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Development of simplified molecular tools for the diagnosis of kinetoplast
diseases
Mugasa, C.M.
Publication date
2010
Link to publication
Citation for published version (APA):
Mugasa, C. M. (2010). Development of simplified molecular tools for the diagnosis of
kinetoplast diseases.
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Curriculum vitae
127 Curriculum vitae
Claire Mack Mugasa was born in Rutete, Kabarole, Uganda in 1976. After completing her secondary education at Nabisunsa Girls’ secondary School, she joined Makerere University Kampala (MUK), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in 1996. Five years later she graduated with a Bachelors of Veterinary medicine (BVM). She worked as a Veterinary Officer with Kisoro District Local Government for 6 months before being appointed as a teaching assistant in the Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Microbiology in 2002 at Makerere University Kampala. In 2004, she enrolled for Masters of Science in Molecular Biology, with financial support from DAAD (German Academic Foreign Exchange Service). She carried out her MSc research at Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT)/Royal Tropical Institute, KIT Biomedical Research, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands under the TRYLEIDIAG project. Under this project she developed and evaluated molecular diagnostic assays for leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis, work that developed into a PhD (this thesis). She has been involved in field work, training and supervision of undergraduate students in molecular diagnostic techniques of trypanosomiasis.
Currently, Claire Mack Mugasa is an Assistant Lecturer in Makerere University Kampala and carries out research in human and animal African trypanosomiasis. With the qualification of PhD, she will be promoted to full lecturer in the university service.
