# Jackson Orem

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## TL;DR

Medical oncologist who has led the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala, East Africa's principal cancer research and treatment centre.

## Summary

Dr. Jackson Orem is Director of the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) in Kampala, Uganda's national cancer centre and a regional centre of excellence for East Africa. His research, much of it through the UCI-Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center collaboration, has focused on infection-associated malignancies such as Burkitt lymphoma and Kaposi sarcoma in sub-Saharan Africa. He has been a prominent voice on cancer care capacity in low- and middle-income countries.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; global oncology; lymphoma
- Role: Director
- Specialisms: Medical oncology; Infection-related cancers; Burkitt lymphoma

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Orem
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Orem+J%5BAuthor%5D+Uganda

## Connected records

- cancers: [Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/dlbcl/), [Kaposi sarcoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/kaposi-sarcoma/)
- institutions: [Uganda Cancer Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/uganda-cancer-institute/)

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