Prof Salome Bukachi is an Associate professor in the University of Nairobi’s Department of Anthropology, Gender, and African Studies, and a honorary Fellow at Durham University. She holds a PhD in Anthropology, specializing in Medical Anthropology. Author of over 70 publications and supervisor of over 50 graduate students. Her research areas of focus include community participation, gender, health systems and the socio-economic and cultural/behavioural aspects of infectious diseases and other development issues including water security, food security and agriculture.  She works with various stakeholders both local and international in undertaking research and development on anthropological issues. She is a member of several regional and global initiatives including the Africa One Health Network, One Health High Level Expert Panel, LANCET- PPATS Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover at Source, among others.  Salome has mentored many African Anthropologists and has created a niche for herself in the emerging field of Anthropology of infectious diseases and nutritional anthropology.