Dr. Gakumo is interested in addressing poor health literacy and racial disparities in older adults with HIV. Her research focuses on peer support and technology-based interventions to promote health literacy and chronic medication adherence in older African Americans with HIV. She has been invited to provide feedback in national meetings on identifying strategies in teaching health literacy topics and linking patient-centered outcomes to medical education, an initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. She has also presented her research in regional and national venues.