Dr. Marissa Mika (@dr_mmika) 's Twitter Profile
Dr. Marissa Mika

@dr_mmika

Writer. Historian. Anthropologist. Global Health. Opinions are my own. Author of Africanizing Oncology, which you can order here: bit.ly/340vVeR

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Will Deringer (@williamderinger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢JOB ALERT📢 My department, the Program in Science, Technology, & Society at MIT (@mitpsts), is running a search for two (2!) tenure-track assistant profs. Open field! Full ad + app here: apply.interfolio.com/126855 Sept. 1 deadline. Skinny application! Details / FAQs below...

History In Progress Uganda (@hipuganda) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You’re invited. “With insights from science and technology studies and contemporary African history, Dr. Marissa Mika’s work joins a new wave of contemporary histories of the political, technological, moral, and intellectual aspirations and actions of Africans after independence.”

You’re invited. 

“With insights from science and technology studies and contemporary African history, <a href="/dr_mmika/">Dr. Marissa Mika</a>’s work joins a new wave of contemporary histories of the political, technological, moral, and intellectual aspirations and actions of Africans after independence.”
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“… the architecture of the institute (Uganda Cancer Institute) itself show how Ugandans understood and continue to shape ideas about national identity, political violence, epidemics, and economic life.” Dr. Marissa Mika is a visiting scholar at CSTMS Berkeley .

“… the architecture of the institute (<a href="/UgandaCancerIns/">Uganda Cancer Institute</a>) itself show how Ugandans understood and continue to shape ideas about national identity, political violence, epidemics, and economic life.”

<a href="/dr_mmika/">Dr. Marissa Mika</a> is a visiting scholar at <a href="/CSTMSBerkeley/">CSTMS Berkeley</a> .
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Dr. Marissa Mika’s Africanizing Oncology describes the political, social, technological, and biomedical dimensions of how Ugandans created, sustained, and transformed Uganda Cancer Institute over the past half century.

<a href="/dr_mmika/">Dr. Marissa Mika</a>’s Africanizing Oncology describes the political, social, technological, and biomedical dimensions of how Ugandans created, sustained, and transformed <a href="/UgandaCancerIns/">Uganda Cancer Institute</a> over the past half century.
Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá (@seyeabimbola) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Some personal news: I've decided to step down as EiC of BMJ Global Health. Next week marks 8 years since its first issue, published 8 months after I was appointed its EiC. Thank you for all your support over the years. Here's a playlist to mark my exit: open.spotify.com/playlist/3s8qZ…

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Dr. Ayo Omotola, Program Manager for the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Program at Global Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude St. Jude Research facilitated the Collaboration Exercise session with great expertise. The session made significant progress. #FightCancerUg Jackson Orem Dr Joyce Balagadde Kambugu

Dr. Ayo Omotola, Program Manager for the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Program at Global Pediatric Medicine, <a href="/StJude/">St. Jude</a> <a href="/StJudeResearch/">St. Jude Research</a> facilitated the Collaboration Exercise session with great expertise. The session made significant progress. #FightCancerUg <a href="/JacksonOrem/">Jackson Orem</a> <a href="/JKambugu/">Dr Joyce Balagadde Kambugu</a>
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Dr. Benjamin Mwesigye leading discussions centering around the vital theme "Curing Children and Adolescents with Cancer in Uganda" at Serena hotel today. #FightCancerUg #ChildhoodCancerAwareness St. Jude WHO Uganda Dr Joyce Balagadde Kambugu SIOP-Africa

Dr. Benjamin Mwesigye leading discussions centering around the vital theme "Curing Children and Adolescents with Cancer in Uganda" at Serena hotel today. #FightCancerUg #ChildhoodCancerAwareness <a href="/StJude/">St. Jude</a> <a href="/WHOUganda/">WHO Uganda</a> <a href="/JKambugu/">Dr Joyce Balagadde Kambugu</a> <a href="/SIOPAfrica/">SIOP-Africa</a>
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My appeal to all stakeholders: let's ensure the inclusion of palliative care in the Child and Adolescent Cancer Control Strategy in Uganda. Everyone deserves comfort, dignity, and quality of life, regardless of their cancer diagnosis. Let's work together to make this a reality.

My appeal to all stakeholders: let's ensure the inclusion of palliative care in the Child and Adolescent Cancer Control Strategy in Uganda. Everyone deserves comfort, dignity, and quality of life, regardless of their cancer diagnosis. Let's work together to make this a reality.
Uganda Cancer Institute (@ugandacancerins) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are set to extend expertise & support to DRC by assisting in the establishment of a cancer treatment center in the Kivu region. This collaboration follows a recent visit by a delegation from Hopital General Reference Charite Maternelle, led by Dr. Jules Kafitiye.

We are set to extend  expertise &amp; support to DRC by assisting in the establishment of a cancer treatment center in the Kivu region. This collaboration follows a recent visit by a delegation from Hopital General Reference Charite Maternelle, led by Dr. Jules Kafitiye.