Dr. Sabrina Bakeera Kitaka is a Senior Lecturer of Paediatrics and Adolescent Health at the College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda.
Prior to that appointment, she was a Medical Officer Special Grade at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, as well as a Sewankambo Research Scholar.
She has extensive experience in scholarship, education, and clinical practice. Her current research interests relate to health systems (specifically patient-centered outcomes) and infectious diseases (particularly among HIV infected adolescents).
Her clinical interests are infectious diseases and growth and development outcomes, particularly the challenges of children transitioning into adolescence and then adulthood. She serves on various Boards and Technical Working Groups based in the Ministry of Health and is a reviewer of several journals.
She has served as a member of the Uganda National Immunization Technical and Advisory Group (UNITAG) since its inception in October 2014 and its precursor, the Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Immunization (ACVI) from July 2012-October 2014.
From Mushrooms to Movement: How Maria Nakanwagi and the dfcu Rising Woman Initiative Are Redefining Ugandan EntrepreneurshipShe has worked in the area of vaccines, including advocacy, and assessment of effects of the HPV vaccine on the sexuality of Ugandan Adolescents and also participated in advocacy campaigns for the Rotavirus, Pneumococcal, and other vaccines. She is a recipient of several awards.
In 2003, she was a recipient of the Global Young Researchers’ Award offered by the American Academy of Pediatrics. From 2004-2011 she was a recipient of the prestigious Sewankambo Scholarship which was sponsored by a Gillead Grant.
She completed her Fellowship in Paediatrics Infectious Diseases in 2007. She did her undergraduate training and post graduate training at Makerere University.
