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Patience Tugume

Country of origin: Uganda Currently in: Uganda, Kampala General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms
Early Career Fellowship
Academic Background

Degrees

2017 Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Biological Systems and Organisms

Essential oils commercialisation Hidden hunger among pregnant and breast feeding women


Publications resulting from Research: 


i.Tugume, P., &Nyakoojo, C. (2020). Traditional use of wild edible plants in the communities adjacent to Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda. Ethnobotany Research & Applications, 20:15
ii.Tugume, P., Anywar, G., Ojelel, S., &Kakudidi, E.K. (2020) Tamarind (Tamarindusindica L.): A reiew of its use as a spice, a culinary herb and medicinal applications. In: Atta-ur-Rahman, F.R.S., Choudhary, M.I., &Yousuf, S. (eds). Science of Spices and Culinary herbs, Vol 2, Betham Science Publishers pte Ltd, Singapore.
iii.Tugume P., &Nyakoojo, C. (2019). Ethno-pharmacological survey of herbal remedies used in the treatment of paediatric diseases in Buhunga parish, Rukungiri District, Uganda. BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine. 19.253 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-019-2763-6.
iv.Tugume, P., Buyinza, M., &Kakudidi, E.K. (2019). Creating awareness of the value of Non timber forest products to rural communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda. Forestry Ideas 25 No.1(57): 119-135.
v.Nambejja, C., Tugume, P., Nyakoojo, C., &Kamatenesi-Mugisha, M. (2019). Medicinal plant species used in the treatment of skin diseases in Katabi Sub-County, Wakiso District, Uganda. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 18:20.
vi.Tugume, P., Buyinza, M., &Kakudidi, E.K. (2019). Non-Timber Forest Products Markets: Actors and Income determinants. Journal of Forestry, 6:1-19.
vii.Tugume, P., Buyinza, M., Namaalwa, J., Kakudidi,E.K., Mucunguzi, P., Kalema,J., &Kamatenesi, M. (2016). Non timber forest products trade and community livelihoods around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda. Journal of Agricultural Studies, Vol.4 (4): 1-13. Doi :10.5296/jas.V4i4.9482.
viii.Tugume, P., Kakudidi, E.K., Buyinza,M., Namaalwa, J., Kamatenesi, M., Mucunguzi, P. & Kalema, J. (2016). Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 12:5 DOI 10.1186/s13002-015-0077-4.
ix.Tugume, P., Buyinza, M., Namaalwa,J., Kakudidi, E.K., Mucunguzi, P., Kalema, J., &Kamatenesi, M. (2015). Socio-economic predictors of dependence on Non-timber forest products: lessons from Mabira Central Forest Reserve Communities. Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 4, No.2,pp.195-214DOI:0.15640/jaes.v4n2a23URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15640/jaes.v4n2a23



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Teaching
Currently lectures to undergraduate and graduate students in the department of Plant sciences, microbiology & Biotechnology, Makerere University. Engaged in research projects focusing on ethnobotanical survey, bioproducts commercialisation, drivers of hidden hunger among pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Workshop and Conference Attended

2021 Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala, Uganda. 1st International conference on Reimagining the Natural Products Industry in Africa (RNPIA– 2021),
2019 Heliopolis University, Cairo, Egypt 18th Symposium of Natural Products Research for Eastern and Central Africa (NAPRECA).
2019 CREST, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa DIES/CREST Alumni Networking workshop on Research and Capacity Development in Doctoral Supervision at African Universities .
2016 Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda The 15th International Society of Ethnobiology Congress.
2016 Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda 3rd Annual National Traditional Medicine Conference
2015 Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda 2nd Annual National Traditional Medicine Conference.

Affiliations

Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda
Natural Products Research for East and Central Africa
International Society of Ethnobiology

Presentation given

2016
The value of non-timber forest products utilized by communities around Mabira CFR, Uganda.
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Event: 15th ISE Congress,
2019
Traditional use of wild edible plants in villages adjacent Mabira Central Forest Reserve Uganda.
Heliopolis University, Cairo, Egypt.
Event: 8th Symposium of Natural Products Research for Eastern and Central Africa (NAPRECA),
2019
Understanding doctoral student-supervisor relationships at Makerere University DIES/CREST Alumni networking meeting.
Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Event: DIES/CREST Alumni Networking workshop on Research and Capacity Development in Doctoral Supervision at African Universities
2021
Traditional therapeutic uses of Aloe spp. in Eastern Africa and their potential for drug discovery.
Imperial Royale Hotel, Kamp
Event: 1st International conference on Reimagining the Natural Products Industry In Africa (RNPIA– 2021)
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

May 2015
African Development Bank- Higher Education in Science & Technology (AfD-HEST)
PhD Fellowship. The title of my thesis was Economic valuation of non-timber forest products and recreational benefits from Mabira CFR, Uganda
Dec 2023
Research and Innovations Fund (MAKRIF)
Project title: Knowledge, attitudes and conservation of commonly traded medicinal plants in a climate changing environment in eastern Uganda. The project aims at developing evidence-based interventions to avert medicinal plants extinction under climate changing environment.
Fellowship with OWSD

Fellowship with OWSD

Fellowship with OWSD

Fellowship awarded

Early Career Fellowship awarded 2023

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