The Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration began in the 1980s after the late Frederick C. Robbins, professor emeritus and Nobel Laureate, was invited to visit Uganda by the country’s president, Yoweri Museveni, to assist the Ugandan government with the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
In honor of the collaboration’s 30th anniversary, CWRU will host a two-day event beginning with a cocktail reception and lecture titled “How Decades of Success Battling HIV/AIDS Can Help Shape the Future.” The reception and talk will take place Thursday, Oct. 25, at 5:30 p.m. in the Linsalata Alumni Center. A symposium will be held the next day, Friday, Oct. 26, in the Biomedical Research Building; more details to follow.
The event will highlight the significant success of the Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration and how the lessons learned from this partnership will help fight disease in the future.
It will feature Peter Mugyenyi, chair of the Uganda National Academy of Science Research Committee, who is recognized by the World Health Organization as one of the world’s foremost specialists in HIV/AIDS. Mugyenyi was formerly the executive director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre in Uganda.
All are welcome to attend. Contact global@case.edu with any questions.
For more information, visit the Facebook event page.