Equator University Science and Technology (EQUSaT) Vice Chancellor Prof Frederick Banvu Nozmo Mukiibi passed on at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital on Sunday evening after battling a blood clot that blocked the blood vessels.
Aged 81, Prof Mukiibi reportedly got an attack last year on December 7, 2022, and was rushed to Uganda Heart Institute for specialised treatment where doctors revealed that he was suffering from a serious heart-related disease that needed an immediate operation.
The fallen academician had just served as EQUSaT Vice Chancellor for 19 months after joining them from St. Augustine International University in Kampala where he was a principal at the College of Health, Life and Biological Sciences.
Who is Prof. Frederick B. Mukiibi?
Prof. Mukiibi was born in 1941 to Mr and Mrs David Ssemakula in Buwere Village, Buwama Sub County in Mpigi district.
He attended Buweere and Kitebi Primary Schools for primary education, and thereafter joined Kyambogo College for junior level and later Nyakashura Secondary School for secondary education.
Mukiibi later scooped a scholarship at St. Petersburg University to further his studies where he graduated as a professor in Neurophysiology.
A professor of Neurophysiology with previous work experience at various prestigious academic institutions, Prof Mukiibi worked as the Principal of, College of Health, Life and Biological Sciences, St. Augustine International University, Kampala before joining EQUSaT in early 2021.
He also served as Associate Dean, Acting Dean and Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology.
He Chaired a number of committees at Mbarara University of Science and Technology including among others; The Faculty of Medicine Quality Assurance Committee, The Faculty of Medicine Dissertation Committee, The Faculty of Medicine, Research and Ethics Committee and The Faculty of Medicine Promotions Committee.
He has vast experience in managing and coordinating research having steered the grants office at Mbarara University of Science and Technology for a number of years and winning many research grants for the university.
Mukiibi boasts of a wealth of experience in the academic world spanning close to 50 years of teaching, having started as a Biology Teacher at Kitante Senior Secondary School, Kampala, Uganda in 1972.
At the international level, Prof. Mukiibi worked at Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia as Research Officer in Neurophysiology (1980-1983) as well as Warden, St. Lawrence Hospital, South West London.
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