Accordia Global Health Foundation’s Professors in Residence Program is designed to provide essential counsel and mentoring to current and future infectious disease health professionals in Uganda.  The program identifies accomplished international physician scientists able to spend 2-4 uninterrupted weeks advising, training, and supervising African scholars and clinicians, adding an essential new component to their development as the next generation of African healthcare professionals. 

The program is currently targeting the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) and Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.  Prior to the Professors in Residence (PIR)’s arrival in Uganda, assignments are carefully designed to match each individual’s areas of expertise with specific needs of the scholars and clinicians on the ground.  During their stay, the Professors in Residence (PIR) add real value to IDI, Makerere and nearby Mulago Hospital through their teaching, advising and attending activities. 

The strong impact that these well-planned visits have on students, faculty and staff at Makerere University and the Infectious Diseases Institute make the program an essential component of Accordia Global Health Foundation’s goal to strengthen academic medical institutions in Africa.

Applicants are considered by a Selection Committee composed of Academic Alliance members and senior IDI and Makerere leadership.  Applications are reviewed three times a year and assignments are made in accordance with Makerere University’s academic schedule and the visiting professor’s availability.  For more information regarding the Professors in Residence program please contact Kelly Willis.

Browse a Sample PIR Schedule.

Download the PIR Application [COMING SOON].