Dr. Kirabo is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Research in her laboratory focuses on understanding the interaction between oxidative stress and inflammation in the genesis of hypertension and kidney disease, and how excess dietary salt and the gut microbiome play a role. She also collaborates with researchers in Sub-Saharan Africa to understand the pathogenesis of hypertension in people living with HIV. Dr. Kirabo received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Makerere University, Uganda and subsequently traveled to the United States and obtained a master’s degree in Cell and Molecular Biology at St. Cloud State University, Minnesota. She went on to receive a Ph.D. in Physiology and Functional Genomics from the University of Florida and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She has received several awards including the AHA Harry Goldblatt Award for Early Career Investigators and the Top High Impact Paper Award from Hypertension.