Salutation
Dr.
First Name
George
Last Name
Khaukha
Qualification
Ph.D., Biochemistry, Nairobi University, Kenya
Job Title
Lecturer
Campus
Mbale
Office Hours
8:00-5:00 PM
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Biography
Dr. George W. Khaukha is a Part-Time Lecturer and Ag-HOD in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Busitema University. He teaches biochemistry to MBchB undergraduates and postgraduates, and he is also the Coordinator of Environmental and Occupational Health.Dr. George W. Khaukha participated as a supervisor in the Master of Public Health postgraduate program and successfully supervised one MPH student student: Mr. Sydney Nsubuga, who has since been awarded a Masters Degree in Public Health by Busitema University. Currently, he is supervising another Masters student, Mr. Okurut Alfred, for the award of a Masters Degree in Public Health by Busitema University.
Research Projects
- Pathophysiology of elevated blood Free Fatty acids.
- Vaccine against Trypanosomiasis
Publications and Papers
- George W Khaukha and R. Ramasamy, 1981. Haemolytic Activity of Trypanosomes. East African Medical Journal, vol. 58, no. 12, Dec. 1981
- George W Khaukha, Onesmo ole-MoiYoi, J.D. Lonsdale-Eccles. Trypanosome Phospholipases (an abstract) presented at the U.S.A. Scientific Federation Proceedings. 1984
- E.M. Eugui, D.L. Emery, G. Buscher and G.W. Khaukha. 1983. Specific and non-specific Cellular Immune Response to Theileria c. Parva in cattle, in Advances in The Control of Theileriosis (immunology). May 1991.
- George W Khaukha, Mehmet Simsek 2007. Fatty Acids are Haemolytic to Human Erythrocytes (Submitted to Medical Principles and Practice, Kuwait University Medical Journal, September 2007).
Courses Taught
Biochemistry
Environmental and Occupational Health
supervisor in the Master of Public Health
Staff Type
Academic Staff