MBChB, MMED Padiatrics & Child Health (Makerere), MHPE (Maastricht), FAIMER Fellow, Postgraduate Certificate (Instructional Design & Performance Improvement). 

Dr. Sarah Kiguli is a Professor of Paediatrics & Child Health, Makerere University. She is an accomplished Health Professions’ Educatinist who has championed innovations in medical education, quality improvement, and capacity building in Uganda and beyond.  She has over 30 years of experience in clinical practice, research, academic leadership, and health professions education, with a distinguished career dedicated to improving Health Professions Education, child health and strengthening health systems in Uganda and across Africa. She was a member of the team that transformed the education and training of medical students at Makerere Medical School in 2001 and spearheaded the development of Competency Based Medical Education in 2010.

As Principal Investigator of the Improving Health Professional Education and Capacity in Experimental Epidemiology (NORPART 2021/10358) project, Prof. Kiguli leads a collaborative partnership between the University of Bergen and the Makerere University College of Health Sciences. The project focuses on strengthening health professional education through innovative training approaches, international academic collaboration, student and faculty mobility, mentorship, and capacity building in experimental epidemiology and research methodology.

Prof Kiguli has led several collaborative research and capacity-strengthening initiatives, including NIH funded Health Professions Education Partnership Initiative, (HEPI Uganda Project), Sickle Cell Pan African Consortium (SPARCO) Uganda, Project Enhancing Research Capacity for Sickle Cell Disease and related NCD across the lifespan in Uganda (ENRICH) Project.

She has held several leadership positions at Makerere University and beyond. She is the founding Director of the Eastern Africa FAIMER Regional Institute, contributing significantly to the development of health professions educators across the region, Chairperson of the Uganda National Sickle Cell Disease Taskforce and Director of the Makerere University Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Disease.She served as the Acting Director of Quality Assurance, Head of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Education Coordinator at Makerere College of Health Sciences, Member of Makerere Senate and University Council, Member of the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council, and President of the Association of Uganda Women Medical Doctors. 

Prof. Kiguli is widely recognised for her commitment to developing the next generation of health professionals and academic leaders. Her work has contributed significantly to advancing teaching and learning practices, fostering research capacity, and promoting internationalisation within health professions education in East Africa and beyond. She is also a Fellow of the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) and has held several regional and international leadership roles in health professions education