Dr. Maxwell Otim Onapa is a Biomedical Researcher and a Distinguished Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (FUNAS). He is a commissioner in the government of Uganda and a visiting professor at the department of public health, Busitema, a public university in Uganda.
He formerly worked as a biomedical researcher in infectious zoonotic diseases for over 14 years before joining the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology where he worked for 12 years; providing transformative leadership in the management of science, technology and innovation.
Dr. Otim holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine from Makerere University, a Master of Science Degree from the Free University of Berlin, Germany; a PhD from University of Copenhagen, Denmark; an MBA from ESAMI and a Diploma in ICT Leadership and Knowledge Society from Dublin City University.
At a national level, Dr. Otim serves in leadership positions in various institutions such as: Atomic Energy Council (AEC) where is a member of the Governing Council, Uganda Management Institute (UMI) where he chairs the Institutional Research Advisory Board; the Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) where is serves as a member of Board of Directors. Dr. Otim also serves as a member of Doctoral Committees and a postgraduate examiner in various colleges of Makerere University. Dr. Otim previously served as the Africa Vice Chair for the Geneva based Commission of Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) of the United Nations Conference in Trade (UNCTAD) from 2015-2016.
This page was updated in September 2024.
