Senior LecturerSEEK-GSP
Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu MD, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the Makerere University, School of Medicine, and she is currently based at the Mulago National Referral Hospital since 2013. She leads mental health research projects in northern Uganda whose results are published in several scientific journals including the Lancet.
In 2016, her research on Group Support psychotherapy for depression treatment in rural communities earned her national and international praise: She was honored by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni with the Presidential National Independence Medal of Honor on 8 March – International Women's Day. She was also one of five recipients of 2016 Elsevier Foundation Awards for Women Scientists in the Developing World.
Dr. Nakimuli-Mpungu completed her Medical degree, and Master of Medicine in Psychiatry at the Makerere University in 1998 and 2006 respectively. In 2012, she attained a doctoral degree in psychiatric epidemiology from John’s Hopkins University, USA. She has been funded by Grand Challenges Canda, MQ Transforming Mental Health and Child Relief International Foundation. Other awards she has won include the Fulbright Science & Technology Award for PhD studies (2007) and International AstraZeneca/ APIRE Young minds in Psychiatry Award for demonstrating exceptional promise in psychiatric research (2005).