Thereza Piloya
Thereza Piloya | |
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| Awards | Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Makerere University |
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| Discipline | Paediatrics |
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| Institutions | Makerere University |
Thereza Piloya-Were (also known as Thereza Piloya and Terry Piloya) is an Ugandan paediatrician who specialises in endocrinology and HIV/AIDS. She is Senior Lecturer at the Makerere University Department of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Biography
[edit]Thereza Piloya was educated at Makerere University, where she got her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree, before getting her Master of Medicine degree in paediatrics in 2010.[1] She started working in the Makerere University Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, where she has worked as a lecturer and a paediatric endocrinologist, and has directed both the Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes Unit and the undergraduate programme.[2] She was originally Assistant Lecturer at the department before she was promoted to Senior Lecturer at sometime after 2021.[2][1] She also was part of the staff at Mulago National Specialised Hospital's Paediatric Endocrinology Clinic when it was founded in 2013.[3]
As an academic, she specialises in paediatric endocrinology and paediatric HIV/AIDS.[3][1] She has also worked as a John E. Fogarty International Center Global Health Fellow, with her research project on the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and paediatric HIV; her mentors were Sarah Cusick, Richard Idro, and Sabrina Kitaka.[4] Among her achievements include improvements on the treatment of paediatric diabetes, including the provision of clinical mentorship.[3] In August 2021, Piloya told the Nile Post about the increase of precocious puberty due to lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda and recommended medical attention for precocious puberty.[5]
She is a fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "PANEL DISCUSSION 4 (PD4): Perspectives on Sustainable PD4 Health". World Health Summit Regional Meeting Africa (PDF). p. 39. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Thereza Piloya-Were". Makerere University School of Medicine. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d "UNAS Fellows". Uganda National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Thereza Piloya". Fogarty Fellows. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Zake, Mable Twegumye (20 August 2021). "When your four year old daughter "gets her first periods"". Nile Post. Retrieved 12 February 2024.