"I wish to share my experiences and learn from all the fellows and alumni that will contribute to the movement achieving health equity across borders."
Brian is from Uganda. He is a medical doctor by training with a degree in medicine and surgery from Mbarara University of Science and Technology. He performed a one-year medical internship at St. Mary's Hospital Lacor in the Gulu district of northern Uganda. He was a teaching assistant at Gulu University and has worked predominantly in the field of HIV/AIDS care with community-based programs such as The AIDS Support Organization in Uganda (TASO)-Uganda. There, he worked as a medical officer and medical coordinator before moving on to work as a care and treatment specialist at Baylor-Uganda in a health-systems-strengthening project in the West Nile region. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Project Planning and Management from the Uganda Management Institute. Brian has an immense passion for community-based work that developed after volunteering at a number of rural health facilities during school breaks and holidays with his friends from medical school.