Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). A Molecular Virologist by training and Scientist at the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit. I am the project leader of the viral pathogen surveillance and discovery in Uganda study. I am also an accredited researcher with the Phylogenetics and Networks for Generalized Epidemics in Africa (PANGEA) HIV consortium and a lecturer in Viral Genomics and related Bioinformatics on the Masters/PhD in Bioinformatics BReCA (Bioinformatics Research Capacity in Africa) program at Makerere University, Kampala.