@GaliwangoR

Deputy director @AceUganda; Bioinformatics scientist & Data science lead @IDIMakerere; AMR researcher & Epidemic Modeller

 Kampala, Uganda
rgaliwango.github.io/ronaldgaliwangowebsite/
Joined August 2011
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Ronald Galiwango, PhD retweeted
Global Health EDCTP3@EDCTP3Oct 15
📢 Apply for the IDM-Africa Fellowship in Infectious Disease Modelling, supported by @EDCTP3 3 fellowships available: 🔹2 positions at IDI/ACE-Uganda (English) 🔹1 position at ACE-Mali/USTTB (French) 📅 Deadline: 30 October 2026 🔗 idi.mak.ac.ug/opportunities/…
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Are you looking for a Fellowship Programme in Infectious Disease Modelling? Offer: a 12-month fellowship(1-month placement + 11 months mentorship) 3 positions: 2 at IDI/ACE-Uganda, 1 at ACE-Mali Closes: 30th October 2026 | 23:59 EAT To Apply: shorturl.at/3scRx
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Applications are open for the IDM-Africa Fellowship Programme in Infectious Disease Modelling. 12-month fellowship(1-month placement + 11 months mentorship) 3 positions: 2 at IDI/ACE-Uganda, 1 at ACE-Mali Closes: 30th October 2026 | 23:59 EAT To Apply: tinyurl.com/75vzxctx
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On the 30th September 2026, we closed our @LacunaFund funded project: Crafting a Biligual English–Luganda Dataset for Biomedical NLP. ✅38,644 English-Luganda sentence pairs ✅ Machine translation evaluation of our dataset ✅ Released version 1: doi.org/10.57967/hf/10682
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Ronald Galiwango, PhD retweeted
Kevin Cissy Nabukeera@ms_nabukeeraOct 1
A significant milestone!!! 🎉 Excited to share our publications on the 2026 Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda. We assessed whether existing Ebola Zaire treatments would be effective against Ebola Bundibugyo. PS. My first-authored paper in Nature Communications! 🧬
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Over the past 10 weeks, ACE-Uganda trained novices in the Introduction to Bioinformatics Course; and for the first time, they visited our center in person. Congratulations to all who finished. The future of bioinformatics in Africa and Uganda is bright🌄.
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Today, we presented Dr. Steven Reynolds with a Distinguished Partnership award. In appreciation for his advocacy and commitment to connecting ACE Uganda with the people, ​institutions and opportunities that advance African science.
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We were privileged to host Hon. @EngJonard, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the @ProfNawangwe, Vice Chancellor, @Makerere at ACE-Uganda. Presented: Genomic analysis and structural modelling to assess whether Zaire Ebola treatments could work for Bundibugyo.
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Today, we physically launch IDM-Africa! Sub-Saharan Africa has a critical shortage of disease modellers. The IDM-Africa project is changing that by training researchers to forecast outbreaks, design interventions, and inform policy. 📍 Kampala, Uganda
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Uganda is emerging as one of Africa's leading medical research hubs — driven by expanding clinical trials and world-class research infrastructure, backed by strong U.S. government funding and expertise. 📖 Read more: monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…
A graphic with a picture of Dr. Steven Reynolds with text "From assistance to independence: Uganda is becoming a major medical research hub in Africa"

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Today: ACE-Uganda at the forefront of cancer research This week, our D43 fellows and PI's @Daudi_j & Dr. Warren Phipps are at: NCI D43 PI Meeting (Sept 2-3) Future of Cancer Research in Africa Summit (Sept 3-4) Dr. Jjingo presented on Bioinformatics in cancer research
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🎉 That's a wrap! 2 weeks. 30 researchers. Countless analysis done. A community built. The ABI Summer School 2026 has officially ended; but the connections and skills will last a lifetime. Well done, everyone. #ABISummerSchool #Bioinformatics #ACEUganda
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Can existing Zaire Ebola treatments work against the Bundibugyo species? At #AFREhealth_26 @semawule presented genomic & structural analysis to answer that question. This work is considered for publication in Nature Comms journal. Pre-print DOI: doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-102…
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🧬 The ABI Bioinformatics Summer School is officially underway! Today marks the start of a two-week, hands-on training programme at ACE-Uganda, equipping African researchers with practical bioinformatics skills for genomic research. #ABISummerSchool #Bioinformatics
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Day 3: R Programming Day at the ABI Summer School! Participants are learning from @pvanheus mastering everything from data wrangling to visualisation in R. Two days of hands-on coding. #ABISummerSchool #RProgramming #Bioinformatics #ACEUganda
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Week 1 ✅ ABI Summer School. Over 26 researchers and lab technicians gathered together learning Linux, HPC, R, NGS. Thanks to the trainers, @RENU_256 , @MRC_Uganda , @AfrBioInstitute , and @IDIMakerere . Week 2 starts Monday!
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Ronald Galiwango, PhD retweeted
Shirley Gladys Nakyejwe
@shirley_glirdysAug 15
Thank you @USEmbassyUganda for the spotlight. Through @uspto online training and U.S. Department of State-supported programs, I gained exposure to proven approaches to intellectual property, innovation and leadership. #MyAmericanEdge is beyond what I learned; the knowledge gained has enabled me to create tools useful for the innovation ecosystem in Uganda. Uganda’s ICT Intellectual Property Guidelines, and the Innovate & Protect IP Management Toolkit, have reached over 2,000+ innovators and are freely accessible on the @MoICT_Ug website. Ideas need systems that enable them to be protected, commercialized, and scaled. And therefore these tools have been put in place to facilitate the protection of Ugandan innovations. #Freedom250 #IntellectualProperty #Innovation #Uganda #USEmbassyUganda – at Kampala, Uganda
U.S. Embassy Kampala, Uganda
@USEmbassyUgandaAug 15
What happens when Ugandan ambition meets the American edge? @shirley_glirdys took proven U.S. IP protection frameworks and adapted it for young Ugandan creators. #MyAmericanEdge
Portrait of Shirley Gladys Nakyejwe, a YALI RLC alumna, smiling with red-styled locs and wearing a striped outfit. Text under #MyAmericanEdge reads: “I trained with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, then built an IP toolkit specifically for young Ugandan creators—protecting their ideas and innovations.”

ALT Portrait of Shirley Gladys Nakyejwe, a YALI RLC alumna, smiling with red-styled locs and wearing a striped outfit. Text under #MyAmericanEdge reads: “I trained with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, then built an IP toolkit specifically for young Ugandan creators—protecting their ideas and innovations.”

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IDM-Africa is officially underway. Today, we held our virtual kickoff meeting. Officially marking the start of a 5-year initiative to strengthen infectious disease modelling capacity across sub-Saharan Africa. Read more at linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
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The global genomics market will exceed $1 trillion by 2030. Without the infrastructure to generate that value, Africa risks buying back knowledge from its own biology. African bioinformatics is not just scientific. It's economic. And sovereign. #Genomics #Bioinformatics
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💻 A new look. The same mission. Our new website is live!!!!!! Built to tell the story of the scientists, researchers, and innovators at ACE-Uganda. Explore it here: ace.ac.ug #ACEUganda #NewWebsite #WomenInSTEM #Bioinformatics
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