Ronald Galiwango, PhD

Ronald Galiwango is a Bioinformatics Scientist and Deputy Director for the African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data-Intensive Sciences (ACE), Uganda, within Makerere University's Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala. After earning First-Class Honors in Mathematics (Major) and Statistics from Makerere University in 2013 (National Merit), he received a Commonwealth Fellowship for an MPhil in Computational Biology at the University of Cambridge, UK, in 2014. In 2016, he pursued a PhD in Computational Epidemiology (Bioinformatics, Epidemiology) at the University of Georgia, USA, funded by a Fogarty-NIH Fellowship, and enhanced his data science skills through DataCamp. His research focuses on applying quantitative methods including bioinformatics, machine learning and mathematical modelling to address infectious disease challenges, with a particular emphasis on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). He has co-authored various peer-reviewed publications. He is a Principal Investigator (PI), Multi-PI, Co-investigator or Key Personnel on various AMR, data science, infrastructure, modelling and training grants.