- ORCID 0000-0001-7975-745X - Kathy is a British paediatrician and has been the Neonatal Lead at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda since 2014. She undertook her medical training at the University of Oxford, UK and was awarded her Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2011. - She undertook a MSc (Research) in Paediatrics from the University of Oxford under the supervision of Professor Andrew Pollard exploring the aetiology of paediatric pneumonia on the Thai-Burmese border. - She was awarded her PhD in 2021 from the University of Liverpool. Her thesis, under the supervision of Prof Melissa Gladstone, describes the aetiology, clinical, radiological findings and 1 year outcomes of Ugandan infants with serious bacterial infections. - She is currently undertaking her Post-doctoral fellowship at University of Bergen under the mentorship of Prof Ingunn Engebretsen looking at the risk factors for post-natal growth failure and the role of donor human milk in infants <1500g in Uganda. KEY PUBLICATIONS - Wenani D, Burgoine K, Williams SL, Musaba M, Gebremichael T, Clarke A, Blanks KJ, Nantale R, Nawanga J, Kiguli S, English M, Waiswa P, Darmstadt GL, Matovu JKB, Mukunya D. Perceptions, beliefs, and current practices regarding neonatal skin care and emollient use in eastern Uganda: a qualitative study BMC Pediatr. 2023 May 5;23(1):223 - Chebet M, Mukunya D, Burgoine K, Kühl M-J, Wang D, Medina-Lara A, Faragher EB, Odiit A, Olupot-Olupot P, Stadskleiv Engebretsen IM, Waniaye JB, Wandabwa J, Tylleskär T, Weeks A. A cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of household alcohol-based hand rub for the prevention of sepsis, diarrhoea, and pneumonia in Ugandan infants (the BabyGel trial): a study protocol. Trials. 2023 Apr 17;24(1):279. - Ericson JE, Burgoine K, Kumbakumba E, Ochora M, Hehnly C, Bajunirwe F, Bazira J, Fronterre C, Hagmann C, Kulkarni AV, Kumar MS, Magombe J, Mbabazi-Kabachelor E, Morton SU, Movassagh M, Mugamba J, Mulondo R, Natukwatsa D, Kaaya BN, Olupot-Olupot P, Onen J, Sheldon K, Smith J, Ssentongo P, Ssenyonga P, Warf B, Wegoye E, Zhang L, Kiwanuka J, Paulson JN, Broach JR, Schiff SJ. Neonatal Paenibacilliosis: Paenibacillus Infection as a Novel Cause of Sepsis in Term Neonates With High Risk of Sequelae in Uganda (2023) Clinical infectious diseases: 77 (5), pp. 768-775. - Lyne H, Burgoine K, Ogara C, Ditai J, Gladstone M. ‘They said, let’s teach you how you are going to care for the child at home...’: caregivers’ and healthcare worker’s perceptions and experiences of post-discharge preterm care in eastern Uganda. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Dec 14;22(1):1521. - Kirabira VN, Nakaggwa F, Nazziwa R, Nalunga S, Nasiima R, Nyagabyaki C, Sebunya R, Latigi G, Pirio P, Ahmadzai M, Ojom L, Nabwami I, Burgoine K, Blencowe H. Impact of secondary and tertiary neonatal interventions on neonatal mortality in a low- resource limited setting hospital in Uganda: a retrospective study. BMJ Open. 2022 Aug 11;12(8):e055698. - MacLeod R, Paulson JN, Okalany N, Okello F, Acom L, Ikiror J, Cowan FM, Tann CJ, Dyet LE, Hagmann CF, Burgoine K. Intraventricular haemorrhage in a Ugandan cohort of low birth weight neonates: the IVHU study. BMC Pediatr. 2021 Jan 6;21(1):12. - Magowan S, Burgoine K, Ogara C, Ditai J, Gladstone M. Exploring the barriers and facilitators to the acceptability of donor human milk in eastern Uganda – a qualitative study. Int Breastfeed J. 2020 Apr 17;15(1):28 - F. Okello, E. Egiru, J. Ikiror, L. Acom, KSM Loe, P. Olupot-Olupot and K. Burgoine. Reducing preterm mortality in eastern Uganda: the impact of introducing low-cost bubble CPAP on neonates <1500g. BMC Pediatrics. 2019 Sep 4;19(1):311 - Burgoine K, Ikiror J, Naizuli K, Achom L, Akol S, Olupot-Olupot P. Reagent Strips as an Aid to Diagnosis of Neonatal Meningitis in a Resource-limited Setting (2019) Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 65 (1), pp. 9-13. - Burgoine K, Egiru E, Ikiror J, Acom L, Akol S, Olupot-Olupot P. Neonatal tetanus in eastern Uganda: improved outcome following the implementation of a neonatal tetanus protocol. Trop Doct. 2020 Jan;50(1):57-62 - Olupot-Olupot P, Eregu EIE, Naizuli K, Ikiror J, Acom L, Burgoine K. Neonatal and congenital malaria: a case series in malaria endemic eastern Uganda. Malar J (2018) 17:171 - Burgoine K, Ikiror J, Akol S, Kakai M, Talyewoya S, Sande A, Otim T, Okello F, Hewitt-Smith A, Olupot-Olupot P. Staged implementation of a two-tiered hospital-based neonatal care package in a resource-limited setting in eastern Uganda. BMJ Glob Health, 2018;0:e000586. Role: Project initiation, data collection and analysis, manuscript writing and revision