Margaret Mutumba

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Adjunct Research Professor

Adjunct Research Professor - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Program Director - Frugal Biomedical Innovations, School of Biomedical Engineering

Western University

Email: mmutumba@uwo.ca

Dr. Margaret Mutumba is a passionate global health scholar-advocate and award-winning health innovator with over 10 years of experience in reproductive & fertility health in Sub-Saharan Africa. During this time, Dr. Mutumba has served as the WHO consultant for Human Reproduction and led successful initiatives focused on the reduction of maternal mortality, youth impacted by the HIV epidemic, reproductive rights advocacy, and more recently, addressing barriers to fertility care through awareness, research, and digital health solutions.

Dr. Mutumba is the founder of MedAtlas; a digital health startup whose goal is simplifying access to specialist healthcare in Africa. MedAtlas aims to utilize technological advances to deliver fast, affordable, quality specialist care to the continent. Various awards, including the Social Innovation Award from the University of Toronto and the Startup Awards by Velocity, have recognized Dr. Mutumba's commitment to equitable innovation and healthcare access. Dr. Mutumba also holds a position at Western University as the Director of the Frugal Biomedical Innovations Program; an innovative initiative aimed at co-developing and implementing culturally appropriate and affordable medical devices & technologies that address the healthcare needs of communities in Indigenous, remote and low-resource contexts in Africa.

Furthermore, Dr. Mutumba is on the Board of the Canadian Association for Global Health, where she served as a co-chair for the 2023 Canadian Conference for Global Health. She has also served on the YMCA of Three Rivers and the Young People Travel USA Board. Dr. Mutumba’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology from Kings College London, a Master of Public Health from Imperial College London and PhD in Public Health Sciences from the University of Waterloo, Canada. While at the University of Waterloo, Dr. Mutumba’s doctoral research focused on access to affordable fertility care in Sub-Saharan Africa and hopes that this work will offer a roadmap for public health institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions in providing affordable specialist healthcare for the millions of people who struggle to access it.

Dr. Mutumba's research interests include global health innovation, reproductive and fertility health, reproductive advocacy, Africa and low-resource contexts.