Makerere University

Dr. Joloba is a physician researcher with expertise in infectious diseases, diagnostics, and program implementation using both conventional microbiology and modern molecular approaches. He has a leading role in the strengthening of laboratory services for Uganda and beyond. He has helped establish several laboratories including a laboratory for the Tuberculosis Research Unit (TBRU) and became its technical director and later a scientific director. A number of laboratory-based studies were conducted and published, where many of which Dr. Joloba was the first author. These published studies involved research on early bactericidal activity and quantitative bacillary response to therapy and evaluation of new markers to therapy. He is the Chair of the World Bank funded East African Public Health Laboratory-networking group that aims to establish in East Africa, high quality, accessible public health laboratories for the diagnosis and surveillance of TB and other communicable diseases. Along with this, Dr. Joloba has successfully competed for extramural research support (obtained 10 grants so far) and published over 230 peer-reviewed research articles. Of direct relevance to this grant, he has successfully trained 75 Master’s, 25 PhD and 8 Postdoctoral students to completion and several non-degree students from the region and internationally.