OUR FELLOWS
Racheal Aye is a young woman who is eager to make a difference in the lives of smallholder farmers in Uganda by eliminating their livestock losses. As the lastborn of six children, Aye grew up in a family that modeled compassion and generosity. Her father, a retired Anglican bishop, along with her mother, a homemaker, routinely took in children from less fortunate families.
I thought about medical school, but decided instead to go into veterinary medicine, even though in Uganda this is not considered a prestigious career,” she says.
Field of Research
Identifying and characterizing molecules involved in the interaction between Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. Mycoides, the cause of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), and target bovine cells.