Retna is a researcher at The Indonesia Research Partnership on Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health of Indonesia. Since 2011, her research has been focused on Tuberculosis. She has been working as a project coordinator of TRIPOD, an observational cohort study on TB patients, as a part of RePORT Network Cohort.

Retna received her Master’s degree in Health Economics from the University of Indonesia in 2018. She has actively participated in health financing research that evaluates the implementation of National Health Insurance in Indonesia.