Researchers/Supervisors
Lydia Nakiyingi
SANTHE Programme Coordinator,
SANTHE Supervisor
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Lydia Nakiyingi is a Senior Lecturer and clinical researcher at Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda. She is also an infectious diseases physician who works on the tuberculosis and infectious diseases wards at Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital.
Her research interests focus on tuberculosis and HIV, and she has been actively involved in HIV and TB clinical research implementation for over a decade. She currently participates in multiple studies evaluating TB diagnostic tools and contributes to improving TB detection and management.
She has authored several peer-reviewed publications and is actively engaged in teaching, training, supervision, and mentorship of medical students at Makerere University, including postgraduate and PhD candidates in TB and HIV research.
She also serves as the programme coordinator for the SANTHE programme at the Uganda–Case Western Reserve University Research Collaboration and is involved in supervising SANTHE trainees at the Uganda site.