Building Bridges, Fighting Disease: Celebrating CWRU's 30-Year Partnership with Uganda

Case Western Reserve University will host a two-day celebration in honor of the 30th anniversary of its partnership with Uganda. The festivities will begin Thursday, Oct. 25, at 5:30 p.m. in the Linsalata Alumni Center with a cocktail reception and special event titled “How Decades of Success Battling HIV/AIDS Can Help Shape the Future.” The event will feature a panel discussion with:

• Peter Mugyenyi, chair of the Uganda National Academy of Science Research Committee and former executive director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre;
• Robert Salata, professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University and chairman of the Department of Medicine at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center; and
• Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, professor at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.

Mugyenyi also is recognized by the World Health Organization as one of the world's foremost specialists in HIV/AIDS. Register for the panel discussion event through Eventbrite. The celebration will continue Friday, Oct. 26, with a symposium discussing the Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration’s accomplishments and opportunities to expand the partnership. The symposium will begin with a breakfast at 8 a.m. in the Biomedical Research Building, Room 105.

About the collaboration

The Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration began in the 1980s after the late Frederick C. Robbins, CWRU professor emeritus and Nobel Laureate, was invited to visit Uganda by the country’s president to assist the Ugandan government with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The 30th anniversary program will highlight the success of the Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration and how lessons learned from this partnership will help fight disease in the future. More information can be found at the Center for International Affairs website. With any questions, contact global@case.edu.