Dr. Jackson Orem

Dr. Jackson Orem, MBChB, MMed, PhD, is a medical oncologist, an Executive Director of the Uganda Cancer Institute, and an honorary lecturer at Makerere University. 

He spearheaded the creation of the East Africa’s Centre of Excellence in Oncology at the Uganda Cancer Institute with a mandate to provide specialized cancer care research and training for the entire East Africa region under the East African Community (EAC) network of Centers of Excellence.

Dr. Orem is also leading the development of several international collaborations with renowned international cancer centres and institutions for infrastructure, human resource capacity development. Such institutions include Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the University of Washington, Case Western Reserve University, the National Cancer Center of Korea (NCC), and lately the University of Cambridge