Robert Kairania is currently the Head of the Community Health Services Department at the Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP).

Previously, Robert was heading the HIV Prevention Department on a PEPFAR-funded HIV program with RHSP. Earlier, Robert was the head of HIV Testing Services (HTS) at RHSP. 

Robert has provided leadership, technical guidance and oversight that steered HTS, Key Populations (KP)/ Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) indicators to unprecedented levels concerning target achievement and the quality of HIV prevention services in the Masaka region.

Alongside this programming work, Robert has been engaged in academic work and recently wrote his PhD Thesis in Medical Anthropology with the University of Nairobi, Kenya.  

Robert has also contributed to knowledge generation and scientific research through peer-reviewing with international professional journals and authoring several publications.