She also works as an epidemiologist with the Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) in Rakai District, Uganda. Her primary research interests include the epidemiology and transmission dynamics of sexually transmitted viral infections, local geography and structure of sexual contact networks, and viral phylodynamics. Kate’s research focuses on the transmission, prevention, and control of sexually transmitted viral infections in East Africa. She has spent nearly a decade living/working in African settings where she has been involved in various infectious disease epidemiological and laboratory-based studies. Kate is also currently a member of the Bill and Melinda Gates funded PANGEA-HIV consortium through RHSP. PANGEA-HIV aims to generate 20,000 whole genome HIV sequences to understand HIV transmission dynamics in Africa.