1st Annual Conference, Global Health and Economic Strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa – May 13-14, 2014
The 1st Annual Conference on Global Health and Economic Strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa was held at the University of Chicago School of... Read More
School Retention and Health in Uganda: A CSSW-MSPH Collaboration
One of the potential benefits of becoming a full-time faculty member at a major research university like Columbia is the opportunity of... Read More
The Future Is Here
When Professor Fred Ssewamala first proposed a program to give AIDS orphans in his native Uganda an opportunity to open their own... Read More
Dr. Fred Ssewamala Offers Fresh Source of Hope to AIDS Orphans in His Native Uganda
September 28, 2012 An AIDS orphan in Uganda, Makumbi Deogratius never dreamed that he would someday be an electrical engineering student... Read More
Innovative Program Promotes Economic Empowerment for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Uganda
First Study Aims to Help Thousands of At Risk Children and Their Families Define Their Future September 2, 2011– Associate Professor Fred... Read More
Fred Ssewamala to Design Pilot Program for Child Development Accounts in Nigeria
May 28, 2009 New York, NY – Associate Professor Fred Ssewamala will be collaborating with the Bayelsa State government of Nigeria to... Read More
Dr. Fred Ssewamala Garners NICHD Award for Study of HIV-positive Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dr. Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor of Social Work and International Affairs at CUSSW, has been awarded a five-year, $3.8m grant from the... Read More
A Voice from Uganda
Wendie Veloz Februrary 2006 Wendie Veloz currently is working at a field placement in the Rakai District of Uganda. Under the supervision... Read More
Fred Ssewamala awarded NIH Grant
Fred Ssewamala, Assistant Professor of Social Work, has been awarded a two-year NIH grant ($457,000) to expand an intervention called the SUUBI... Read More