Damazo T. Kadengye

Damazo T. Kadengye received a Bachelor of Statistics from Makerere University, Kampala, a Master of Biostatistics from Hasselt University and a doctorate from the University of Leuven in Belgium. Presently, he is the head of the Data, Measurement, and Evaluation Unit, as well as a research scientist, responsible for overseeing the design of scientific studies, providing data, measurement and statistical analytical advice to researchers at the Center. He leads a number of research projects focusing on data and measurement.

Damazo has served as an associate research scientist at APHRC; as a senior lecturer of biostatistics and epidemiology at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda; as a lecturer of statistical methods at Makerere University, Uganda; and as an epidemiologist with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Uganda. He has led several funded research projects and published in the areas of HIV/AIDS, women’s health, child healthcare, adolescent health, and educational sciences.