Flavia Namuwonge , MBA

Flavia is a PhD student in social work at WashU’s Brown School. Her research interests center around working with children, adolescents, and families impacted by poverty, HIV/AIDS and poor mental health. Before joining the PhD program, Flavia worked as the Head of Operations and Research Coordinator at Washington University’s International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) field offices in Uganda for eight years. In this capacity, Flavia implemented multiple National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded studies in Uganda—funded to ICHAD. These studies, include Suubi+Adherence (R01HD074949)—focused on treatment and adherence for children living with HIV/AIDS; Suubi4Her (R01MH113486)—focused on keeping young girls from poor families who live in low-resourced communities in school by addressing their economic needs and offering them psychosocial and emotional support; and Bridges to the Future (R01HD070727-01), a family-based economic empowerment intervention focused on in-school orphaned and vulnerable children. A widely published young scholar with publications in well-respected peer review journals, including The Lancet, Journal of adolescent health, and PLos One, Flavia holds a BA in Social Sciences from Makerere University in Uganda; and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Uganda Martyrs University. Her hobbies are traveling, sleeping, and watching movies.