Fred Wabwire-Mangen is associate professor of epidemiology at the Makerere University Institute of Public Health, where he teaches epidemiology and research methodology to graduate and undergraduate students. He was trained as a medical doctor at Makerere University and later specialized in tropical medicine at Liverpool University, and immunology and infectious diseases and infectious disease epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University. His research interests include sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and reproductive health. He has been a co-investigator with the Rakai Health Sciences Program since 1994, where he was in charge of the maternal-infant component of the STD control for the AIDS Prevention Trial. Presently, Dr. Wabwire-Mangen is leading HIV vaccine initiatives in collaboration with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. His strengths are in the design, implementation, and analysis of research studies and the translation of research findings into public health policy and practice. Dr. Wabwire-Mangen has over 45 journal publications. Dr. Wabwire-Mangen also has specific interests in the development of innovative methods for adult medical education. In this regard, he spearheaded the Ugandan development of the innovative experience-based master of public health Training Program using the 'Public Health Without Walls' model. In the ten years of its existence, this Program has produced over 100 MPH graduates who are currently deployed in public health leadership positions in Uganda.