Prof. Celestino Obua

Prof. Celestino Obua

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

PROFESSOR CELESTINO OBUA, MD, MSc, PhD

Dr Celestino Obua is a Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Fellow of the Uganda Academy of Sciences (FUNAS) and former Vice Chancellor, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST). He previously served as the Deputy Principal, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University before his appointment as the Vice Chancellor of MUST. He is the Principal Investigator/Program Director/MPI on several NIH/FIC funded research and capacity building grants at Mbarara University of Science and Technology. His passion for research and capacity building at the individual as well as institutional levels has contributed to mentoring several graduate students and junior faculty to be the next generation of researchers. His scientific work is currently focused on building capacity for research in HIV and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). In the area of NCDs his work is focused on neurological disorders (Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and epilepsy), alcohol use disorders and mental health disorders, conditions that are poorly understood with minimal primary care interventions in the context of rural Uganda.


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