Dr. Agnes Kasede Napyo

Senior Lecturer - Nursing Science

Dr. Agnes Napyo K is a PhD prepared graduate nurse. She  has pursued a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Makerere University, Master of Public Health at Uganda Christian University, a postgraduate diploma in Project Management and Planning at Uganda Management Institute and her PhD (maternal, neonatal and child health in the context of infectious diseases) at the Center for International Health at the University of Bergen in Norway.

She is particularly enthusiastic about research. Her research works and publications have been focused in the areas of Maternal, neonatal and Child Health, infectious disease epidemiology, as well as antimicrobial resistance / one health. Her research methodologies of competence include: observational studies (cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies) as well as experimental study designs (randomized clinical trials).  She is also very competent in qualitative study designs.

She has played the role of Principle Investigator and Co-Principle Investigator on various research projects mainly clinical trials and details to these are as follows:

RESEARCH PROJECTS
Project Role
1 Effect of using alcohol based hand rub on neonatal outcomes (sepsis, respiratory infections, diarrhea) in Uganda – the BABY GEL STUDY

 

EDCTP grant

 Co-investigator (leading the patient and public involvement work package)
2 Pregnancy and childbirth priority setting partnership with the James Lind Alliance

 

Funders: the James Lind Alliance, EDCTP

 Principle investigator in Uganda
3 Introduction of CPAP (continuous air way pressure) in the delivery room to reduce mortality among preterm infants in Uganda – the DR-CPAP study

 

NIH grant

 Co-investigator (leading the patient and public involvement work package)
4 Skin barrier therapy with sunflower seed oil for very low birth weight infants (<1500g) in Uganda: effects on survival, infection and growth

 

Funded by the Research Council of Norway

 Co-investigator

 

Also a postdoctoral fellow / researcher on the grant
5 Advanced safe Stewardship of Antibiotics in Primary Care

 

NIHR grant

 Co-investigator
6 Covid-19 preventive measures in the context of Public transportation

HEPI – funded

 Principal investigator
CONSULTANCIES
1. Assessment of the state of emergency medical services in Uganda

 

Funder: Seed Global Health

 

 Consultant – Team lead

 

Qualifications

Dr. Napyo Agnes K  has pursued:

  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Makerere University
  • Master of Public Health at Uganda Christian University
  • Postgraduate diploma in Project Management and Planning at Uganda Management Institute
  • PhD (maternal, neonatal and child health in the context of infectious diseases) at the Center for International Health at the University of Bergen in Norway.

Research Interests

She is particularly enthusiastic about research. Her research works and publications have been focused in the areas of Maternal, neonatal and Child Health, infectious disease epidemiology, as well as antimicrobial resistance / one health. Her research methodologies of competence include: observational studies (cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies) as well as experimental study designs (randomized clinical trials).  She is also very competent in qualitative study designs.

Publications

Projects

No Projects found.

Supervision

Dr. Napyo Agnes has supervised to completion 2 PhD students, over 30 masters’ students (mainly Master of Public Health) and over 20 undergraduate students (mainly Bachelor of Science in Nursing)

Presentations

 

  • The International Conference of AIDS and STDs in Africa (ICASA):  December 2019 (in Kigali, Rwanda)
  • Joint International Students’ Conference organised by Makerere University College of Health Sciences in February 2019 (at Makerere University, Kampala Uganda)
  • The International conference on Global Health organised by the Norwegian Research School of Global Health in April 2019
  • The GLOBVAC 2020 in Oslo, Norway

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