Dr. Emmanuel Nasinghe graduated with a degree in Medicine and Surgery from Makerere University in 2017. He joined the Molecular Laboratory in the Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology at Makerere Unversity in Kampala, Uganda as a research assistant in 2018, working in Dr. Joloba’s laboratory.  He coordinates the CEND Alliance program and other genomic studies in the department. He is currently enrolled in a Masters’ in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Makerere University, and intends to pursue a career in genetic epidemiology.