Dr. Anita is a Medical Doctor by training with a Bachelors Degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) from Makerere University and a Master of Public Health degree from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has more than a decade of experience conducting research in areas of HIV epidemiology and intervention studies mainly focused on HIV prevention -Oral PrEP, HIV vaccine trials and microbicides. She previously worked at the MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit as Scientist prior to joining the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) as a Research Director, a role which involved planning and overseeing the implementation of multiple NIH-funded studies. Her research interests are adolescent health, implementation science, HPV vaccine uptake and HIV prevention and treatment outcomes. Currently, she focuses on HPV vaccine uptake among girls and young women living with HIV in central Uganda.