Correspondents
Isabel Byrne is a Research Fellow and part-time PhD candidate at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK. She has a special interest in spatial epidemiology of malaria, and how environmental factors can influence malaria transmission.
Being part of the MIM Conference and MESA programme are great opportunities for me as an early career researcher. I am excited to update myself on recent developments in the fight against malaria, connect with other malaria researchers, and contribute to the dissemination of the broad range of information shared at the conference.
Isabelle Delrieu is a former researcher in malaria, who then specialized in public health and epidemiology of infectious diseases. In particular, she was involved in many aspects of the implementation of the RTS, S malaria vaccine. Nowadays she is the Head of Sciences and Technology for Health in EpiLinks, France.
Being a MESA correspondent is an excellent opportunity to update yourself on the latest advances in the fight against malaria and to contribute to the wide dissemination of the information gathered.
Ivan Mbogo currently works at the Evolutionary Neurobiology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology (Japan). As he winds up my PhD research, he believes that his acquired interdisciplinary skills make a valuable asset towards helping in the elimination of malaria, specifically in Uganda.
Being a MESA correspondent will bring me closer to the current research in various malaria fields. As I search for a post-doctoral lab, this will be of great importance to me in choosing the research area to focus on.
Jackson Nyarko is a medical entomologist working as a Research Assistant and Quality Assurance officer at the CREC/LSHTM Collaborative Research Programme under the ministry of health of the Republic of Benin. Jackson believes that harnessing his literary skills with scientific communication is a great way to showcase the great works that scientists are doing especially in malaria research to policy implementers and people who need our results most.
I am very excited to be a MESA Correspondent for the 2021 Virtual PAMCA Conference and Exhibition in this regard.
Jaipal Singh is currently working as an Entomologist at National level in the Global Fund grant for malaria at Directorate of Malaria Control Islamabad (Pakistan). His experience and expertise in the field of Malaria Entomology and Vector Control in Directorate of Malaria Control (DOMC) are his strengths to work for Malaria control and elimination.
I consider this ASTMH conference a great opportunity to be in a circle of international Malaria experts.
Jean Aime Ngirinshuti is a final year Biomedical Laboratory Science student at the University of Rwanda.
As a Biomedical Laboratory Science student with expertise in malaria prevention, I’m committed to collaborative efforts to combat the disease. Joining MESA aligns with my dedication to implementing evidence-based strategies and advancing our understanding of malaria’s complexities. I aspire to contribute to impactful interventions, alleviating its global burden on affected communities.
Jean Claude Ngirimana is a last-year student at the Biomedical Laboratory, University of Rwanda (UR). He has the knowledge and experience with malaria diagnosis as his career is lab scientist and he had the opportunity to practice for 10 months in the Gihundwe Hospital, a military referral hospital, and at the National Center of Blood Transfusion.
Participating in the 8th PAMCA Conference is an opportunity to increase my educational background and extensive experience in malaria advanced future molecular diagnostic approaches and elimination strategies and encourage me to prepare for my future research.
Jenna Zuromski is a PhD candidate in Pathobiology at Brown University (USA) and malaria researcher trained in molecular parasitology and immunology. Her current focus is the development of a falciparum malaria therapeutic treatment based on her laboratory’s recent finding that antibodies to the novel vaccine candidate PfGARP activate parasite programmed cell death and reduce severe malaria.
I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to work as a MESA correspondent for the 2020 ASTMH meeting.
Joanna Furnival-Adams is a Research Assistant at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (United Kingdom), working on Cochrane reviews assessing the evidence for malaria vector control interventions.
I’m excited to be working with MESA at the 6th annual PAMCA conference, both to hear from different institutions on the latest vector-borne disease research and to contribute to sharing the outcomes of the conference with those unable to attend.
Julius Ichodo Odero is a Research Scientist at Kenya Medical Research Institute. He is currently part of the social science team on Advancing Evidence for the Global Implementation of Spatial Repellents (AEGIS) project. The Social Science Research on the AEGIS project is focused on understanding behavioral, market and practical factors affecting the potential of households’ spatial repellent use for malaria control.
Serving as MESA correspondent is an ideal opportunity to utilize, learn and improve my writing skills in disseminating the latest experiences, findings and advances in vector-borne disease that inform the adoption of best practices for surveillance, control, and elimination of vector-borne diseases in Africa and worldwide.
