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Video profile: Dr. Harriet Myanja-Kizza, Dean, College of Medicine, Makerere University

Dr. Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, dean of Makerere University Medical School in Uganda, describes how she launched her career. She received her master's in immunology at Case Western Reserve University through a Fogarty Fellowship supported by the AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP). She now runs a state-of-the-art laboratory in Kampala with many doctoral and postdoctoral students and international collaborations, all of which stem from her Fogarty links.

Updated September 19, 2013