Pauline Byakika

Pauline Byakika–Kibwika (née Pauline Byakika) is a Ugandan specialist physician, internist, epidemiologist, academic and researcher. She was appointed and announced as the vice chancellor of Mbarara University of Science and Technology in August 2024 after emerging the best out of the 5 candidates shortlisted for the job. She previously served as a professor of medicine at Makerere University College of Health Sciences. From 2017 until 2019, she served as the vice president of the Uganda Medical Association, a professional industry association that champions medical doctors' interests in Uganda. Her PhD thesis analyses the drug-to-drug interactions between antimalarials and Anti-retroviral drugs. In addition to her duties, as a member of the nine-person executive committee, she was a member of the 55-person national governing council of the association.

On 5 August 2024, she was named as the third vice chancellor of Mbarara University of Science and Technology.