Prof. Nelson K. Sewankambo is the Principal of the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University. For 11 years, he was Dean of the university’s School of Medicine, the precursor to the college. A longtime advocate of advancing health research and policy in Africa, Sewankambo led the effort that established the REACH Policy Initiative, an East African institutional brokerage mechanism linking research to health policy and action. His 25-year contribution to HIV/AIDS and health research in Africa has been acknowledged by many awards.

Sewankambo is Vice-President of the ACCORDIA Global Health Foundation, Chair of the Initiative to Strengthen Health Research in Africa, and a member of the Global Forum for Health Research and the Global Foundations for Health Research. He has participated in many international health initiatives and is a frequent contributor to international publications, including The Lancet, WHO Bulletin, and African Health Sciences.