She was an EDCTP2 Senior Fellow from 2018 to 2023, leading research on how these drug interactions may affect malaria treatment outcomes in regions where HIV and malaria co-exist.
A long-standing academic at Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda, she has published extensively on malaria, HIV co-infections and drug interactions. In 2024, she was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Mbarara University of Science and Technology, becoming one of Uganda’s academic leaders.
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