Fred Nalugoda

Fred Nalugoda is a public health researcher studying HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda for over 20 years, mainly through surveillance and field work.[1] He currently serves as the Program Director of a research station in Kalisizo in Uganda as part of his continued work at the Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP).[2]

Education

Nalugoda holds a bachelor's degree in statistics, and later went on to receive a master's degree in health sciences from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, under the Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program.[1] He has served as the Head of Grants, Science and Training at the RHSP while returning to Makerere University to pursue a doctorate degree in public health.[3] In 2015, he graduated from Makerere University, in the school of Philosophy, studying public health, biostatistics, and epidemiology.[4]

Rakai Health Sciences Program

The Rakai Health Sciences Program represents a group of scientists, investigators and clinicians performing a number of studies while following trends in HIV infections among a large open cohort study from about 50 villages in the Rakai district of Uganda.[5] The Rakai Community Cohort study acts as only one of the functions of the program, and a number of nested studies have drawn participants from this population.[6] The cohort study is made up of about 12,00 individuals. The program also provides participants with treatment and counseling about HIV testing and other STI care.[7] Fred Nalugoda has served in multiple roles in the program, conducting field study, training other scientists, and overseeing surveillance data. He is still currently employed with the RHSP and many of his publications have come from participants in the cohort study.[2]

Research interests

Fred Nalugoda, within the Rakai Commiunity Cohort Study, was part of a foundational study investigating the effects of male circumcision on HIV incidence.[8] Other publications centered around surveillance of HIV prevalence including treatment seeking behavior,[9] vaccine coverage and willingness to participate in trials,[10] and  the effects of counseling on the number of people receiving HIV test results.[11] Nalugoda himself asserts that his background and interest in biostatistics have allowed him to manage and publish data about the Rakai district. When describing the success in Rakai he said, "Now HIV treatment and prevention is widely available and denial is not a big issue now..".[1] More recently, Nalugoda and the RHSP has studied other social issues which are highly correlated with HIV, namely intimate partner violence[12] and gender empowerment programs.[13]

References
  1. "Fred Nalugoda: Preventing HIV in Uganda - Fogarty International Center @ NIH". Fogarty International Center. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  2. ORCID. "Fred Nalugoda (0000-0001-6119-9293)". Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  3. "Leadership | About RHSP - Board & Senior Management". Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  4. "Makerere University final graduation list 2015". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  5. Matovu, Joseph K. B.; Kigozi, Godfrey; Nalugoda, Fred; Wabwire‐Mangen, Fred; Gray, Ronald H. (2002). "The Rakai Project counselling programme experience". Tropical Medicine & International Health. 7 (12): 1064–1067. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00964.x. ISSN 1365-3156. PMID 12460398. S2CID 23157269.
  6. "Rakai Community Cohort Study - RCCS". www.rhsp.org. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  7. schroeder, christopher; Health, JH Bloomberg School of Public. "Current Research". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  8. Gray, Ronald H.; Kigozi, Godfrey; Serwadda, David; Makumbi, Frederick; Watya, Stephen; Nalugoda, Fred; Kiwanuka, Noah; Moulton, Lawrence H.; Chaudhary, Mohammad A.; Chen, Michael Z.; Sewankambo, Nelson K.; Wabwire-Mangen, Fred; Bacon, Melanie C.; Williams, Carolyn F. M.; Opendi, Pius; Reynolds, Steven J.; Laeyendecker, Oliver; Quinn, Thomas C.; Wawer, Maria J. (2007-02-24). "Male circumcision for HIV prevention in men in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised trial". Lancet. 369 (9562): 657–666. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60313-4. ISSN 1474-547X. PMID 17321311. S2CID 15958720.
  9. Paxton, Lynn; Kiwanuka, Noah; Nalugoda, Fredrick; Gray, R; Wawer, M (1999-01-01). "Community based study of treatment seeking among subjects with symptoms of sexually transmitted disease in rural Uganda". BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 317 (7173): 1630–1. doi:10.1136/bmj.317.7173.1630. PMC 28741. PMID 9848902.
  10. Kiwanuka, Noah; Robb, Merlin; Kigozi, Godfrey; Birx, Deborah; Philips, James; Wabwire-Mangen, Fred; Wawer, Maria J.; Nalugoda, Fred; Sewankambo, Nelson K.; Serwadda, David; Gray, Ronald H. (2004-06-01). "Knowledge About Vaccines and Willingness to Participate in Preventive HIV Vaccine Trials: A Population-Based Study, Rakai, Uganda". Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 36 (2): 721–725. doi:10.1097/00126334-200406010-00009. ISSN 1525-4135. PMID 15167291. S2CID 23033034.
  11. Matovu, Joseph; Kigozi, Godfrey; Nalugoda, Fredrick; Wabwire-Mangen, Fred; Gray, Ronald (2003-01-01). "The Rakai Project counseling programme experience". Tropical Medicine & International Health. 7 (12): 1064–7. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00964.x. PMID 12460398. S2CID 23157269.
  12. Wagman, Jennifer A.; Gray, Ronald H.; Campbell, Jacquelyn C.; Thoma, Marie; Ndyanabo, Anthony; Ssekasanvu, Joseph; Nalugoda, Fred; Kagaayi, Joseph; Nakigozi, Gertrude; Serwadda, David; Brahmbhatt, Heena (2015-01-01). "Effectiveness of an integrated intimate partner violence and HIV prevention intervention in Rakai, Uganda: analysis of an intervention in an existing cluster randomised cohort". The Lancet Global Health. 3 (1): –23–e33. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70344-4. ISSN 2214-109X. PMC 4370228. PMID 25539966.
  13. Mullinax, Margo; Higgins, Jenny; Wagman, Jennifer; Nakyanjo, Neema; Kigozi, Godfrey; Serwadda, David; Wawer, Maria; Gray, Ronald; Nalugoda, Fred (2013-04-01). "Community understandings of and responses to gender equality and empowerment in Rakai, Uganda". Global Public Health. 8 (4): 465–478. doi:10.1080/17441692.2013.768686. ISSN 1744-1692. PMID 23463914. S2CID 205911343.
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