National Institutes of Health (NIH) USA

National Institutes of Health (NIH) USA

NIH is a funding agency that supports health related projects across the globe. NIH has supported MUST to advance its research capacity in tremendous ways. Below are projects NIH funds at MUST;

Mbarara University Data Science Research Hub (MUDSReH) where MUST partners with Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and College of Ophthalmology of Eastern Central and Southern Africa. (2021-2026)

Multi-morbidity in Uganda Research Capacity Initiative (MURCI) at Mbarara University of Science and Technology. (2018-2023)

Patient-centered mobile technology interventions to improve maternal health in Uganda (2018-2023)

Mbarara University Research Ethics Education Program (MUREEP) (2018-2023)

Self-Management among adolescents living with HIV in Uganda (2021-2026)

Genomic Research Capacity Building for Cryptococcosis Translational Studies (2020-2025)

Building capacity for Implementation Science research in Non-Communicable Diseases (BImS-NCDs) (2022-2027)

Health-Professional Education Partnership Initiative – Transforming Ugandan Institutions Training Against HIV/AIDS (HEPI-TUITAH) (2018-2023)

My Mobile Wallet: An Intervention to Support Access to Tuberculosis Care and Medication Adherence in Rural Uganda (2021-2023)

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Exposure and Dietary Risk of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Uganda (2017-2022)

Advancing HIV research at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) through a research administration training program with the University of Virginia (2019-2022)

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure and dietary risk of Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Uganda (2017-2022)

Real time Tuberculosis Medication Adherence Intervention in Rural Southwestern Uganda (Ended 2021)

Mbarara University Research Training Initiative (MURTI) (Ended 2020)

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Health Professional Training Initiative – Supplement to HEPI-TUITAH (ARDHePTI) where MUST partnered with California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM), Bishop Stuart University and Lira University. (2015-2020)

Alcohol Drinking Effects on Progression Prior to Treatment (ADEPT) where MUST partners with University of California  San Francisco.

ACHEIvA where MUST partners with Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.