Rosebella Alungata Iseme received her doctorate in Clinical Epidemiology and Community Medicine in 2018 from the University of Newcastle, Australia, where she also attained a Bachelor of Biomedical Science (2010) and a Master of Public Health with Distinction (2011). She has expertise in the application of epidemiological concepts and statistics to health research efforts. Her previous research experience lies in the area of healthy ageing, where she worked on identifying trends in immune dysfunction with regards to incident chronic disease occurrence (funded project). She is currently developing a curriculum to guide training of health professionals in Infection Prevention and Control (funded project).