Dr. Helen Byakwaga

MBChB, PhD

Dr. Byakwaga received formal training in clinical, epidemiologic, and translational research methods at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney Australia and at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She has extensive work experience in the conduct and coordination of observational and experimental research in the immunopathogenesis of HIV/AIDS and associated opportunistic infections. Her ongoing research is focused on the application of epidemiologic methods to understand the biologic and clinical outcomes HIV infection and its complications, with a primary focus on HIV/AIDS-related malignancies, notably, Kaposi’s sarcoma. In addition, Dr. Byakwaga leads high impact translational research geared towards understanding the role of inflammation and other immunologic correlates of disease in people living with HIV in Uganda.

Email: hbyakwaga@gmail.com