an MSc in Epidemiology from the University of London, and a PhD in Infectious and Tropical Diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. With over 18 years of clinical research experience, his work has focused mainly on malaria chemoprevention, particularly in pregnant women, where he has played a key role in landmark randomized controlled trials evaluating dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine to improve maternal and birth outcomes. He has also contributed to studies on malaria prevention in children and the development of protective immunity. Kakuru currently serves as a co-investigator on major clinical trials evaluating novel chemoprevention strategies and continues to advance research aimed at reducing malaria burden in high-transmission settings. He has an extensive publication record in leading journals and is actively involved in mentoring, teaching postgraduate students. He is also serving on a number of Data and Safety Monitoring Boards.
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