Miriam Laker-Oketta leads IPA Uganda’s strategic direction, partnerships, and operations. Before joining IPA, she was Senior Research Advisor and Research Director at GiveDirectly, overseeing a global portfolio of 20+ cash transfer trials and serving as the organization’s evidence spokesperson. Previously, she was Co-Principal Investigator on multiple-country studies and Senior Clinical Research Scientist at Makerere University’s Infectious Diseases Institute. She was also on the Board of the CALPNetwork. Miriam is a medical doctor with advanced degrees from UCSF and LSHTM, and a Fellow of the International Women’s Forum Leadership Program (INSEAD & Harvard).