Dr. Rose Nakasi
Makerere AI Health Lab
Dr. Rose Nakasi, a Computer Scientist and Artificial Intelligence Researcher is a Lecturer at Makerere University and Lead of Makerere AI Health Lab. Rose Chairs, The ITU/WHO/WIPO Topic Group “AI based detection of Malaria” under the Global Initiative AI for Health (GI-AI4H). Her research interests are in Artificial Intelligence and particularly development of low -cost tools for improved automated solutions for diagnostic health challenges.
Rose is currently the Project Lead for Lacuna SRMH project and Ocular, a Google-funded project that supports automated microscopy of Malaria, Tuberculosis and cancer. She is the Principal Investigator of the NIH DS-I Malaria project under the DS-I Africa, an initiative to support effective malaria diagnosis and surveillance.