Speaker Series: Dr. Nixon Niyonzima, March 2019

 

 

 



Please join us!

ICHAD & SMART Africa Speaker Series

A presentation by Dr. Nixon Niyonzima

 “An Overview of Cancer Burden and Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Uganda

12-1PM on Tuesday, March 26th 
Brown Lounge, Brown Hall,
Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis

(Free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided)

Please register here



Dr. Nixon Niyonzima
Dr. Niyonzima holds a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Washington in Seattle and a medical degree from the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University in Uganda. His areas of interest include molecular diagnostics, genomics, and genetic epidemiology. Dr. Niyonzima is currently undertaking research describing the genetic and mutational profile of cancer in Uganda and is a collaborator on ICHAD’s NCI-funded R21, Suubi4Cancer. Dr. Niyonzima also teaches Oncology and Virology at the College of Health Sciences, Makerere University.