Anne Kapaata

Anne Kapaata is a postdoctoral scientist based at the Uganda–Case Western Research University collaboration at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. She began her career as a laboratory technologist at the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, where she contributed to HIV-1 sequencing studies investigating viral diversity and drug resistance to support clinical management.

For her MSc, she investigated HIV-1 subtype distribution and transmission clusters among incident cases in a rural cohort in southwest Uganda. During her doctoral studies, she examined the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of transmitted founder HIV-1 viruses and explored virus–host interactions during early infection.

Her current research focuses on identifying the unique genetic and biological features that enable transmitted founder viruses to establish infection. By understanding these characteristics, she aims to contribute to the development of effective HIV-1 vaccines capable of preventing infection at its earliest stages.