Researchers/Supervisors
Rose Nabatanzi
SANTHE Path-to-Independence Awardee,
SANTHE Post-doctoral Fellow
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Rose Nabatanzi is an immunologist and HIV cure scientist at Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda. She works within the Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology and collaborates closely with the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), where she studies people living with HIV who are on long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Her research focuses on understanding HIV persistence despite effective treatment, particularly the mechanisms that sustain the HIV latent reservoir and drive ongoing immune activation and inflammation in virally suppressed individuals. She is especially interested in individuals with unusually stable or difficult-to-reactivate HIV reservoirs, which may provide insights into durable viral control without continuous therapy.
Her work integrates immunological and molecular approaches to quantify latent virus, investigate immune dysregulation and identify factors associated with chronic inflammation in treated HIV infection. These studies aim to improve long-term health outcomes for people living with HIV and contribute to efforts towards HIV remission or cure.