Denis Omali

Denis Omali is a Pharmacologist and a Makerere University & Uganda Management Institute alumnus. He is a Fellow of the United Nations Biosecurity programme under the Biological Weapons Convention within UNODA. Denis is also a practicing member of the young evaluators community of practice of Africa for Monitoring and Evaluation under the Development Insights Hub.

With over 8 years of clinical and research laboratory experience, Denis holds immense knowledge and technical skills in laboratory medicine, which he believes the same should be transferred to other early career scientists through teaching, research and capacity development.

Mr. Omali’s wealth of research experience stems from the mentorship and collaborations natured to him by the Infectious Diseases Institute, where he was supported as a Fogarty fellow, and trained in a multitude of data management and research ethics courses such as EpiData, EpiInfo, STATA, SPSS, RCR, HSP, GCP, GCLP among others. With the zeal to foster strong ties between the research and social arenas, Denis pursued trainings and mentorship in Implementation Research by the World Health Organisation & University of Ghana and Health Systems Strengthening by the United Nations Children’s Fund & University of Melbourne. Denis’s laboratory practice is backed-up by he’s IATA certification and LQMS skills obtained from Saf-T-Pak and ASCPi respectively. It is through such professional trainings that he delivers top-quality laboratory research out-puts, with a strong-hold command in Analytical Method Development and Validation for HPLC and LCMS, and Pharmacogenomics.

For the years Denis has supported Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology research through the laboratory, he sought registration and membership with Uganda Allied Health Professionals’ Council, Pharmacogenomics Global Research Network and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene where he is a member.