PEOPLE
The Leading Scientists and Researchers
The investigators below are among the world’s foremost experts and innovators in their specialties and are supported by a dedicated leadership team and advisory board.
Our postdoctoral scholars and graduate students represent the next generation of leadership in malaria research and public health.
Faculty
Jane Carlton
Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Genomics
Melissa Conrad
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Isabelle Coppens
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Malaria parasite autophagy in liver
George Dimopoulos
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Modifying mosquitoes
Matthew Ippolito
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Research: Malaria pharmacology in rural Africa
Conor McMeniman
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Mosquito olfactory function
William Moss
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Research: Infectious diseases; vaccine-preventable diseases; infectious disease epidemiology; measles; HIV; malaria; Africa
Douglas Norris
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Genetic diversity within arthropod and arthropod-borne pathogen populations
Christopher Potter
Professor of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Research: Neural circuits required for insect olfaction
Sean Prigge
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: malaria; apicoplast; enzymology; mitochondrion; vitamins; metabolism; genome editing
Theresa Shapiro
Professor, School of Medicine; Division Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Research: Molecular and clinical pharmacology of antiparasitic drugs
Photini Sinnis
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: malaria; sporozoites; Plasmodium; mosquitoes; liver; skin
Prakash Srinivasan
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: malaria; parasitology; host-parasite interactions; vaccine development
David Sullivan
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Plasmodium, malaria, metal heme crystal, chemotherapy, drug discovery, placental malaria, cerebral malaria, FDA drug library
Amy Wesolowski
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Research: Using a range of mathematical and statistical approaches to understand the role of human behavior on infectious disease dynamics
Fidel Zavala
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: malaria; malaria, transgenic mice, T-cells, memory, vaccines
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Rahul Bakshi
Research Associate of Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Clinical Pharmacology | Shapiro Lab
Faculty Emeritus
Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena
Professor Emeritus | Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Board of Advisors
Ashley Birkett
Global Head of Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases
Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access, PATH
Elizabeth Chizema
National Coordinator
Zambia End Malaria Council at the Zambia Ministry of Health,
Secretariat Officer at African Leaders Malaria Alliance
Mesay Hailu
Director General
Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Margaret McDonnell
Executive Director
United to Beat Malaria
Laura Norris
Senior Program Officer
Malaria Team
Gates Foundation
David Olsen
Retired Scientific Associate VP of Neglected Tropical Diseases Discovery
Merck Research Laboratories
Eleanor Riley
Professor Emeritus of Immunology and Infectious Disease
The University of Edinburgh
Michael Santos
Senior Vice President and Chief Population Health Science Officer
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
Staff
- Anne Kessler | [email protected]
Program Director - Josh Weinzapfel
Sr. Grants & Contract Analyst - Patrick Smith I [email protected]
Communications Manager