Thomas Aisu

Thomas Ongodia Aisu (1 January 1954 – 16 October 2018), was a Ugandan medical doctor, microbiologist, academic and academic administrator, who at the time of his death, served as an associate professor at the Soroti University School of Health Sciences.

Background and education Thomas Aisu was born in Otipe Village, Olungia Ward, in the Southern Division of Kumi Municipality.

Career Aisu worked in the past as a laboratory specialist medical officer at the World Health Organization. During the 1990s and early 2000s, he served as the head of the Department of Medical Microbiology at Makerere University Medical School in Uganda. He also served as the head of the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory.

After his presentation, he collapsed and died. His body was taken first to Soroti Regional Referral Hospital and then to Mulago Hospital for a postmortem. He was laid to rest at his ancestral home, in Kumi Municipality, on Saturday 20 October 2018.