Dr. Charles Drago Kato
Dr. Charles Drago Kato is a Lecturer at the School of Biosecurity, Biotechnical and LaboratorySciences at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Charles attained his PhD from Makerere University in Clinical Immunology and Molecular Genetics with support from the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) and Afrique One Consortium in 2016. He holds a Master of Science degree in Structure Molecular Biology from the University of London and a second Master of Science degree in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology from Makerere University with a Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine from the same institution.
Charles\'s research interests are in understanding the Immunology of disease co-infections and host-parasite interactions in infectious and zoonotic diseases so as to understand disease epidemiology, improve diagnostics and design better therapeutic interventions. Charles currently research is on the use of proteomics technologies to identify biomarkers in Human African trypanosomiasis, a path that was initiated under a Postdoc Fellowship with the Makerere University/UVRI Infection and Immunity Research Training Programme (MUII-Plus). Charles believes that sustainable disease control is achievable through multidisciplinary collaborative approaches and the use of novel advanced technologies.