- Source: Patrick Edrin Kyamanywa
Patrick Edrin Kyamanywa is a Ugandan surgeon, academic, academic administrator and researcher. He is currently the Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University, a faith-based private university owned by the Episcopal Conference of Uganda. He assumed office on 1 December 2021 replacing Maviiri John, who retired. He was installed as the 4th Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University on 17 March 2022.
Career
He is the Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University.
Research
He is an experienced researcher and his articles have been published in several authoritative journals globally as listed below:
"Awareness, knowledge, attitude and practice towards measures for prevention of the spread of COVID-19 in the Ugandans: A nationwide online cross-sectional Survey". Published in Medrxiv.
"Health professional training and capacity strengthening through international academic partnerships: The first five years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda" published in International Journal of Health Policy and Management.
"Non-physician clinicians in sub-Saharan Africa and the evolving role of physicians". Published in International journal of health policy and management.
"Road traffic injuries: cross-sectional cluster randomized countrywide population data from 4 low-income countries." Published in the International Journal of Surgery.
"Self-reported determinants of access to surgical care in 3 developing countries." Published in JAMA surgery.
"Injury, disability and access to care in Rwanda: results of a nationwide cross-sectional population study." Published in the World journal of surgery.
"Can focused trauma education initiatives reduce mortality or improve resource utilization in a low-resource setting?" Published in World journal of surgery.
"The human resources for health program in Rwanda—a new partnership"
"Building research capacity in Africa: equity and global health collaborations"
"Rwanda 20 years on: investing in life"
"Estimating operative disease prevalence in a low-income country: results of a nationwide population survey in Rwanda"
"Epidemiology of injuries presenting to the national hospital in Kampala, Uganda: implications for research and policy."
"Strategies to improve clinical research in surgery through international collaboration"
"Hepatitis B and C seroprevalence among health care workers in a tertiary hospital in Rwanda"
"Implementation of the World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist Program in 11 centers across multiple economic strata: effect on care process measures"
"Anaesthesia for elective inguinal hernia repair in rural Ghana-appeal for local anaesthesia in resource-poor countries"
"Sterilized mosquito net versus commercial mesh for hernia repair"
"Prevalence of breast masses and barriers to care: Results from a population‐based survey in Rwanda and Sierra Leone"
"A comparison of Kampala trauma score II with the new injury severity score in Mbarara University Teaching Hospital in Uganda"
See also
John Maviiri
Kampala International University
Uganda Martyrs University
University of Rwanda