Nelson Sewankambo

Nelson Kawulukusi Sewankambo is a Ugandan physician, academician, medical researcher, and medical administrator. He is a professor of medicine and former principal of the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, a semi-autonomous constituent college of Makerere University.

Background Sewankambo was born at Mulago Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city, in 1951.

Work experience In the early 1980s, Sewankambo was one of the earliest physicians in Uganda to recognize the new disease that caused patients to lose weight and "slim" down to abnormal cachectic sizes. The new disease, at first called Slim Disease, became known as HIV/AIDS. He has been at the forefront of research about the disease, specializing in HIV clinical drug trials. He has extensively published the finding of his research in medical journals and other peer publications.

In the late 1990s, Sewankambo was appointed dean of Makerere University School of Medicine. He served in that position until 2007, when he was promoted to the position of principal of Makerere University College of Health Sciences, a position he still occupies.

Other considerations Sewankambo is a fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences.