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Psychiatry, Early intervention psychiatry, Biological psychiatry, Preventive psychiatry

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Uganda

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Employment (3)

Makerere University: Kampala, UG

2023-08-01 to present | Senior Lecturer (Psychiatry)
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Makerere University College of Health Sciences: Kampala, Kampala, UG

2014-12-05 to present | Lecturer (Psychiatry)
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Makerere University College of Health Sciences: Kampala, Kampala, UG

2012-08-01 to 2014-12-05 | Assistant Lecturer (Psychiatry)
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Cape Town: Rondebosch, Western Cape, ZA

2016-08-01 to 2021-12-14 | PhD (Psychiatry and Mental Health)
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Makerere University College of Health Sciences: Kampala, Kampala, UG

2011-08-01 to 2014-07-31 | Master of Medicine in Psychiatry (Psychiatry)
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Mbarara University of Science and Technology: Mbarara, Mbarara, UG

2003-08-01 to 2008-07-31 | MBChB (Faculty of Medicine)
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Professional activities (8)

Uganda Society for Health Scientists: Kampala, Kampala, UG

2022-03-03 to present | Treasurer
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

International Early Psychosis Association: Parkville, VIC, AU

2018 to present
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

African Association of Psychiatrists and Allied Professions (AAPAP): Nairobi, KE

2017 to present
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Uganda Psychiatry Association: Kampala, UG

2015-01-01 to present
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

African College of Neuropsychopharmacology: Cape Town, ZA

2014-07-01 to present
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

East African Young Psychiatrist's andTrainees Association : Kampala, UG

2011-08-01 to present
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Harvard University: Cambridge, MA, US

2020-05-20 | Fellow, Global Initiative for Neuropsychiatric Genetics Education and Research (T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Fogarty International Center: Md., Md., US

2018-07-01 | UCGHI GloCal Fogarty Fellow 2018-2019
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Funding (5)

o DETERMINING THE ROLE OF DECLINING FINANCIAL COMPETENCY DUE TO DEMENTIA ON THE SUCCESS OF SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS IN UGANDA.

2021-07 to present | Award
Makerere University (Kampala, UG)
URL: https://rif.mak.ac.ug/category/round-3-grantees/
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

PREVALENCE, CORRELATES AND EXPLANATIONS OF A LONG DURATION OF UNTREATED PSYCHOSIS AMONG ANTIPSYCHOTIC NAÏVE PATIENTS AT BUTABIKA HOSPITAL: A MIXED METHODS STUDY.

2018-08-04 to 2019-12-30 | Grant
Fogarty International Center (Bethesda, US)
URL: https://grants.uberresearch.com/100000061/D43TW009343/University-of-California-Global-Health-Institute-Program-for-Fellows-and-Scholars
Part of GRANT_NUMBER: D43TW009343
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

PREDICTORS OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AMONG PATIENTS WITH FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS IN UGANDA.

2017-01-31 to 2019-11-31 | Grant
Fogarty International Center (Bethesda, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.4242090
Part of GRANT_NUMBER: D43TW010132
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

o NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR FIRST-EPISODE PSYCHOSIS PATIENTS IN LOW RESOURCE SETTINGS.

2016-08 to 2020-03 | Award
Neuropsychiatric Genetics in African Populations (NEUROGAP) (Bethesda, MD, US)
URL: https://www.broadinstitute.org/stanley-center-psychiatric-research/stanley-global/neuropsychiatric-genetics-african-populations-neurogap
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

DEPRESSION WITH PAIN CO MORBIDITY AMONG HIV POSITIVE PATIENTS AT A SPECIALISED HIV CARE SETTING IN UGANDA.

Award
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (Md., Md., US)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER: R25NS080968
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Works (23)

Evaluating construct and criterion validity of NeuroScreen in assessing neurocognition among hospitalized Ugandan first-episode psychosis patients

Schizophrenia Research: Cognition
2023-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2022.100276
Part of ISSN: 2215-0013
Contributors: Nana Asiedu; Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga; Dickens Akena; Corey Morrison; Joy Louise Gumikiriza-Onoria; Angel Nanteza; Juliet Nakku; Nastassja Koen; Noeline Nakasujja; Wilber Ssembajjwe et al.
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

The association of cognitive impairment with quality of life and functional impairment in Ugandan first-episode psychosis patients: a cross sectional study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-022-02020-x
Contributors: Emmanuel K. Mwesiga; Andrew S. Ssemata; Joy Gumikiriza; Angel Nanteza; Anne Jacqueline Nakitende; Juliet Nakku; Dickens Akena; Noeline Nakasujja
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Feasibility of conducting a pilot randomized control trial of a psycho-education intervention in patients with a first episode psychosis in Uganda—A study protocol

PLOS ONE
2022-07-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268493
Contributors: Dickens Akena; Yann Benetreau; Aggrey Semeere; Philippa Kadama; Emmanuel K. Mwesiga; Juliet Nakku; Noeline Nakasujja
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Prevalence, profile and associations of cognitive impairment in Ugandan first-episode psychosis patients

Schizophrenia Research: Cognition
2022-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2021.100234
Part of ISSN: 2215-0013
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Trends and Predictors of Engagement with Mental Healthcare Services in the Year Following Initiation of Antipsychotic Medication Among Ugandan First-Episode Psychosis Patients.

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2022-03-18 | Preprint
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Exploring facilitators for a transition from alternative and complementary therapies to evidence-based treatments in Ugandan first-episode psychosis patients

2022-02-24 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.21.22270378
Contributors: Emmanuel K. Mwesiga; Andrew S. Ssemata; Ann Jacquelline Nakitende; Linnet Ongeri; Aggrey Semeere; Rachel Loewy; Susan Meffert; Noeline Nakasujja
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Comparison of antipsychotic naïve first‐episode psychosis patients and healthy controls in Uganda

Early Intervention in Psychiatry
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eip.13120
Contributors: Emmanuel K. Mwesiga; Dickens Akena; Nastassja Koen; Juliet Nakku; Noeline Nakasujja; Dan J. Stein
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Quality of individual and group level interventions for first-episode psychosis at the tertiary psychiatric hospital in Uganda

South African Journal of Psychiatry
2021-04-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v27i0.1604
Contributors: Emmanuel K. Mwesiga; Noeline Nakasujja; Lawrence Nankaba; Juliet Nakku; Seggane Musisi
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The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need for community mental health-care models in Uganda.

The lancet. Psychiatry
2021-03-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(21)00070-5
PMID: 33740413
PMC: PMC7963447
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

A systematic review of research on neuropsychological measures in psychotic disorders from low and middle-income countries: The question of clinical utility

Schizophrenia Research: Cognition
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/9vrmf
DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2020.100187
DOI: 10.17632/PYXF9SGFPC.1
Part of ISSN: 2215-0013
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga
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Diagnostic accuracy at the first episode of psychosis in Uganda.

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2020-09-01 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2020.08.28.20182501
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga
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Knowledge Gaps about Autism Spectrum Disorders and its Clinical Management among Child and Adolescent Health Care Workers in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study

EC Psychology and Psychiatry
2020-08-31 | Journal article
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EC Psychology and Psychiatry 9.8 (2020): 112-121.
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

REDUCED PSYCHEDELIC EFFECTS OF KETAMINE INFUSION AFTER ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY: A REPORT ON THREE CASES.

2020-08-27 | Other
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/9w5ub
Contributors: Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga, Dr.; Racheal Alinaitwe; Janet Nakigudde; Seggane Musisi
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Clinical outcomes among individuals with a first episode psychosis attending Butabika National Mental Referral Hospital in Uganda: a longitudinal cohort study. A study protocol for a longitudinal cohort study

BMJ Open
2020-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034367
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

One year prevalence of psychotic disorders among first treatment contact patients at the National Psychiatric Referral and Teaching Hospital in Uganda

PLOS ONE
2020-01-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218843
Contributors: Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga; Sphiwe Madiba; Noeline Nakasujja; Juliet Nakku; Annet Nanyonga; Joy Louise Gumikiriza; Paul Bangirana; Dickens Akena; Seggane Musisi
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Knowledge and attitudes about sudden death in epilepsy among people living with epilepsy and their health care providers in Mulago Hospital, Uganda. A cross‐sectional study

Epilepsia Open
2019-12-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12374
Part of ISSN: 2470-9239
Part of ISSN: 2470-9239
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Classification and description of chronic pain among HIV positive patients in Uganda

African Health Sciences
2019-08-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v19i2.20
Part of ISSN: 1680-6905
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

A cross-sectional mixed methods protocol to describe correlates and explanations for a long duration of untreated psychosis among patients with first episode psychosis in Uganda

BMJ Open
2019-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028029
Contributors: Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga; Noeline Nakasujja; Linnet Ongeri; Aggrey Semeere; Rachel Loewy; Susan Meffert
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Advancing neuropsychiatric genetics training and collaboration in Africa

The Lancet Global Health
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30042-1
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2-s2.0-85044451815
Contributors: van der Merwe, C.; Mwesiga, E.K.; McGregor, N.W.; Ejigu, A.; Tilahun, A.W.; Kalungi, A.; Akimana, B.; Dubale, B.W.; Omari, F.; Mmochi, J. et al.
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga via Scopus - Elsevier

Depression with pain co morbidity effect on quality of life among HIV positive patients in Uganda: A cross sectional study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0403-5
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2-s2.0-84951968942
Contributors: Mwesiga, E.K.; Mugenyi, L.; Nakasujja, N.; Moore, S.; Kaddumukasa, M.; Sajatovic, M.
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga via Scopus - Elsevier

Secondary mania of HIV/AIDS

Brain Degeneration and Dementia in Sub-Saharan Africa
2015 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: ISBN 978-1-4939-2456-1
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

The association between depression, quality of life, and the health care expenditure of patients with diabetes mellitus in Uganda

Journal of Affective Disorders
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.11.019
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2-s2.0-84919820400
Contributors: Akena, D.; Kadama, P.; Ashaba, S.; Akello, C.; Kwesiga, B.; Rejani, L.; Okello, J.; Mwesiga, E.K.; Obuku, E.A.
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga via Scopus - Elsevier

Discussing the Evolving Classification of Anxiety, Trauma, And Stressor-Related Disorders.

African journal of traumatic stress.
2014-01-01 | Journal article
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Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga

Peer review (5 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMC psychiatry (4)
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