Dr. Josephine Bwogi, PhD, MSc, DTM&PH, MBChB is an Assistant Director of Research, Immunisable Diseases and Head of the Immunisable Diseases Department at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI). She leads the WHO-designated Inter-country Polio Laboratory and WHO Measles and Rubella Regional Reference Laboratory. With over 25 years of experience in public health, epidemiology, virology, and laboratory sciences, she has established herself as a leading expert in vaccine-preventable disease surveillance, outbreak response, molecular epidemiology, and laboratory systems strengthening.
Dr. Bwogi has provided technical leadership for national and regional programmes on polio, measles, rubella, hepatitis, rotavirus, influenza, enteroviruses, COVID-19 and Acute Febrile illnesses while collaborating with the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), University of Glasgow, Medicine and Healthcare products and regulatory Agency, UK and Ministries of  Health across Africa. She has also served as a WHO Temporary Adviser and Consultant, supporting laboratory accreditation, quality assurance, and disease surveillance in numerous African countries.
A graduate of Makerere University with a PhD in Medicine (Molecular Epidemiology), Msc. in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree. Dr. Bwogi also holds a post graduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Public Health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Berlin and University of Heildelberg, Germany. Dr. Bwogi has successfully led internationally funded research projects, supervised postgraduate research, published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, and contributed significantly to strengthening immunization programmes and laboratory capacity across the African Region. She remains committed to advancing public health through scientific excellence, innovation, collaboration, and evidence-based policy.
Dr. Bwogi’s passion is to see no child die from vaccine-preventable diseases.