Gertrude Nanyonjo, an HPTN 084 Community Working Group member, is the community engagement lead and a senior social sciences coordinator at UVRI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Program in Entebbe, Uganda. She initially worked on an HIV prevention program focusing on youth and adolescents at risk of acquiring HIV in a busy rural center in Southwestern Uganda (Rakai District), where the first HIV case was identified. Nanyonjo has been active in HIV prevention clinical trials and socio-behavioral studies.