Current members
Jessica Prodger, MSc. PhD.
Principle investigatorResearch Interests / Specializations: Global health, Genital immunology, Genital microbiota, Mucosal HIV susceptibility, HIV persistence in sub-Saharan Africa
Jorge Rojas Vargas, MSc. PhD.
Postdoctoral FellowResearch Interests / Specializations: Bioinformatics, Data analysis, Metagenomics
Reeya Parmar, MSc.
Research AssistantResearch Interests / Specializations: Human research ethics, Transgender health research, Microscopy
Yasamin Minazadeh, MSc.
Lab Manager / Rerearch TechnologistResearch Interests / Specializations: Laboratory management, human research ethics, Laboratory research projects
Shirley Constable
PhD Candidate, Microbiology and ImmunologyResearch Interests / Specializations: Penile microbiome and HIV susceptibility in 3D genital model
Martina Cathy Nakibuuka, MSc.
PhD Candidate, Microbiology and ImmunologyResearch Interests / Specializations: Impact of menopause on HIV reservoir dynamics and inflammaging in women with HIV
Ainslie Claire Shouldice
MD PhD Candidate, Microbiology and ImmunologyResearch Interests / Specializations: genital microenvironment of transgender individuals
Sarah Nicole Gowanlock
PhD Candidate, Microbiology and ImmunologyResearch Interests / Specializations: HIV persistence and cure in sub-Saharan Africa
Zeynep Gunes Tepe Demir, BPharm. MSc.
PhD Candidate, Microbiology and ImmunologyResearch Interests / Specializations: Nasal microbiome, respiratory viruses and human 3D nasal model
Henry Roger Ssemunywa
MSc Candidate, Microbiology and ImmunologyResearch Interests / Specializations: 3D bioprinting to create a physiologic human foreskin model to study viral infections and microbiome interactions
