Meet Dr. Fred Nsubuga, he manages the Diagnostics Laboratory at Jinja District Hospital in Uganda.  His laboratory is not equipped for HIV-1 treatment monitoring, so, when patients come in who need a viral load test, he must collect, process and store their blood samples, batch them together, then send them on a truck to the […]

What does a typical day look like for you? Generally, experimental work. I dictate my working day, but I kind of plan it so that neither I nor the technician are working too late. Sometimes, I have to do a lot of writing, so there’s a lot of data analysis and method writing involved; reviewing

My name is Dr. Catherine Kibirige.  I have been on the Center for Research and International Development (CenRID) advisory board for nearly three years now.  I have found it to be a very rewarding and inspiring experience.  It has given me the opportunity to engage with the continent in a productive way, utilizing my skills