Serwadda is also a founding member of Accordia Global Health Foundation's Academic Alliance.

Serwadda was educated at Namilyango College, a prestigious,[2] all-boys residential middle and high school (Grades 8 - 13), located in Mukono District, from 1972 until 1977.

[3] In the early 1980s, Serwadda was one of the earliest physicians in Uganda to recognize the new disease that caused patients to lose weight and "slim" down to abnormal cachectic sizes.

He has attended many national, regional and International conferences as a presenter and/or moderator on the subject matter.

He served in that position until 2007 when he was promoted to the position of Dean, Makerere University School of Public Health, following the elevation of the institute to a constituent School of Makerere University College of Health Sciences.