Prof Robert Opoka graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery in 1996 from Makerere University and an MMed in Paediatrics & Child Health in 2003 from Guangxi University, China. He then completed a MPH in Epidemiology at University of California Berkeley, USA in 2007; a MHPE in Medical Education in 2013 from Maastricht University, Netherlands and most recently achieved his PhD in Health Sciences in 2020 from Makerere University.

Previously, Prof Opoka was an Associate Professor and Consultant Paediatrician at Makerere University in Uganda. He is also an adjunct lecturer at the Indiana University in USA, a position he has held since 2017.

He was also instrumental in the introduction of a course in health professionals’ education at Makerere University which is currently in its fourth year. Prof Opoka was the Founder and Executive Director for Global Health Uganda since 2010, Coordinator of the undergraduate training in the department of Paediatrics & Child Health; Head of the Acute Care Unit at Mulago National Referral Hospital and a member of the Teaching and Learning Committee at the College of Health Sciences, Makerere University.

Prof Opoka has been actively involved in medical education for the last 10 years including the areas of Problem-Based Learning curriculum at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, the adoption of OSCE clinical methods of assessment both at Makerere University and nationally in Uganda.