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Associate Professor Catherine Abbo | |
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Born | Catherine Abbo 1972 |
Alma mater |
Makerere University ( Bachelor of Medicine in Medicine and Surgery) Makerere University ( Master of Medicine in Psychiatry) ( Joint PhD in Transcultural Psychiatry) Makerere University Karolinska Institute (Master in Philosophy in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) University of Cape Town (Fellow) College of Medicine of South Africa |
Occupation(s) | researcher, Medical doctor, and academic |
Years active | 1998—present |
Title | Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, at Makerere University |
Catherine Abbo (born 1972) is a Ugandan researcher, medical doctor and academic. [1] She is currently serving as a lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences at Makerere University. [2]
She graduated from Makerere University with a Bachelor of Medicine and surgery , a Masters degree in Psychiatry from Makerere University, a joint PhD in Transcultural Psychiatry from Makerere University and Karolinska Institute, in Sweden (2005-2009). [3] [4] Her Master of Philosophy in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from University of Cape (2012-2014). [1] She is a fellow of College of Medicine of South Africa. [3] [2]
Abbo did her medical internship at Mulago hospital in Kampala after she served as a Medical Officer in Butabika National Mental Referral Hospital. [1] [2] [3] In June 2006, Abbo joined Makerere University as an Assistant lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry. [3] [1] [4] [5] She is a visiting lecturer at Gulu University in faculty of Medicine. [3] [6] [2]
She has published the finding of her research in Child and Adolescent, Psychiatry and Mental Health and Transcultural Psychiatry [3] in medical journals and other peer publications hence cited with an H-index of 46 with 847 citations and has thus published research findings in over 67 peer-reviewed journal Scientific publications. [7] [8] [9] [6] She was awarded the Young Minds Award 2005 in Psychiatry by American Psychiatric Association in International Category [10] [11]
She serves as the President Elect Uganda Psychiatric Association, chairperson for UMA SACCO, chairperson for Governing Council at Butabika School of Psychiatric Clinical Officers.