Figure 1
The organization of the MEPI-MESAU PhD Training Program.
Legend: Research capacity building pyramid showing the university framework on which the program was layered. The first column shows the various levels of the pyramid. The second column shows the inputs at each level of the pyramid in the original Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Makerere University PhD program [4], and the third column shows the inputs in the present PhD program in MEPI-MESAU.
Figure 2
Authorship by MEPI-MESAU PhD students.
Legend: Publications authored by MESAU PhD students. Publications are separated by First-authored by PhD student (black), Other MESAU papers (dark grey), and Non-MESAU papers published in the same period (grey).
Figure 3
Master’s students co-mentored by PhD students and their publication outputs.
Legend: Master’s students co-mentored by MESAU PhD students. Students are separated by those that have published their Master’s work (black) and those that have completed but have not yet published (grey).