Ponsiano Ocama is an Associate Professor and academic hepatologist at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, where he supervises the clinical services for GI/hepatology at Mulago National referral and teaching hospital. Ponsiano’s major research interests are the interactions between viral hepatitis and HIV on liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma in resource-limited settings. In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, hepatitis B infection is endemic and generalized HIV epidemics exist. Understanding the consequences of co-infection including hepatocellular carcinoma is crucial to inform approaches for targeting screening or secondary prevention with antiviral therapy. Ponsiano is Principle investigator/Co-investigator on several National Institutes of Health funded projects mainly on liver cancer and HIV, impact of schistosoma mansoni infection in HBV infected patients on development of HCC and morbidity caused by Schistosoma mansoni in Uganda. He is also involved in teaching and supervision of a number of students in Makerere University at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.