Rose Nakasi

Rose Nakasi

Dr. Rose Nakasi is an AI researcher and Lecturer at Makerere University, under the College of Computing and Information Sciences. She also serves as the Head of the Makerere AI Health Lab, where she leads innovative efforts to apply artificial intelligence in developing low-cost, automated solutions to address pressing health challenges particularly in low-and-middle-income countries. Beyond academia, she plays a key role in shaping national AI strategy as a committee member of the Uganda National AI Task Force under the Uganda Ministry of ICT and National Guidance. Internationally, she contributes to the World Health Organization Global Initiative on Artificial Intelligence for Health, where she serves as Topic Group Chair for “AI-based Detection of Malaria.”.

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