Angelina Kakooza Mwesige

**Angelina Kakooza Mwesige** ye Associate Professor era omusawo w'obusimu bw'abaana okuva mu Makerere University College of Health Sciences. Akola mu kitongole ky’abaana, gy’aweereza ng’omusawo, omusomesa, era omunoonyereza ng’essira asinga alissa ku buzibu bw’enkula y’obusimu, ensimbu,okwesika n'omwana afuna embeera ey'obutakwatagana nga kiva mu bwongo, awamu n’endwadde ezisiigibwa nga siriimu ezikosa obulamu bw’obusimu mu baana.

## Ebyafaayo n’obuyigirize
Angelina Kakooza yazaalibwa mu ddwaaliro e Mulago mu Kampala mu Uganda. Yasomera mu ttendekero lya Mount Saint Mary's college, Namagunga, Lugazi okusoma mu siniya (1980–1986). Yafuna MB ye. Diguli ya Ch.B era yamaliriza residency mu Pediatrics mu Makerere University College mu 1999.

Oluvannyuma yatendekebwa mu Epileptology ne EEG mu Institute of Clinical Neurology Bologna, Italy mu 2001. Era yakola emisomo egiwerako mu Neuroscience and Epilepsy egyakolebwa ekitongole ky’ensi yonna ekinoonyereza ku bwongo ( IBRO ) ng’ali wamu ne Society for Neuroscience in Africa mu bifo eby’enjawulo eby’okutendekebwa mu Kenya ne South Africa.

Mu 2016, yafuna diguli ye ey'okusatu ey'obusawo mu by’obusimu bw’abaana nga diguli ey’awamu wakati wa Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda ne Karolinska Institutet, Sweden mu dissertation ku Cerebral palsy mu baana ba Uganda.

## Emirimu
Ekkubo lye ery’ekikugu lyakolebwa nnyo olw’ebyo bye yayitamu ku bubwe; muganda we eyalina obulwadde bwa autism, cerebral palsy n’obulwadde bw’okusannyalala, yafa olw’okufa okw’amangu mu kusannyalala (SUDEP), okwamuviirako okuyingira mu mulimu gw’okujjanjaba obusimu bw’abaana. Yafuna diguli ye ey'okusatu  ng’ayita mu pulogulaamu ey’awamu wakati wa Makerere University ne Karolinska Institute mu Sweden, ng’asoma obulwadde bw’okusannyalala kw’obwongo mu baana ba Uganda.

Ng’oggyeeko emirimu gye egy’okusoma n’okujjanjaba, abadde n’emirimu egy’obukulembeze egy’amaanyi, omuli okuweereza nga Pulezidenti w’ekitundu kya Afrika ekya International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) era ssentebe w’akakiiko kaakyo akavunaanyizibwa ku nsonga za Afrika. Era yeenyigira mu bibiina eby’enjawulo, gamba nga African Child Neurology Association ne Autism Speaks’ Medical and Science Advisory Committee, ng’ayamba mu kaweefube w’ensi yonna okutumbula obulamu bw’abaana n’okumanyisa abantu ku bulwadde bw’okusannyalala mu Afrika. Omulimu gwe gugatta ku ndabirira y‟obujjanjabi, okunoonyereza, n‟okukwatagana n‟abantu b‟omukitundu, ebiseera ebisinga nga bivugibwa okwewaayo eri abantu abataweebwa buyambi bulungi. 

## Ebifo byabaddemu
Wakati wa 1993 ne 1996, Angelina yaliko omukungu w’abasawo, ekitongole ekitendeka abaana okuwangaala, ekitongole ky’abaana n’ebyobulamu by’abaana, mu ddwaaliro ly’eggwanga erya Mulago National Referral Hospital . Mu 1996 okutuuka mu 1999, yaliko Senior House Officer mu kitongole ky’abaana n’ebyobulamu by’abaana mu ddwaaliro e Mulago Referral Hospital. Mu 1999 okutuuka mu 2008, yali Medical Officer Special Grade/Pediatrician, ekitongole ky’abaana n’ebyobulamu by’abaana mu ddwaaliro e Mulago Referral Hospital. Mu 2008 okutuuka mu 2016, yali Lecturer/Child neurologist, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Makerere College of Health Sciences; Kampala, Uganda. Okuva mu 2016 n’okutuusa kati, ye Senior Lecturer/ Child neurologist, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Makerere College of Health Sciences; Kampala, Uganda 

## Obumanyirivu obulala

* Pulezidenti w’ekibiina ekilwaza obulwadde bw’okusannyalala Uganda (EPISOU)-Uganda (ettabi lya ILAE ).  
* Memba w'ekibiina ekigatta abasawo abakyala mu Uganda. 
* Memba w'ekibiina ekigatta abaana ekya Uganda Pediatric Association. 
* Memba ku lukiiko olufuzi olw’ekibiina ekigatta abaana abakola ku busimu bwa African Child Neurology Association. 
* Omuwanika era omutandisi mmemba w’ettendekero lya East African Academy on Childhood Disability. EAACD (Jan 2014 okutuuka kati). 
* Memba w’ekitongole ky’Amerika ekikola ku bulwadde bw’okusannyalala kw’obwongo n’obusawo bw’enkulaakulana AACPDM (Sept 2014 okutuuka kati). 
* Memba ku lukiiko olufuzi olw’akakiiko k’ekitundu kya Afrika ak’ekitongole ky’ensi yonna ekinoonyereza ku bwongo (IBRO-ARC) okumala ebbanga lya 2014–2018. 

## Awaadi
Angelina Kakooza afunye awaadi ez’enjawulo ng’ayita mu mirimu gye. ebimu ku byo biwandiikiddwa wano

# Omuwanguzi w’ekirabo kya Mentee –ow’enteekateeka y’okubuulirira okunoonyereza eya Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum (CINP). June 2005 okutuuka mu June 2008.
# Ekibiina ky’Amerika ekikola ku bulwadde bw’okusannyalala, (AES) Engule ya sikaala y’ensi yonna. November–December 2005.Kino kyakolebwa mu ddwaaliro ly’abaana Boston, Amerika 
# Okwogerwako mu kitiibwa olw'engule ya Mentor-Mentee Pair asinga, eri Prof. Dirk Dhossche & Dr. Kakooza- Mwesige. Angelina ku myaka 50 egya CINP, XXVI CINP Congress Internationales congress, mu Munich, Germany, July 2008. Engule eno eweebwa ababiri abasinga okubuulirira n’ababuulirizi mu nteekateeka ya CINP ey’okubuulirira. 
# Engule ya African Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award (ADDRF) eweebwa abanoonyereza ba Africa abasuubiza mu mwaka gwabwe ogw’okubiri oba ogw’okusatu mu misomo gyabwe egy’obusawo kibasobozese okumaliriza emisomo gyabwe. (Omwezi gw’okutaano 2011–14).
# ‘Charles C. Shepard Science Award’ olw’okulaga obulungi mu ssaayansi okuva mu kitongole ky’ebyobulamu n’obuweereza bw’abantu mu Amerika, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry. Mu kusiima olupapula lwaffe olutuumiddwa “Okunoonyereza ku ndwadde eziyinza okuvaako obulwadde bw’okusitula omutwe mu Disitulikiti y’e Kitgum, Uganda” PLoS One 2013; 8 (6): E667419. Omwezi gwokutaano 6, 2014.
# WWN/SFN Collaborative Research Network Program (CRNP) Research Award.-engule eweebwa abakyala bannassaayansi era nga enoonya okussaawo enkolagana wakati w’abakyala abakugu mu by’obusimu abali wakati w’emirimu nga balina ebifo by’abasomesa mu matendekero g’ebyenjigiriza mu nsi ezirina ssente entono n’eza wakati (December 2014-December 2015).
# AACPDM International scholarship award- eno ye Scholarship y’ensi yonna okuva mu American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) eweebwa okwetaba mu lukiiko lw’omwaka olw’omulundi ogwa 69 mu Austin, Texas, nga October 21–24, 2015.
# Engule y’okukosa abantu mu kitundu; omuwanguzi wa 2022 ku musingi gw'obulwadde bw'okusannyalala. 
# Engule y'obukulembeze bw'omukago gwa Bass eyasooka 

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