The Sevenxth Science Fair 2026 | Thursday, 24th September 2026
Time
Activity
MODERATOR
8:30-8:50 am
Registration
Simon Peter Asiimwe
OPENING PLENARY
8:50-9:00am
Welcome Remarks by the Head of Research – Dr. Stephen Okoboi
Dr. Daniel Kizza
9:00-9:10am
Opening Remarks by the Executive Director – Dr. Andrew Kambugu
Dr. Daniel Kizza
9:10 am – 9:30 am
Guest of Honor Makerere University First Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs – Prof. Sarah Ssali
Dr. Andrew Kambugu
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
9:30 - 10:00 am
Keynote: HIV Research in the current environment: What is important and what is possible – Dr. Catherine Godfrey
Dr. Andrew Kambugu
10:00 - 10:20 am
Special Talk: Circumventing the Cascading Crisis: Impacts of US Government Policies on Research in Africa and Adaptations –
Dr. Stephen Okoboi
Dr. Andrew Kambugu
10:20 - 10:35 am
Special Talk: Integration of Non-communicable Disease Care in HIV – Dr. Fred Semitala
Dr. Andrew Kambugu
10:35 - 11:15 AM
HEALTH BREAK
Mr. Henry Onen
First Plenary Session
Dr. Arthur Brian Sekiziyivu
11:15-11:30 am
Patient Perspectives on Funding Changes and Care Integration – Dr. Noela Clara Owarwo
11:30-11:45 am
Aging with HIV: From survival to longevity, challenges and opportunities of lifelong care in Africa – Dr. Barbara Castelnuovo
11:45 - 12:00 am
Updates on HIV-associated Meningitis and Cryptococcal Antigenemia Trials – Dr. Morris Kyozo Rutakingirwa and Dr. Elizabeth Nalintya
12:00 - 12:15 pm
Q&A Discussion
Second Plenary Session
Dr. Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire
12:15 - 12:30 pm
Monthly Oral PrEP: The Potential and Promise of Long-Acting Antiretrovirals in HIV Prevention – Dr. Timothy Muwonge
12:30 - 12:45 pm
A Sentinel Surveillance Program Integrating Laboratory-Confirmed STI Diagnosis and HIV Prevention Services for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Uganda – Dr. Annet Onzia
1:00 - 1:15 pm
Innovations for "best" practices in non-observational lactation pharmacokinetics studies: Protocols for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus at IDI – Dr. Francis Williams Ojara
1:15 - 1:25 pm
Q&A Discussion
12:00 - 12:15 pm
Q&A Discussion
1:25 - 2:15 pm
LUNCH BREAK
Henry Onen
2:15 - 3:00 pm
Poster Exhibition Session
Dr. Sara Nsibirwa and
Dr. Daniel Kizza
3rd Plenary Session on Antimicrobial Resistance
Dr. Stella Zawedde-Muyanja
3:00 - 3:15 pm
The Power of Behavioural Change: the Active Prevention and Treatment of Maternal Sepsis (APT-Sepsis) Approach – Dr. Peter Waitt
3:15 - 3:30 pm
From Data to Action: Integrating Surgical Site Infection Surveillance into Maternal Healthcare Quality Improvement in Uganda – Dr. Kenneth Kobba
3:45 - 4:00 pm
Conserved Rhythmic Transcriptional Programs Reveal Candidate Adaptive Mechanisms of Artemisinin Response in Plasmodium Falciparum – Dr. Andrew Walakira
4:00 - 4:10 pm
Q&A Discussion
CLOSING SESSION
Henry Onen
4:10 - 4:30 pm
Wrap up, Awards and Closing Remarks from ED – Dr. Andrew Kambugu
