The department has two PhD and 1 MPhil research fellows working of HPV diversity, Schistosomiasis and Mycobacteria. There are also 6 Masters students currently carrying out research projects in the following fields:
• Plasmodium species identification
• Nontuberculous mycobacteria identification
• Pathogens in sepsis
• Diabetes-associated pathogens
• Soil-transmitted helminthes
• Schistosoma species detection