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]

Education

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]

Career

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]

Research

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Catherine Abbo | Makerere University College Of Health Sciences | MakCHS". Chs.mak.ac.ug. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  2. ^ a b c d "Makerere University 2019 Course Lecturers". Ginger.sph.harvard.edu. May 8, 2019. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Dr. Catherine Abbo – Save Children With Autism Uganda". Autismuganda.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  4. ^ a b "Catherine Abbo Profile - The International Alumni Association". Thealumniassociation.com.
  5. ^ Doreen Nelly Kyampeire [@DorahNellyK] (July 6, 2021). "One of the speakers today is Dr. Catherine Abbo, a senior lecturer and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist . Based on her experience and expertise, she will share resourceful information about mental health management and young people. Don't miss! #Covid19andMentalHealthUG https://t.co/t36DeFvAlI" (Tweet). Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ a b "Catherine Abbo (0000-0002-5972-6194)". Orcid.org.
  7. ^ "Catherine Abbo". Researchgate.net. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Europe PMC". Europepmc.org.
  9. ^ "Collaborative Research – THRiVE". Europepmc.org. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  10. ^ "American Psychiatric Association And AstraZeneca PLC Award Unique International Career Development Prizes To Top Psychiatry Researchers". BioSpace.com. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Psychiatrist Says Ongwen's 'Resilience' Should be Taken into Account When ICC Considers Judgement". Ijmonitor.org. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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