On 14th Feb 2022, Prof Walter Jaoko, Prof Omu Anzala and Dr. Marianne Mureithi met with Prof. Arthur Kemoli from the Department of Dental Sciences and representatives of the University of Washington led by Prof. Ana Lucia Seminario to discuss setting up a collaborative group that aims at increasing research capacity in oral health and HIV research in Kenya. Building up from the group's funded NIH grant program entitled “TABASAMU: A multidisciplinary collaboration on building up research capacity in oral health and HIV/AIDS”, the team explored new and innovative opportunities for collaboration with a goal of gaining valuable knowledge of current oral health research capacity.