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6th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting

  • Eric Katagirya

    Dr Eric Katagirya - Speaker

    Utilizing Data Science to Predict and Improve Health Outcomes in Pediatric HIV (Co-PI)

    Eric Katagirya is a physician-biomedical scientist based at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda. His research applies molecular, sequencing, and computational approaches to understanding host-pathogen interactions in HIV and tuberculosis, with a particular focus on gene expression perturbations in children co-infected with HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. His current work integrates transcriptomics, machine learning, and population genomics to develop host-targeted diagnostics for pediatric TB-HIV coinfection, and to characterise the role of ancestry and genetic variation in shaping immune gene expression across African cohorts.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​