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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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.”
“… 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 .
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.
You don't want to miss these! Uganda Studies Group is hosting 3 remarkable scholars soon: emotional capital & oncology Dr. Marissa Mika; autocracy & clientelism @moseskhisa; Acholi political thought Bates College. We hope to see you! African Studies Association @OhioUnivPress Bloomsbury Books UK
We hope you will join Uganda Studies Group African Studies Association this month, as we host Dr. Marissa Mika @OhioUnivPress!
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…
We hope you can join Uganda Studies Group, today, for Dr Marissa Mika's talk. 6 pm EAT (8 am Pacific; 11 am EST; 3 pm London). ZOOM Meeting ID: 884 087 8122 Passcode: 429096
Collaborative spirit and dedication of participants as they work towards a unified strategy for Child And Adolescent Cancer control Strategy in Uganda. Dr Joyce Balagadde Kambugu Jackson Orem Ndagire Mariam Barnabas Atwiine St. Jude WHO Uganda Uganda Child Cancer Foundation MAXENCIA NANJULA
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. 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