The Lanforte Institute of Public Health is an independent Ugandan public health and research initiative focused on respiratory disease, mental health systems, epidemiology, environmental health, and future machine learning applications for African healthcare environments.
The Lanforte Institute of Public Health exists to strengthen scientific and institutional research capacity in Uganda through evidence-driven programmes aligned with international public health standards.
The institute focuses on respiratory disease, epidemiology, environmental health systems, mental health research, health informatics, and long-term machine learning applications for African healthcare systems.
Our long-term objective is to establish internationally credible research infrastructure capable of supporting grant-funded projects, institutional partnerships, publication pipelines, and policy translation initiatives across East Africa.
Institutional architecture designed for long-term scientific credibility.
Research systems aligned to internationally recognized standards.
Research rooted in real African health system realities and needs.
Primary research initiatives focus on asthma burden, respiratory disease prevalence, environmental exposure, air quality, and chronic respiratory health outcomes in Uganda and East Africa.
Future programmes will explore psychiatric epidemiology, bipolar disorder systems research, treatment access, institutional mental health capacity, and global mental health implementation models.
The institute is building future capacity in research informatics, epidemiological data systems, GIS-linked health analysis, and machine learning applications for predictive disease modelling and public health decision support.
Development of institutional governance systems supporting ethics alignment, data governance, publication management, research compliance, and internationally credible operational standards.
We welcome collaboration enquiries from researchers, clinicians, institutions, advisors, and public health partners aligned with evidence-driven work in Africa.