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Catherine Kyobutungi
Alma materMakerere University
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Scientific career
InstitutionsMbarara University of Science and Technology
ThesisEthnic German Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union: Mortality from External Causes and Cancers (2006)

Catherine Kyobutungi is an African epidemiologist and Executive Director of the African Population and Health Research Center and a Joep Lange Chair. She was elected to the African Academy of Sciences in 2018.

Early life and education

Kyobutungi studied medicine at the Makerere University.[1] After graduating she worked as a medical officer at Rushere Community Hospital.[2] Kyobutungi moved from her career in clinical medicine to public health because she felt she could save more lives by correcting the problems in the African healthcare system.[3] She earned a master's degree in community health and a doctoral degree in epidemiology from the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg.[1] Her doctoral research was based in the Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health.[4] In 2006 Kyobutungi joined the African Population and Health Research Center as a postdoctoral fellow, and was eventually selected as the Head of the Challenges and Systems research program.[2][5] After graduating Kyobutungi began to teach at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology.[2]

Research and career

Kyobutungi was made the Director of Research at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC).[6] In this capacity she evaluated maternal health and well being challenges in African cities.[7][8] Kyobutungi looked to strengthen governance in local health services, as well as providing training, infrastructure and equipment.[9] Whilst African researchers in these local health centres can generate large amounts of useful heatlh data, they often do no have the capacities to analyse it.[10] Kyobutungi has described unused African research data as being like a hippo, "at the moment we can only see and access a very small amount – like the ears of a hippo in water – but we know there is a huge potential lying just below the surface".[10]

She was made of Executive Director of the APHRC in 2017.[11] Here her work has considered the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, prevalence of diabetes in poor urban communities and ways to prevent cardiovascular in Nairobi slums.[6][12] She was the inaugural Chair of the Kenya Epidemiological Association. Kyobutungi has made efforts to improve girls' access to education, including the development of community resources and trained mentors.[13]

In 2019 Kyobutungi was announced as the Joep Lange Chair, a position in which she investigates non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in African countries.[1] NCDs are rising in African countries, and current healthcare systems are not equipped to treat populations affected by them.[14] The focus of foreign money and training to date has been on HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, which means that simple medical tests such as measuring blood pressure often get overlooked.[1] Kyobutungi supported health workers to visit local communities with blood pressure cuffs to monitor for Hypertension.[15] She found that to encourage patient and doctor participation she had to include an economic incentive, offering 100 schillings for every screened patient who visits the clinic.[15] Alongside establishing a research program investigating the management of chronic diseases and ways to strengthen healthcare systems, Kyobutungi is exploring the role of digital technology in connecting patients with their healthcare systems.[1] She has studied the influence of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on tobacco legislation in Sub-Saharan Africa.[16]

Kyobutungi serves on the council of the United States International University Africa.[17] She also serves as director of the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA), an organisation which looks to rebuild and strengthen the capacity of African universities.[18][19] She was elected to the African Academy of Sciences in 2018.[2][20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Institute, Joep Lange. "Catherine Kyobutungi appointed as Joep Lange Chair". Joep Lange Institute. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  2. ^ a b c d "Kyobutungi Catherine | The AAS". aasciences.ac.ke. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  3. ^ "Webinar Report: Building connections and developing research in Sub-Saharan Africa". eLife. 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  4. ^ "Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi | INDEPTH Network". indepth-network.org. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  5. ^ "APHRC's Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Speaks to National Public Radio". Audioboom. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  6. ^ a b "Research Capapcity Strengthening - Catherine Kyobutungi, PhD". aphrc.org. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  7. ^ "APHRC's Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Speaks to National Public Radio". Audioboom. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  8. ^ urbanage.lsecities.net https://urbanage.lsecities.net/talks/well-being-in-african-cities#slides. Retrieved 2019-10-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ Kyobutungi, Catherine. "Maternal health in the context of poor urban settlements: Nairobi case study" (PDF). Wilson Center. Retrieved 2019-10-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ a b "TDR | Workshop on how to expand research data sharing". WHO. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  11. ^ Berman, Philippa (2017-10-28). "Catherine Kyobutungi: leading African health research capacity". The Lancet. 390 (10106): 1942. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32672-7. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 29115223.
  12. ^ Catherine Kyobutungi - Monitoring the Health Needs of Urban Slums, retrieved 2019-10-02
  13. ^ "Spotlight: Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi | HEARD". Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  14. ^ Institute, Joep Lange. "Catherine Kyobutungi appointed as Joep Lange Chair". Joep Lange Institute. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  15. ^ a b "Africans Are Introduced To The Blood Pressure Cuff". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  16. ^ Wisdom, Jennifer P.; Juma, Pamela; Mwagomba, Beatrice; Ndinda, Catherine; Mapa-Tassou, Clarisse; Assah, Felix; Nkhata, Misheck; Mohamed, Shukri F.; Oladimeji, Oladepo; Oladunni, Opeyemi; Oluwasanu, Mojisola (2018-08-15). "Influence of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control on tobacco legislation and policies in sub-Saharan Africa". BMC Public Health. 18 (1): 954. doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5827-5. ISSN 1471-2458. PMC 6117626. PMID 30168395.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  17. ^ Website, USIU-Africa. "Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi - University Council Member". USIU-Africa Website. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  18. ^ "Secretariat » Consortium for Advanced Research & Training in Africa". Consortium for Advanced Research & Training in Africa. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  19. ^ "CARTA hosts DFID Deputy Director Research and Evidence Division » Consortium for Advanced Research & Training in Africa". Consortium for Advanced Research & Training in Africa. 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  20. ^ "Yale, African Academy of Sciences host symposium on university research". YaleNews. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
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