Dr Rosco Kasujja

Rosco Kasujja is based at Makerere University where he is involved in the adaptation of interventions aimed at the treatment of depression. He leads the Innovations Lab at StrongMinds Uganda which has tested various interventions including interpersonal psychotherapy for groups. He recently embarked on testing single session interventions with the aim of observing how individuals who choose to engage with a one-time treatment while depressed respond.

Rosco is currently looking into social cohesion and loneliness with the aim of answering whether loneliness and social cohesion are a cause or a consequence of depression. He is best known for working with lay workers to deliver adapted interventions as a way of scaling up and enhancing the delivering mental health services to the most deprived communities in Africa.