David K. Tumusiime is a Professor of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences and Deputy Director of the East Africa Regional Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Engineering, eHealth, Rehabilitation and Mobility Sciences, hosted by the University of Rwanda. He has experience in Higher Education training and leading, conducting and publishing of Health research for more than 23 years, research ethics reviews, regulations and monitoring of Clinical research, for more than 12 years. He has led and contributed to more than 20 donor and AfDB, funded projects. He has also authored and co-authored more than 40 peer reviewed scientific paper publications.<br />
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Professionally, David obtained PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences (Physiotherapy) from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa. David&rsquo;s PhD studies included a randomized controlled trial with physical exercise intervention for treatment and rehabilitation of people with peripheral neuropathy and functional limitations of lower extremities, associated to HIV and Antiretroviral therapy.<br />
Also trained in Public Health, specifically in Evidence Based Public Health/Evidence Based HealthCare, and Global health.<br />
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David&rsquo;s interests are directed to conducting innovative research for evidence-based practice, dissemination and engagement of various stakeholders including policy makers for effective implementation. He has worked in the areas of medical rehabilitation, prevention and management of both Communicable and Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs), and Health Research reviews and publications. He is currently applying digital technology interventions for rehabilitation and other NCDs conditions management, for example he is the PI of Rehabilitation for All through Digital Innovation Competencies&rdquo; (RADIC) project, funded by ERASMUS, PI of the study regarding &ldquo;the use of smartphone in self &ndash; management of type 2 diabetes; an academic &ndash; industry collaboration study; funded by NCST, Digital Rehabilitation Global Marketplace (DIRECT)&rdquo; project financed by Business Finland. He is also one of the Multiple PIs on NIH grants regarding Data Sciences for Health and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa),<br />
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Additionally, David is interested in training health care professionals in their research and carrier development, conducting and supervising projects (have supervised more than 40 undergraduate and 30 PG, projects) in the research related to healthcare; HIV, eHealth, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), specifically preventive and management strategies in diabetes and cardiovascular physical disorders, especially the preventions of NCDs with focus on exercise and physical activity, and use of digital technological interventions to improve accessibility of healthcare services.

Célestin TWIZERE is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Electronics, Electromagnetism and Telecommunication at the University of Rwanda, College of science and technology and Director of the East Africa Regional Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Engineering and e-Health (CEBE), hosted by University of Rwanda. He has experience in Higher Education training and leading, conducting and publishing in telecommunications, computer science and mHealth technology for more than 22 years. In the role of CEBE Director, TWIZERE has gained valuable experience in the management of funding from African Development Bank and other different funding agencies including NIH for over 8 years. One of the highest priorities is to implement telemedicine technologies, Electronic Health Records (EHR), and interoperability of systems to link East African Centers of Excellence and specialized health care facilities across the region. With his telecommunication background (Ground Penetrating Radar, Wireless Communication and Networks, Electromagnetic Radiation and Propagation, and Smart Antenna for Mobile Communication), his spectrum of work is broad as he is collaborating in different projects in digital health as a main leader or co-leader. These include strengthening research capacity and expertise in digital health, digitalizing the hospital patient trajectory and secondary use of EHRs in Rwanda, e-mental healthcare architecture as an innovative solution to conventional treatment in Rwanda. In the DST-HIRWA project funded by NIH, TWIZERE is serving as MPI and mentor for junior faculty, Postdoc fellows, PhD and Masters students where the training of Data Scientist for Health is being conducted.