Julia Ross Cummiskey is a historian of science and medicine whose research examines the intersections of global health, colonialism, and biomedical research in Africa. She is the author of *Virus Research in Twentieth-Century Uganda: Between Local and Global* (Ohio University Press, 2024), which explores the development of virology in Uganda and its connections to international scientific networks. Cummiskey’s work highlights how local expertise and global collaboration shaped virus research during the twentieth century, offering critical insights into the history of public health, scientific knowledge production, and the legacy of colonial-era research practices in Africa.