Reflections from ICHAD 2025 Graduates
Congratulations to recent ICHAD Research Assistants Francis Ssenabulya, Scovia Nassaazi, Fatumah Nakabuye who graduated from the Brown School at WashU with MPH and MSW degrees. We... Read More
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ICHAD Monthly Monitor April 2025
Welcome to ICHAD’s Monthly Monitor! In our April issue, we are pleased to share research findings from a study focused on HPV vaccination uptake among... Read More
Boosting HPV Vaccine Uptake Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Living with HIV
Each year, over 300,000 women die from cervical cancer, with 90% of these cases and deaths occurring in sub-Saharan Africa—a region already facing a heavy... Read More
ICHAD @ IAS Conference 2025
Congratulations to the following ICHAD team members whose abstracts were accepted for presentation at the 13th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science, to... Read More
Nabunya Granted Promotion with Tenure at WashU
Congratulations to ICHAD’s Co-Director, Dr. Proscovia Nabunya, on being promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at WashU, effective March 7, 2025. Dr. Nabunya’s research focuses... Read More
Using Machine Learning to Predict Poor Adherence to Medication Among Adolescents Living with HIV
Nearly 85% of the 1.7 million adolescents living with HIV reside in Sub-Saharan Africa. Even with the expansion and access to free antiretroviral therapy (ART),... Read More
ICHAD Monthly Monitor March 2025
Welcome to ICHAD’s Monthly Monitor! In our March issue, we are pleased to highlight findings from a study leveraging machine learning to predict poor adherence to... Read More
ICHAD Speaker Series: Monday, March 17, 2025 | 12-1 PM CST | Dr. Kwasi Torpey
Distinguished Kwasi Torpey has over 26 years’ experience as a physician, scientist, researcher, program director and trainer. He is a Professor of Family Health and Dean... Read More
ICHAD Speaker Series: Tuesday, Feb 25 | 12:00-1:00 PM | Dr. Jacaranda van Rheenen
Join us for our first ICHAD Speaker Series of 2025 featuring Dr. Jacaranda van Rheenen. Dr. Jacaranda is the Associate Director of the Midwest Developmental... Read More
ICHAD @ CUGH 2025
Join us at the upcoming 2025 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) in Atlanta, GA, from February 20-23, 2025. Several ICHAD team members will... Read More
Ssewamala, Nabunya named 2025 SSWR Fellows
Congratulations to ICHAD’s Co-directors, Drs. Fred Ssewamala and Proscovia Nabunya, who were recently inducted into the 2025 Class of Fellows of the Society for Social... Read More
ICHAD Monthly Monitor January 2025
Welcome to ICHAD’s Monthly Monitor! In our first issue of 2025, we are pleased to announce new research funding from the National Institutes of Health... Read More
ICHAD @ SSWR 2025
Congratulations to the following ICHAD team members whose abstracts were accepted for presentation at the 29th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and... Read More
Ssewamala, Nabunya, Iwelunmor awarded $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to address barriers to PrEP access and use among adolescents girls and yong women
Fred Ssewamala, the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor at the Brown School and Director of the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), Proscovia... Read More
Nabunya, Kabarambi, Nartey, Awarded the Brown School Global Pilot Funds
Dr. Proscovia Nabunya (ICHAD Co-Director) and Brown School Doctoral Students, Dr. Anita Kabarambi and Ms. Portia Nartey were awarded the 2024 Brown School Global Pilot... Read More
Sensoy Bahar, Kizito, Awarded the 2024 Global Incubator Seed Grants
Dr. Ozge Sensoy Bahar (ICHAD’s Co-Director) and Dr. Samuel Kizito (Faculty Affiliate) were awarded seed grants from WashU’s Here and Next Global Incubator Seed Grants... Read More
Dr. Ssewamala Awarded the 2024 Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award
We once again extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Fred, who was honored with the 2024 Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award. The Compton Award... Read More
Youth Development Accounts Opened for Refugee Youth Living in Settlement Communities
Under the leadership of Dr. Nhial Tutlam, ICHAD’s Associate Director for Research, the Suubi+Adherence4Refugee study aims to understand the factors associated with access to and... Read More
ICHAD Monthly Monitor October 2024
Welcome to ICHAD’s Monthly Monitor! In our October issue, we are pleased to share groundbreaking research findings from our study focused on HIV viral suppression... Read More
ICHAD Speaker Series: Tuesday, Oct 15 | 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM | Dr. Oliver Ezechi
Brain Gain with Global Public Health: A Tale of Capacity-supporting Strategies from Nigeria to the U.S. with Policy Implications Join us for the October ICHAD... Read More
Suubi-Mhealth Phase II awarded
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded the second phase of the Suubi-Mhealth study, aimed at developing a mobile health intervention/app for use... Read More
ICHAD Monthly Monitor September 2024
Welcome to ICHAD’s monthly monitor! In our September Issue, we are pleased to announce new research funding received for our research studies and capacity building... Read More
Tutlam, Nabunya and Naseh awarded NIH funding to build research capacity among refugee youth in Uganda
The Fogarty International Center (FIC) at the National Institutes of Health has awarded $150,000 to three Brown School assistant professors, Nhial Tutlam, Proscovia Nabunya and... Read More
ICHAD Speaker Series: Tuesday, Sept 10 | 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM | Dr. Pauline Byakika
The Global Threat and Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance with Special Focus on Sepsis and Malaria We are delighted to kick of the 2024-2025 ICHAD Speaker... Read More