Josephine Birungi is the Head of Technology, BecA-ILRI Hub. She manages laboratory operations, research facilitation and research related services, application and monitoring of new technologies under the diverse technology platforms. Prior to joining the BecA-ILRI Hub, Josephine worked at the Uganda Virus Research Institute-International AIDS Vaccine Initiative HIV vaccine trial unit as a Senior Scientist, a role that involved setting up the first laboratory in Africa to attain Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) international accreditation.
Josephine holds a BSc (Hons) (Zoology/Psychology) and MSc (Zoology) from Makerere University Kampala, Uganda and a PhD in Molecular Genetics, Evolutionary Biology and Conservation genetics at Makerere University/ University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She conducted postdoctoral research at Yale University School of Medicine and is an honorary Senior Lecturer at Makerere University Kampala.
My Publications
Behavioral changes of some arboviral vectors in Zika Forest: A concern for emerging and re-emerging diseases in Uganda
Life-history attributes of juvenile Anopheles gambiae s.s. in central Uganda; implications for malaria control interventions
Genome-wide diversity and demographic dynamics of Cameroon goats and their divergence from east African, north African, and Asian conspecifics
The effect of different processing methods on nutrient and isoflavone content of soymilk obtained from six varieties of soybean grown in Rwanda
