Richard Idro

Associate Professor,
Makerere University College of Health Sciences

Dr Richard Idro is an Associate Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at Makerere University and Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Neurologist at Mulago National Referral hospital in Kampala, Uganda. He leads a Paediatrics Neurosciences Research Group in Uganda. His research interest is around brain injury in children living in resource poor settings and in particular the; i) Pathogenesis and outcomes of acute central nervous system infections, risk factors for and mechanisms underlying poor outcomes and interventions to improve both short and long-term outcomes; ii) Chronic neurological disorders including childhood epilepsies, neuro-disability and developmental impairments and iii) Paediatric Stroke especially following Sickle Cell Anaemia.