Welcome to JUCAN
The Jimma University Clinical and Nutrition Research Center (JUCAN) emerged from a research collaboration between Jimma University and the University of Copenhagen that began in 2008, focusing on nutrition and health. JUCAN has developed a strong global partnership and created a state-of-the-art research facility at Jimma University. The center specializes in body composition, nutritional assessments, infection, and reproductive health. JUCAN is committed to advancing research in nutrition and health to provide valuable insights for policy making.
Mission
- Fostering nutrition and clinical research to contribute to the understanding of malnutrition and infectious and chronic diseases
- Developing and improving methods and tools for the prevention, treatment, and control of malnutrition infectious and chronic diseases
- Providing long and short-term training opportunities for young Ethiopian researchers to make them independent investigators.
Vision
JUCAN aspires to be the leading center of excellence in generating scientific evidence in the area of nutrition, reproductive health, infectious and chronic diseases for health policy.
Collaborating partners
- -University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- -University of Bergen, Norway
- -World Health Organization, Switzerland
- -International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria
- -London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
- -University of Oslo, Norway
- -Norwegian Institute of Public Health
- -University of Melbourne, Australia
- -Mwanamugimu Nutrition Unit, Mulago Hospital, Uganda
- -National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania.
- -Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
- -Plan International, USA
- -Washington University, USA
- -Kenyan Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
- -University of Southampton
- -University of Wisconsin, Madison
- -GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
- -Valid International, UK
- –Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Latest Posts
Workshop on Long Walk to Research Partnership Held at Jimma University
Jimma University, in collaboration with the Jimma University Clinical and Nutrition Research Partnership…
Reflection on JUCAN’s evolution and future direction, 03 February 2022
Reflection on JUCAN’s evolution and future direction, 03 February 2022 A flashback has…