Department of Pathology

The Department of Pathology oversees the integrated teaching of all pathology related class and lab sessions in all basic medical science modules. This includes pathogenesis and pathophysiologic disease mechanisms, their gross and microscopic changes in tissues and organs, and related clinical presentation. The department has two pathologists who teach in collaboration with other faculty staff from external partners universities. Here students learn and understand mechanisms of diseases including cancers and their diagnosis. Students are exposed to theory and laboratory practice as they progress towards the clinical clerkship phase. The department also performs research to address key questions in line with the UGHE mission and Rwanda national priorities.