The MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit has sections that support research activities at various levels.
Bioinformatics section
The MRC funding has provided software and hardware including up to 512 cores and up to 125 terabytes of analytical disk space (Exascaler Lustre), and 125 terabytes for NFS archiving (including local mirrored back-up), all connected to a fibre link capable of providing up to 10Gb/s download speeds.
Clinical studies support
The Research Compliance and Quality Assurance Office provides a centralised management function to the many clinical and laboratory studies in the Unit that require GCP and GCLP support.
Statistics section
In addition to supporting the projects within the Unit, the Statistics section is involved in its own projects which include the ALPHA Network and the Complex Model Calibration.