Dr. Robert Ssekitoleko
He is the head of the Biomedical Engineering Unit at Makerere University in the College of Health Sciences with skills in medical device design, prototyping, devices trials as well as capacity building. He is keen on developing effective, affordable, and easy-to-use innovative biomedical devices that can advance diagnostics, interventions and disease monitoring in low- and middle-income countries. He is very committed to building capacity in Biomedical Engineering in Uganda and Sub-Saharan Africa. His work involves training and mentoring students from BSc to PhD level from different countries. His research experience has exposed him to designing tools for people with disabilities, maternal cases as well as a number of fabrication techniques for low resource settings.