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A. Kalungi · SciRah

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A. Kalungi

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h-index: 9
Works: 43
Citations: 972

Most-cited papers

Genome-wide association studies in ancestrally diverse populations: opportunities, methods, pitfalls, and recommendations.
R. Peterson, K. Kuchenbaecker, R. Walters, Chia-Yen Chen +27 more
2019Cell668 citations Open access
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The causal effects of lipid traits on kidney function in Africans: bidirectional and multivariable Mendelian-randomization study.
Christopher Kintu, Opeyemi S. Soremekun, A. Kamiza, A. Kalungi +10 more
2023EBioMedicine61 citations
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Low and differential polygenic score generalizability among African populations due largely to genetic diversity
L. Majara, A. Kalungi, N. Koen, K. Tsuo +8 more
2023HGG advances46 citations Open access
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Uganda Genome Resource: A rich research database for genomic studies of communicable and non-communicable diseases in Africa
S. Fatumo, J. Mugisha, Opeyemi S. Soremekun, A. Kalungi +11 more
2022medRxiv37 citations Open access
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Low generalizability of polygenic scores in African populations due to genetic and environmental diversity
L. Majara, A. Kalungi, N. Koen, H. Zar +4 more
2021bioRxiv28 citations Open access
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Less Severe Cases of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Could Co-infection or a Recent History of Plasmodium falciparum Infection Be Protective?
A. Kalungi, E. Kinyanda, Dickens Akena, P. Kaleebu +1 more
2021Frontiers in Immunology27 citations Open access
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Genetic structure correlates with ethnolinguistic diversity in eastern and southern Africa
E. Atkinson, S. Dalvie, Yakov Pichkar, A. Kalungi +38 more
2021bioRxiv24 citations Open access
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Physical and psychiatric comorbidities among patients with severe mental illness as seen in Uganda
Richard Stephen Mpango, W. Ssembajjwe, G. Rukundo, C. Birungi +5 more
2022European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience13 citations Open access
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Association between serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and increased suicidal risk among HIV positive patients in Uganda
A. Kalungi, S. Seedat, S. Hemmings, L. van der Merwe +7 more
2017BMC Genetics12 citations Open access
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Advancing neuropsychiatric genetics training and collaboration in Africa
C. van der Merwe, E. Mwesiga, N. McGregor, Abebe Ejigu +13 more
2018Lancet Global Health9 citations Open access
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Prevalence and correlates of common mental disorders among participants of the Uganda Genome Resource: Opportunities for psychiatric genetics research
A. Kalungi, E. Kinyanda, Dickens Akena, B. Gelaye +15 more
2024Molecular Psychiatry7 citations Open access
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Internalizing Mental Disorders and Accelerated Cellular Aging Among Perinatally HIV-Infected Youth in Uganda
A. Kalungi, J. Womersley, E. Kinyanda, M. Joloba +7 more
2019Frontiers in Genetics7 citations Open access
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Genome-wide association analysis of cystatin-C kidney function in continental Africa
Richard Mayanja, T. Machipisa, Opeyemi S. Soremekun, A. Kamiza +14 more
2023EBioMedicine6 citations Open access
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TERT rs2736100 and TERC rs16847897 genotypes moderate the association between internalizing mental disorders and accelerated telomere length attrition among HIV+ children and adolescents in Uganda
A. Kalungi, E. Kinyanda, J. Womersley, M. Joloba +7 more
2021BMC Medical Genomics6 citations Open access
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Linking the plasma proteome to genetics in individuals from continental Africa provides insights into type 2 diabetes pathogenesis
Opeyemi S. Soremekun, Young-Chan Park, M. Tutino, A. Arruda +5 more
2026Nature Genetics5 citations Open access
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Physical and sexual victimization of persons with severe mental illness seeking care in central and southwestern Uganda
R. Mpango, W. Ssembajjwe, G. Rukundo, Philip Amanyire +8 more
2023Frontiers in Public Health5 citations Open access
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KidneyGenAfrica multi-cohort Genome-wide association study and polygenic prediction of kidney function in 110,000 Africans
A. Kamiza, T. Chikowore, Guan-Jie Chen, Oyesola O. Ojewunmi +31 more
2026Nature Communications3 citations Open access
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The 5-HTTLPR-rs25531 S-A-S-A Haplotype and Chronic Stress Moderate the Association Between Acute Stress and Internalizing Mental Disorders Among HIV+ Children and Adolescents in Uganda
A. Kalungi, J. Womersley, E. Kinyanda, M. Joloba +4 more
2021Frontiers in Genetics3 citations Open access
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Factors associated with non-adherence to clinic visits among patients with severe mental illness enrolled in the SMILE study in Uganda
R. Mpango, W. Ssembajjwe, G. Rukundo, Philip Amanyire +9 more
2025BMC Psychiatry2 citations Open access
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Psychological Distress Among Ethnically Diverse Participants From Eastern and Southern Africa
Kester B. B. Tindi, A. Kalungi, E. Kinyanda, B. Gelaye +24 more
2024JAMA Network Open2 citations Open access
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Approaches to enable equitable psychiatric genetic research in Africa
A. Kalungi, D. Stein, N. Okewole, S. Fatumo
2024Communications Medicine2 citations Open access
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Impact of African-enriched GATM regulatory variants on creatinine-derived estimated glomerular filtration rate.
O. Gray, L. Yerges-Armstrong, S. Castel, Jean-Tristan Brandenburg +24 more
2026Kidney International1 citations Open access
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KidneyGenAfrica, a pan-African partnership to deliver research and training excellence in genomics of kidney disease
S. Fatumo, Oyesola O. Ojewunmi, Rebecca Camenzuli, Christopher Kintu +11 more
2025Nature Genetics1 citations
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Linking the plasma proteome to genetics in individuals from continental Africa provides insights into type 2 diabetes pathogenesis
O. Soremekun, Y.-C. Park, M. Tutino, A. Kalungi +3 more
2024medRxiv1 citations Open access
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PATIENT PATHWAYS TO UGANDA’S FIRST SPECIALISED EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHOSIS SERVICE AND RELATION TO THEIR CLINICAL OUTCOMES
E. Mwesiga, W. Ssembajjwe, R. I. Ndigamanya, S. Balinga +10 more
2026medRxiv0 citations Open access
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Cultural adaptation of the New Forest Parenting Program (NFPP) for ADHD in HIV-infected children in Uganda: a feasibility and pilot investigation
R. Mpango, W. Ssembajjwe, A. Kalungi, Fred M. Ssewamala +1 more
2026BMC Psychiatry0 citations Open access
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Catatonia knowledge in medical practitioners from low-resource settings
Andrea K. Kaddu, Daisy C. Saina, Zahra Morawej, W. Ssembajjwe +7 more
2026South African Journal of Psychiatry0 citations Open access
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THE UGANDA GENOME RESOURCE–NEXUS (UGR-NEXUS): AN INTEGRATIVE MULTI-OMICS PLATFORM FOR PSYCHIATRIC GENOMICS IN AFRICA
A. Kalungi, W. Ssembajjwe, J. Mugisha, Moffat Nyirenda +1 more
2026European Neuropsychopharmacology0 citations Open access
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Risk factors for major depressive disorder among adults recruited from hospital settings in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa
A. Kalungi, W. Ssembajjwe, Kester B. B. Tindi, E. Mwesiga +18 more
2026Nature Communications0 citations Open access
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Performance of the University of California, San Diego Brief Assessment of Capacity to Consent (UBACC) questionnaire in mental health genetic research in Africa
Dickens Akena, Caroline Otike, A. Kalungi, Annette Stevenson +12 more
2026BMJ Open0 citations Open access
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Associations between PTSD and psychotic symptoms: A network analysis of patients with psychotic disorders in Uganda: Psychosis-PTSD network analysis
Hanseul Cho, Woohyung Lee, Hyungjun Park, Annette Stevenson +11 more
2026SSM - Mental Health0 citations Open access
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Genetic Determinants Of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Among Adult Persons Living With HIV In Uganda
Olga Nsangi Tendo, R. Galiwango, Eugene Kinyanda, Martha Sajatovic +7 more
2025medRxiv0 citations Open access
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A secondary data analysis investigating the link between weather elements and incident presentation for mental disorders at a Ugandan tertiary psychiatric hospital
E. Mwesiga, I. Munabi, A. Ssemata, A. Kalungi +8 more
2025medRxiv0 citations Open access
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Genetic risk for depression among continental Africans: establishing a genetic database for depression in Africa
A. Kalungi, Dickens Akena, Eugene Kinyanda, Cathryn M. Lewis +2 more
2025Neuroscience0 citations
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Predicting suicidality in people living with HIV in Uganda: a machine learning approach
Anthony B. Mutema, L. Linda, Daudi Jjingo, S. Fatumo +2 more
2025medRxiv0 citations Open access
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W10. THE UGANDA GENOME RESOURCE PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR PSYCHIATRIC GENETIC RESEARCH IN AFRICA
A. Kalungi, Eugene Kinyanda, W. Ssembajjwe, J. Mugisha +2 more
2024European Neuropsychopharmacology0 citations
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F39. GENETIC RISK FOR DEPRESSION AMONG CONTINENTAL AFRICANS: ESTABLISHING A GENETIC DATABASE FOR DEPRESSION IN AFRICA
A. Kalungi, Dickens Akena, Andrew McIntosh, Eugene Kinyanda +3 more
2024European Neuropsychopharmacology0 citations
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BRIDGING LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL DIVIDES IN PSYCHIATRIC GENOMICS RESEARCH: LESSONS FROM UGANDA
A. Kalungi, S. Fatumo
2024European Neuropsychopharmacology0 citations
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W15. THE LANDSCAPE OF PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS STUDIES IN AFRICA: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF AFRICAN RESEARCH COHORTS
C. Iyegbe, N. Okewole, A. Amare, N. Koen +11 more
2023European Neuropsychopharmacology0 citations
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TERT rs2736100 and TERC rs16847897 genotypes moderate the association between internalizing mental disorders and accelerated telomere length attrition among HIV+ children and adolescents in Uganda
A. Kalungi, E. Kinyanda, J. Womersley, M. Joloba +7 more
2021BMC Medical Genomics0 citations Open access
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Association of Stress, Glucocorticoid Receptor, and FK506 Binding Protein Gene Polymorphisms With Internalizing Disorders Among HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents From Kampala and Masaka Districts—Uganda
T. Owalla, Wilber Joseph Ssebajjwe, Dennis Muhanguzi, J. Womersley +2 more
2021Frontiers in Pediatrics0 citations Open access
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The rs2736100 within the telomerase reverse transcriptase gene and rs16847897 within the telomerase RNA component gene moderate the association between internalizing mental disorders and telomere length attrition among HIV+ children and adolescents in Uganda
A. Kalungi, E. Kinyanda, J. Womersley, M. Joloba +7 more
20190 citations Open access
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GENERALIZABILITY OF POLYGENIC RISK SCORES WITHIN AND ACROSS DIVERSE AFRICAN POPULATIONS
L. Majara, A. Kalungi, N. Koen, H. Zar +2 more
2019European Neuropsychopharmacology0 citations
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