Research Time
It’s about time to tell you about what I’m actually doing and why I’m in Uganda! After Dr. Giordani got me moved into Mulago, I quickly settled in with the Global Health Uganda (GHU) Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy (CCRT) team. Michigan State University has a partnership with GHU and Makerere University to conduct this study. The main goals of this study are to determine the effectiveness of CCRT on improving neuropsychological and psychiatric outcomes in Uganda
From Within The Caravan
It’s barely 10am and its already what we would refer to back home as “hot as he**”, even as we try to pump some AC through the van. Headed to Murchison Falls from Ziwa Rhino Preserve are the 5 of us, plus our driver Richard, sitting pretty comfortably between boxes of bottled water. We ride out the 200km on a road that would make any country dirt path back home feel smooth and newly paved. There was heavy rainfall in the morning (shocker) and as a result the red dirt road is
Mulago, Sweet Mulago
What a good feeling it is to settle in a place knowing you won’t have to repack and move again for some time! After spending 2 weeks bouncing from guest house to guest house, I have finally unpacked my bags in the Mulago Guest House. “Home” for the duration of my time here, I’m quite content. It is a big guest house with 6 rooms, two beds in most, and there are two other buildings for visitors. Door to door, it is about a 10 minute walk to the hospital office where I work. Th
