Personal profile
Research interests
Knowledge translation
Rapid Evidence Synthesis
Health Policy
Public Systems
Complex systems
Computational methods
Social Network Analysis
Sickle Cell Anaemia
Tuberculosis
Biography
Ismael Kawooya
is the Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2024 winner and International Health Policy Fellow 2023. He is a knowledge broker with nearly ten years of experience operating at the nexus between evidence and policy, especially in urgent or crisis situations. Ismael has dynamic and robust expertise that he always seeks to improve and integrate into his role as a knowledge broker, such as advanced epidemiological and statistical analysis, social network analysis, process mapping, mixed methods, rapid evidence synthesis, design thinking, evidence and policy mapping, packaging, citizen engagements, and applying digital tools to improve the efficiency of these methods. Additionally, he has supported and mentored over 20 teams to design, develop and implement rapid response services for evidence-informed policymaking. He is working on several initiatives to push the frontiers of EIPM in Africa, such as nurturing the next generation of leaders in EIPM in Africa and applying innovative approaches for EIPM, especially in urgent and crisis situations.
Education/Academic qualification
Unknown, Master, Masters of Science of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
21 Aug 2013 → 27 May 2015
Award Date: 19 Jan 2016
Unknown, Bachelor, Bachelors of Medicine and Bachelors of Surgery, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
20 Aug 2007 → 30 May 2011
Award Date: 17 Jan 2012
Themes
- Community Health and Resilient Health Systems