Andrew Kambugu

Early life and education Kambugu was born on 22 February 1973 in Kampala, Uganda. He attended Buganda Road Primary School and went on to King's College Budo for both his O and A levels. He studied medicine at Makerere University between 1992 and 2002, graduating with a master's degree in medicine. He then completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Utah and the University of Manitoba from 2002 to 2005, as well as a fellowship at the Royal College of Physicians in 2014.

Career Kambugu trained at Mulago National Hospital and Makerere University Medical School in Kampala. Academically, Kambugu is an honorary senior lecturer in the Department of Medicine at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, as well as an adjuct associate professor for infectious diseases at the University of Minnesota.

Research As of 2026, Kambugu has an h-index of 55 and has been cited more than ten thousand times. He is a member of the council of the African Centers of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data Intensive Sciences. His most influential work includes studies on managing treatment of antiretroviral therapy with cryptococcal meningitis, studies of antiretroviral medications for HIV, work on patient retention in HIV care, and complications of HIV infection.

Personal life Kambugu is married to Joyce Balagadde-Kambugu and they have two children.