Moses Ocan

Dr. Moses Ocan is a senior lecturer at Makerere University's College of Health Sciences, specializing in Pharmacology and therapeutics. Since 2012, he has been actively involved in various committees, including the Examination Malpractice Committee, the School of Biomedical Science Higher Degrees Committee, and the Vice Chair of the School of Biomedical Science Research Ethics Committee. Additionally, Moses served as a co-principal investigator for the Uganda site on the PROVE project.
Beyond his academic roles, he is co-director at the Africa Centre of Systematic Reviews and Knowledge Translation. Dr. Ocan is also the founder and incumbent President of the Uganda Pharmacological Society (UParS). He takes pride in mentoring over 20 researchers and guiding them through conducting systematic reviews and knowledge translation. Notably, he contributed to developing various COVID-19 evidence synthesis products as part of the COVID-END group, where he worked with the Scoping Working Group. Dr. Moses Ocan's commitment to nurturing young talent is evident through his mentorship of more than 200 undergraduate students on research conduct and publication under the HEPI-TUITAH NIH-funded grant since 2021. Currently, he supervises five PhD and three MSc students. Among his achievements, he has authored two policy briefs on antimicrobial self-medication and antimicrobial resistance. He has actively participated in the technical review of national treatment guidelines for Leishmaniasis in Uganda. Furthermore, he has examined over 50 MSc student theses, dissertations, and one PhD.
His extensive research interests encompass various areas, including community pharmacy practices, antimalarial resistance, self-medication, toxicology, drug development, clinical trials, vaccine efficacy (HBV vaccine, COVID-19 vaccine, Malaria vaccine), systematic reviews and meta-analysis, medicine regulation and registration, medicine quality, policy briefs, and pharmacovigilance.