Dr. Marissa Mika

Friends, Colleagues, Oncologists, Africanists, Anthropologists, STS nerds! I am pleased to announce that my book is FINALLY available in paperback at a reasonable price point! Please consider buying it directly from @OhioUnivPress with a 20% discount: bit.ly/340vVeR

We are set to extend expertise & support to DRC by assisting in the establishment of a cancer treatment center in the Kivu region. This collaboration follows a recent visit by a delegation from Hopital General Reference Charite Maternelle, led by Dr. Jules Kafitiye.

My appeal to all stakeholders: let's ensure the inclusion of palliative care in the Child and Adolescent Cancer Control Strategy in Uganda. Everyone deserves comfort, dignity, and quality of life, regardless of their cancer diagnosis. Let's work together to make this a reality.

@sandiptodg So Good.

Dr. Benjamin Mwesigye leading discussions centering around the vital theme "Curing Children and Adolescents with Cancer in Uganda" at Serena hotel today. #FightCancerUg #ChildhoodCancerAwareness @StJude @WHOUganda @JKambugu @SIOPAfrica

In Pictures; Group sessions #FightCancerUg #ChildhoodCancerAwareness

Dr. Ayo Omotola, Program Manager for the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Program at Global Pediatric Medicine, @StJude @StJudeResearch facilitated the Collaboration Exercise session with great expertise. The session made significant progress. #FightCancerUg @JacksonOrem @JKambugu

Collaborative spirit and dedication of participants as they work towards a unified strategy for Child And Adolescent Cancer control Strategy in Uganda. @JKambugu @JacksonOrem @MariamNdagire24 @b_atwiine @StJude @WHOUganda @UCCF_Official @maxenciananjul

Find someone who loves you like UK sociologists love Pierre Bourdieu (1977, 1984, 1990).

Some personal news: I've decided to step down as EiC of BMJ Global Health. Next week marks 8 years since its first issue, published 8 months after I was appointed its EiC. Thank you for all your support over the years. Here's a playlist to mark my exit: open.spotify.com/playlist/3s8qZ…

We hope you can join @UgandaStudies, today, for Dr Marissa Mika's talk. 6 pm EAT (8 am Pacific; 11 am EST; 3 pm London). ZOOM Meeting ID: 884 087 8122 Passcode: 429096

We hope you will join @UgandaStudies @ASANewsOnline this month, as we host @dr_mmika @OhioUnivPress!

@mugangakatosi @JonathonLEarle @UgandaStudies @moseskhisa @BatesCollege @ASANewsOnline @OhioUnivPress @BloomsburyBooks Also locally at the Uganda Museum Bookstore.

@JonathonLEarle @UgandaStudies @dr_mmika @moseskhisa @BatesCollege @ASANewsOnline @OhioUnivPress @BloomsburyBooks Where can the books be bought?

You don't want to miss these! @UgandaStudies is hosting 3 remarkable scholars soon: emotional capital & oncology @dr_mmika; autocracy & clientelism @moseskhisa; Acholi political thought @BatesCollege. We hope to see you! @ASANewsOnline @OhioUnivPress @BloomsburyBooks

@aliciaandrz 4/ Remember that you will have numerous opportunities to look at the manuscript between now and when it goes into proofs and production. It won't be perfect. And that's ok. Hang in!

@aliciaandrz 3/ Most humans don't keep going back to something that they've largely moved onwards and upwards from over and over and over again. So be soft with yourself. This is hard.

can academics who've finished a book please offer some encouragement or advice? I just don't know that I have what it takes to finish & I need the book for tenure. I read what I have & I just don't think it's good or important & the work it'd take to get there feels unmanageable.

@NkurunzizaFred I would love to hear more on the why! I thought a lot about this during 2019 during the prep period.

I strongly believe that going to medical school is not a decision to be made by a high school graduate🤨.

You’re invited. “With insights from science and technology studies and contemporary African history, @dr_mmika’s work joins a new wave of contemporary histories of the political, technological, moral, and intellectual aspirations and actions of Africans after independence.”

“… the architecture of the institute (@UgandaCancerIns) itself show how Ugandans understood and continue to shape ideas about national identity, political violence, epidemics, and economic life.” @dr_mmika is a visiting scholar at @CSTMSBerkeley .