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{{Short description|Ugandan physician, oncologist, researcher, academic and academic administrator}}

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Professor '''Charles Mark Lwanga Olweny''', '''MBChB, MMed, MD, FRACP''', is a Ugandan [[physician]], [[oncologist]], [[academic]] and [[medical researcher]]. Currently he is a [[Professor|professor of medicine]] and Immediate past [[Chancellor|vice-chancellor]] at [[Uganda Martyrs University]], based at [[Nkozi]], [[Mpigi District]], in [[Central Region, Uganda|Central Uganda]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Professor Charles Olweny Is Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University| url=http://www.umu.ac.ug/node/117| publisher=Uganda Martyrs University| access-date=15 April 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025165617/http://www.umu.ac.ug/node/117| archive-date=25 October 2014| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
'''Charles Mark Lwanga Olweny''' is a Ugandan [[physician]], [[oncologist]], [[academic]] and [[medical researcher]]. Currently he is a [[Professor|professor of medicine]] and Immediate past [[Chancellor|vice-chancellor]] at [[Uganda Martyrs University]], based at [[Nkozi]], [[Mpigi District]], in [[Central Region, Uganda|Central Uganda]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Professor Charles Olweny Is Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University| url=http://www.umu.ac.ug/node/117| publisher=Uganda Martyrs University| access-date=15 April 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025165617/http://www.umu.ac.ug/node/117| archive-date=25 October 2014| df=dmy-all}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
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==Education==
==Education==
Professor Olweny attended [[St. Peter's College Tororo]], for his O-Level education (S1-S4).<ref>{{cite web|first=Mark|last=Owor|title=St Peters College Tororo Gets New Laboratory|date=14 July 2007|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/35/576024|publisher=New Vision|access-date=15 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416182653/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/35/576024#|archive-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He attended [[St. Mary's College Kisubi]] for his A-Level classes (S5-S6).<ref>{{cite web|first= Richard|last=Kavuma| title=Easy Thursday: Kisubi Sons Come Home|publisher=The Observer (Uganda)| url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=250:richard-m-kavuma&catid=43:sizzling&Itemid=71|date= 19 June 2008|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> In 1961, Olweny entered [[Makerere University School of Medicine]], the oldest medical school in Uganda and East Africa, which was founded in 1924.,<ref>{{cite web| first=Rachael|last=Ninsiima|title=Meet The Pioneer of Medical Studies at Makerere University|url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?%20option=com_content&view=article&id=27371:meet-the-pioneer-of-medical-studies-at-makerere-university&catid=85:education|publisher=The Observer (Uganda)|date=8 September 2013|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> graduating with the degree of [[Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery]] ([[MBChB]]), in 1966. Later, he obtained the degree of [[Master of Medicine|Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine]] ([[MMed]]). He followed that with the degree of [[Doctor of Medicine]] (MD), all from [[Makerere University]]. Olweny's chosen speciality is [[medical oncology]].
Professor Olweny attended [[St. Peter's College Tororo]], for his O-Level education (S1-S4).<ref>{{cite web|first=Mark|last=Owor|title=St Peters College Tororo Gets New Laboratory |date=14 July 2007 |access-date=15 April 2014| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/35/576024|publisher=New Vision|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416182653/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/35/576024|archive-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He attended [[St. Mary's College Kisubi]] for his A-Level classes (S5-S6).<ref>{{cite web|first= Richard|last=Kavuma| title=Easy Thursday: Kisubi Sons Come Home|publisher=The Observer (Uganda)| url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=250:richard-m-kavuma&catid=43:sizzling&Itemid=71|date= 19 June 2008|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> In 1961, Olweny entered [[Makerere University School of Medicine]], the oldest medical school in Uganda and East Africa, which was founded in 1924.<ref>{{cite web| first=Rachael|last=Ninsiima|title=Meet The Pioneer of Medical Studies at Makerere University|url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?%20option=com_content&view=article&id=27371:meet-the-pioneer-of-medical-studies-at-makerere-university&catid=85:education|publisher=The Observer (Uganda)|date=8 September 2013|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> He graduated with the degree of [[Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery]] ([[MBChB]]), in 1966. Later, he obtained the degree of [[Master of Medicine|Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine]] ([[MMed]]). He followed that with the degree of [[Doctor of Medicine]] (MD), all from [[Makerere University]]. Olweny's chosen speciality is [[medical oncology]].<ref name="BioR"/>


==Career==
==Career==
Charles Olweny served as the director of the [[Uganda Cancer Institute]], from 1972 until 1982. Under his stewardship, the team of Ugandan medical researchers that he led were the first group to demonstrate that [[liver cancer]] could be successfully treated with chemotherapy using the drug [[doxorubicin]], which is still the mainstay of treatment for liver cancer today. They were also able to confirm that [[Burkitt lymphoma]] could be cured with a high dose of chemotherapy and showed that the same was true for childhood [[Hodgkin disease]]. They documented the incidence of endemic [[Kaposi sarcoma]] in children and conducted clinical trials on how to treat it.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Liz|last=Savage|title= Former African Cancer Research Powerhouse Makes Plans for a Return to Greatness|journal=JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute|volume=99|issue=15|pages=1144–1151|url=http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/99/15/1144.full |accessdate=15 April 2014|doi=10.1093/jnci/djm099|pmid=17652270|year=2007}}</ref>
Charles Olweny served as the director of the [[Uganda Cancer Institute]], from 1972 until 1982. Under his stewardship, the team of Ugandan medical researchers that he led were the first group to demonstrate that [[liver cancer]] could be successfully treated with chemotherapy using the drug [[doxorubicin]], which is still the mainstay of treatment for liver cancer today. They were also able to confirm that [[Burkitt lymphoma]] could be cured with a high dose of chemotherapy and showed that the same was true for childhood [[Hodgkin disease]]. They documented the incidence of endemic [[Kaposi sarcoma]] in children and conducted clinical trials on how to treat it.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Liz|last=Savage|title= Former African Cancer Research Powerhouse Makes Plans for a Return to Greatness|journal=JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute|volume=99|issue=15|pages=1144–1151| doi=10.1093/jnci/djm099| pmid=17652270|year=2007|doi-access=free}}</ref>

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During the same timeframe, Olweny served – first as a lecturer, then senior lecturer and later as professor of Medicine – in the Faculty of Internal Medicine, at [[Makerere University School of Medicine]], serving as head of department, from 1979 until 1982.<ref name="BioR">{{cite web|url=https://www.must.ac.ug/about-us/governance/the-chancellor/ |title=Professor Charles Mark Lwanga Olweny, MBChB, MMed, MD, FRACP: The Chancellor, Mbarara University |date=2022 |work=[[Mbarara University]] |access-date=17 October 2024 |location=Mbarara, Uganda}}</ref> While in Australia, during the 1980s, he served as clinical professor at the Department of Medicine & Surgery, [[University of Adelaide]], [[Adelaide]], South Australia.He also served as senior director for Medical Oncology, Cancer Control Programme, [[Royal Adelaide Hospital]].<ref name="BioR"/>


In the 1990s, Olweny migrated to [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba, Canada, to take up appointment as [[oncology|medical oncologist]] at [[St. Boniface General Hospital (Winnipeg)|St. Boniface General Hospital]], in Winnipeg. He also served as coordinator, Section of [[Hematology]] & [[Oncology]] at CancerCare Manitoba,<ref>{{cite web|title= About CancerCare Manitoba|
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During the same timeframe, Olweny served – first as a lecturer, then senior lecturer and later as professor of Medicine – in the Faculty of Internal Medicine, at [[Makerere University School of Medicine]], serving as head of department, from 1979 until 1982. While in Australia, during the 1980s, he served as clinical professor at the Department of Medicine & Surgery, [[University of Adelaide]], [[Adelaide]], South Australia. He also served as senior director for Medical Oncology, Cancer Control Programme, [[Royal Adelaide Hospital]].
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url= http://www.cancercare.mb.ca/home/about_us/|publisher= CancerCare Manitoba|accessdate= 15 April 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140416093955/http://www.cancercare.mb.ca/home/about_us/|archive-date= 16 April 2014|url-status= dead}}</ref> and as an associate staff at the [[Health Sciences Centre (Winnipeg)|Health Sciences Centre]] in Winnipeg. He was appointed as Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University in 2006 and assumed office in September of that year.<ref>{{cite web|first=Andrew |last=Green |title=Academic Oncologist Brings Altruistic Dynamism To Catholic University|date=22 July 2012| url=http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120719135454739 |publisher=University World News: Issue No:231|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| first=Henry|last=Lubega|title=Dr. Olweny Went on Leave But Never Returned To Office |date=6 October 2013|accessdate=15 April 2014| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Dr-Olweny-went-on-leave-but-never-returned-to-office/-/689844/2019912/-/6x35nw/-/index.html|newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] (Kampala)}}</ref> Professor Charles Olweny has written over 20 books and over 120 professional articles.<ref>{{cite web|title=East Africa ICT & Higher Education Symposium 2010: Speaker Biographies: Charles Lwanga Mark Olweny|access-date=15 April 2014|url=http://eastafricasymposium.org/speakers.php?id=olweny|publisher=Eastafricasymposium.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326060515/http://eastafricasymposium.org/speakers.php?id=olweny|archive-date=26 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 1 January 2015, Professor Olweny retired as the Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University, handing over to [[John Maviiri|Prof. Dr. John Chrysostom Maviiri]], formerly Vice Chancellor of the [[Catholic University of Eastern Africa]] in [[Nairobi]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/662192-outgoing-umu-vc-launches-autobiography.html|title=Outgoing UMU Vice Chancellor Launches Autobiography|date=25 November 2014|accessdate=2 February 2015|first=Cecilia|last=Okoth|newspaper=[[New Vision]] |location=Kampala, Uganda}}</ref>


Olweny was installed Chancellor of [[Mbarara University of Science and Technology]] on 28 October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-29 |title=Prof Olweny is new Mbarara University Chancellor |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/prof-olweny-new-mbarara-university-chancellor/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=The Independent Uganda |language=en-US}}</ref>
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In the 1990s, Dr. Olweny migrated to [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba, Canada, to take up appointment as [[oncology|medical oncologist]] at [[St. Boniface General Hospital (Winnipeg)|St. Boniface General Hospital]], in Winnipeg. He also served as coordinator, Section of [[Hematology]] & [[Oncology]] at CancerCare Manitoba,<ref>{{cite web|title= About CancerCare Manitoba|url= http://www.cancercare.mb.ca/home/about_us/|publisher= CancerCare Manitoba|accessdate= 15 April 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140416093955/http://www.cancercare.mb.ca/home/about_us/|archive-date= 16 April 2014|url-status= dead}}</ref> and as an associate staff at the [[Health Sciences Centre (Winnipeg)|Health Sciences Centre]] in Winnipeg. He was appointed to his present position in 2006 and assumed office in September of that year.<ref>{{cite web|first=Andrew |last=Green |title=Academic Oncologist Brings Altruistic Dynamism To Catholic University|date=22 July 2012| url=http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120719135454739 |publisher=University World News: Issue No:231|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| first=Henry|last=Lubega|title=Dr. Olweny Went on Leave But Never Returned To Office |date=6 October 2013|accessdate=15 April 2014|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Dr-Olweny-went-on-leave-but-never-returned-to-office/-/689844/2019912/-/6x35nw/-/index.html|newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] (Kampala)}}</ref> Professor Charles Olweny has written over 20 books and over 120 professional articles.<ref>{{cite web|title=East Africa ICT & Higher Education Symposium 2010: Speaker Biographies: Charles Lwanga Mark Olweny|access-date=15 April 2014|url=http://eastafricasymposium.org/speakers.php?id=olweny|publisher=Eastafricasymposium.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326060515/http://eastafricasymposium.org/speakers.php?id=olweny|archive-date=26 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 1 January 2015, Professor Olweny retired as the Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University, handing over to [[John Maviiri|Prof. Dr. John Chrysostom Maviiri]], formerly Vice Chancellor of he [[Catholic University of Eastern Africa]] in [[Nairobi]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/662192-outgoing-umu-vc-launches-autobiography.html|title=Outgoing UMU Vice Chancellor Launches Autobiography|date=25 November 2014|accessdate=2 February 2015|first=Cecilia|last=Okoth|newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala)}}</ref>


==Personal details==
==Personal details==
Professor Charles Olweny is married, with five adult children.
Olweny is married, with five adult children.{{cn|date=October 2024}}


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Uganda Martyrs University School of Medicine|UMU Medical School]]
* [[Uganda Martyrs University School of Medicine|UMU Medical School]]
* [[Uganda Martyrs University]]
* [[Makerere University College of Health Sciences|MUCHS]]
* [[Makerere University College of Health Sciences|MUCHS]]
* [[Sebastian Kyalwazi]]
* [[Makerere University School of Medicine|Makerere Medical School]]
* [[Tororo]]
* [[Edward Katongole-Mbidde]]
* [[Mulago Hospital]]
* [[Uganda Cancer Institute]]
* [[St. Mary's College Kisubi]]
* [[St. Mary's College Kisubi]]
* [[St. Francis Hospital Nsambya|Nsambya Hospital]]
* [[St. Francis Hospital Nsambya|Nsambya Hospital]]
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* [http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/ThoughtIdeas/Dr-Olweny-went-on-leave-but-never-returned-to-office/-/689844/2019912/-/pyuv2v/-/index.html Narrative of Circumstances Leading To Forced Exile]
* [http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/ThoughtIdeas/Dr-Olweny-went-on-leave-but-never-returned-to-office/-/689844/2019912/-/pyuv2v/-/index.html Narrative of Circumstances Leading To Forced Exile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326060515/http://eastafricasymposium.org/speakers.php?id=olweny Brief Biography of Professor Charles Olweny]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326060515/http://eastafricasymposium.org/speakers.php?id=olweny Brief Biography of Professor Charles Olweny]
* [https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1320663/rolling-stone-autobiography-prof-olweny/ Autobiography of Professor Charles Lwanga Olweny]
* [http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/19/632710/Charles%20Olweny Highlights of Lecture By Professor Olweny In 2009]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}


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Charles Olweny
Born (1940-06-03) 3 June 1940 (age 84)
Tororo, Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Alma materMakerere University
(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
(MMed - Internal Medicine)
(Doctor of Medicine)
Occupation(s)Physician, Researcher, Academic & Academic Administrator
Years active1971 – present
Known forMedical practice & research
TitleChancellor of Mbarara University and Professor of Medicine
Uganda Martyrs University
SpouseMrs. Olweny

Charles Mark Lwanga Olweny is a Ugandan physician, oncologist, academic and medical researcher. Currently he is a professor of medicine and Immediate past vice-chancellor at Uganda Martyrs University, based at Nkozi, Mpigi District, in Central Uganda.[1]

Background

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He was born in 1940, in Tororo, Tororo District, in Eastern Uganda.[2]

Education

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Professor Olweny attended St. Peter's College Tororo, for his O-Level education (S1-S4).[3] He attended St. Mary's College Kisubi for his A-Level classes (S5-S6).[4] In 1961, Olweny entered Makerere University School of Medicine, the oldest medical school in Uganda and East Africa, which was founded in 1924.[5] He graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), in 1966. Later, he obtained the degree of Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine (MMed). He followed that with the degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD), all from Makerere University. Olweny's chosen speciality is medical oncology.[6]

Career

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Charles Olweny served as the director of the Uganda Cancer Institute, from 1972 until 1982. Under his stewardship, the team of Ugandan medical researchers that he led were the first group to demonstrate that liver cancer could be successfully treated with chemotherapy using the drug doxorubicin, which is still the mainstay of treatment for liver cancer today. They were also able to confirm that Burkitt lymphoma could be cured with a high dose of chemotherapy and showed that the same was true for childhood Hodgkin disease. They documented the incidence of endemic Kaposi sarcoma in children and conducted clinical trials on how to treat it.[7]

During the same timeframe, Olweny served – first as a lecturer, then senior lecturer and later as professor of Medicine – in the Faculty of Internal Medicine, at Makerere University School of Medicine, serving as head of department, from 1979 until 1982.[6] While in Australia, during the 1980s, he served as clinical professor at the Department of Medicine & Surgery, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia.He also served as senior director for Medical Oncology, Cancer Control Programme, Royal Adelaide Hospital.[6]

In the 1990s, Olweny migrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to take up appointment as medical oncologist at St. Boniface General Hospital, in Winnipeg. He also served as coordinator, Section of Hematology & Oncology at CancerCare Manitoba,[8] and as an associate staff at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. He was appointed as Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University in 2006 and assumed office in September of that year.[9][10] Professor Charles Olweny has written over 20 books and over 120 professional articles.[11] On 1 January 2015, Professor Olweny retired as the Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University, handing over to Prof. Dr. John Chrysostom Maviiri, formerly Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi.[12]

Olweny was installed Chancellor of Mbarara University of Science and Technology on 28 October 2017.[13]

Personal details

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Olweny is married, with five adult children.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Professor Charles Olweny Is Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University". Uganda Martyrs University. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  2. ^ Nsambu, Jean-Marie (11 June 2006). "Nkozi Gets New Boss". New Vision via AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. ^ Owor, Mark (14 July 2007). "St Peters College Tororo Gets New Laboratory". New Vision. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  4. ^ Kavuma, Richard (19 June 2008). "Easy Thursday: Kisubi Sons Come Home". The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  5. ^ Ninsiima, Rachael (8 September 2013). "Meet The Pioneer of Medical Studies at Makerere University". The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  6. ^ a b c "Professor Charles Mark Lwanga Olweny, MBChB, MMed, MD, FRACP: The Chancellor, Mbarara University". Mbarara University. Mbarara, Uganda. 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  7. ^ Savage, Liz (2007). "Former African Cancer Research Powerhouse Makes Plans for a Return to Greatness". JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 99 (15): 1144–1151. doi:10.1093/jnci/djm099. PMID 17652270.
  8. ^ "About CancerCare Manitoba". CancerCare Manitoba. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  9. ^ Green, Andrew (22 July 2012). "Academic Oncologist Brings Altruistic Dynamism To Catholic University". University World News: Issue No:231. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  10. ^ Lubega, Henry (6 October 2013). "Dr. Olweny Went on Leave But Never Returned To Office". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  11. ^ "East Africa ICT & Higher Education Symposium 2010: Speaker Biographies: Charles Lwanga Mark Olweny". Eastafricasymposium.org. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  12. ^ Okoth, Cecilia (25 November 2014). "Outgoing UMU Vice Chancellor Launches Autobiography". New Vision. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Prof Olweny is new Mbarara University Chancellor". The Independent Uganda. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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