Latest News and Events
- ClinEpiDB is live!!! New Open-access Data Resource Aims to Bolster Collaboration in Global Infectious Disease Research. https://clinepidb.org
The website presents data from the Program for Resistance, Immunology, Surveillance and modelling of Malaria (PRISM) led by Grant Dorsey, professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and Moses Kamya...Read more... - Prof Kamya selected as one of UC Berkeley, the School of Public Health's 75 Influential Alumni
Prof Moses Kamya has been selected by UC Berkeley, School of Public Health to be honored as one of their 75 most influential public health alumni over our entire 75-year history...Read more... - The 10th East Africa Collaborative Scientific Symposium
The 10th East Africa Collaborative Scientific Symposium is taking place on January 17th to 18th, 2018 in Kampala, Uganda...Click here to learn more and register... - The 6th Annual MU-UCSF-LSMTH Young Investigator Research Symposium
The 6th Annual MU-UCSF-LSMTH Young Investigator Research Symposium is taking place on January 24th, 2018 in Kampala, Uganda...Click here to learn more and register... - IDRC to carry out Prospective Country Evaluation
IDRC in collaboration with Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has been awarded Prospective Country Evaluation (PCE) for Uganda for 3 years (2017 - 2020).read more... - WHO Project Summary (Funded by DFID Through WHO)
The Uganda Malaria Surveillance Project (UMSP) is running an Outpatient Surveillance Program at 21 level III/IV health facilities ‘Malaria Reference Centres (MRCs)’ located in 21 districts across the country. The PCE is a read more... - PRISM Project renewed for 7 years
We would like to congratulate Professors Grant Dorsey (University of California San Francisco) and Moses Kamya (Makerere University/IDRC) for the award from the NIAID for an International Center for Excellence in Malaria Research (ICEMR)! The Program for Resistance, Immunology, Surveillance and Modeling of Malaria in Uganda (PRISM) has received a 7-year grant (up to 2024) at around $1 million annually.read more... - IDRC exhibition tent on world malaria day
IDRC exhibition tent on world malaria day, 25th April 2017 in Fort Portal Uganda. A special thank you to all who visted our tent.read more...
IDRC Regulatory Affairs Department
The IDRC Regulatory Affairs Department is responsible for ensuring that all research activities under the IDRC are in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and guidelines set by the national and international regulatory organizations. 
The need for a separate regulatory core for the oversight of research activities was recognized and the department was started in 2009. The aim is to have a qualified team dedicated to maintaining high scientific standards for the research results, and for the safety, integrity and respect for the patients and volunteers involved in research. The IDRC Regulatory Affairs Department is managed by Dr. Bridget Nzarubara and includes two regulatory officers, Faith Kagoya and Irene Rwomushana, based in Kampala and Mbarara, respectively. The regulatory office has oversight of over 15 studies and sub-studies.
Activities include:
- » Staff training in GCP, GCLP, protocol specific and informed consent procedures
- » Provide support to new collaboration investigators
- » Maintain timely, ongoing communication with the Ugandan IRB officials, study teams and investigators from collaborating institutions
- » Ensuring and documenting qualified personnel and maintain, in a confidential manner, up-to-date personnel records and documents
- » Conducting site visits, ensuring the on-site team is working in accordance to GCP
- » Help to identify, report and problem solve at the different IDRC research sites in Uganda
- » Internal monitoring and planning of studies
- » Work with investigators in preparation and submission of study related documents to the ethics review board, follow-up on approvals of initial applications, protocol modifications and annual renewals from the IRBs
- » Track study submissions, follow-up approvals and annual reviews from the regulatory organizations
- » Maintenance of study essential and source documents
- » Work with investigators to identify and report serious adverse events and violations to the ethics committee
- » Prepare management summary reports, identify problem areas and document corrective action plans
- » Product storage, handling and accountability
- » Assist the lab with specimen storage, documentation and shipment
