Kenneth Ssebambulidde, MBChB, MSc

Dr. Kenneth Ssebambulidde, MBChB, MSc, is an Internal Medicine resident in the Primary Care Program at Yale School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Makerere University in Uganda, where he graduated at the top of his class, and completed a Master of Science in Immunology of Infectious Diseases with distinction at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Before joining Yale, he completed his preliminary Internal Medicine residency at Howard University Hospital in Washington DC, where he was recognized as the Best Preliminary Internal Medicine Resident for outstanding clinical excellence, professionalism, and dedication to patient care. He had previously served as a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where he investigated the immunopathogenesis of non-HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis and fungal post-infectious inflammatory syndrome.

Dr. Ssebambulidde's academic interests span infectious diseases, immunology, health outcomes research, and primary care. His research has focused on central nervous system infections, HIV-associated opportunistic infections, host immune responses, and translational immunology, with work contributing to studies that have informed international/WHO treatment guidelines. More recently, he has expanded his scholarship to real-world clinical outcomes research using large multicenter databases, collaborating with residents and fellows across multiple specialties. He has co-authored more than 70 peer-reviewed publications in journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Reviews Disease Primers, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and The Lancet Infectious Diseases, and has received several national and international awards recognizing his contributions to clinical and translational research.

At Yale, Dr. Ssebambulidde aims to integrate compassionate primary care with clinical investigation to improve outcomes for patients with complex chronic conditions. His long-term career goal is to become a physician-scientist dedicated to advancing patient care through translational research, mentorship, and medical education.