Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination Modern Acceleration Strategies for the Eradication of Malaria in the Asia Pacific

Researchers

Professor Freya Fowkes (Lead Investigator)

Professor Julie Simpson

Jessie Lu-Lee

Dr Ellen Kearny

Dr Katherine O’Flaherty

Dr David Price

Dr Megha Rajasekhar

Dr Sophie Zaloumis

Dr Angela Devine

Professor Jennifer Flegg

Dr Alex Zarebski

Imke Botha

Elizabeth Ivory

Akua Korsah

Lucy Harrison

Alistair McLean

Rob Moss

Peixuan Li

Niamh Meagher

Peta Edler

Jeyamalar Rathnam

Meg Tully

Kathryn Brown

Patrick Abraham

Collaborators

Prof Leanne Robinson, Burnet Institute

Prof Ric Price, Menzies School of Health Research

Prof Peter Gething, Telethon Kids

Prof Alyssa Barry, Deakin University

Prof James Beeson, Burnet Institute

A/Prof Kamala Thriemer, Menzies School of Health Research

A/Prof Bridget Barber, QIMR Berghofer

Prof Ivo Mueller, WEHI

Funding

NHMRC Funded – 5 years (2023-2028)

Research Opportunities

This research project is available to PhD students, Post Doctor Researchers to join as part of their thesis.
Please contact the Research Group Leader to discuss your options.

Research Publications

Evidence uptake is only part of the process: Stakeholders’ insights on WHO treatment guideline recommendation processes for radical cure of P. vivax malaria | 14 March 2024 | Varunika S. H. Ruwanpura, Koen Peeters Grietens, Ric N. Price, Kamala Thriemer | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002990

Effect of adherence to primaquine on the risk of Plasmodium vivax recurrence: a Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis | 10 October 2023 | Mehdipour, P., Rajasekhar, M., Dini, S. et al.

Effect of adherence to primaquine on the risk of Plasmodium vivax recurrence: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. Malar J 22, 306 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04725-w

Research Group

Malaria and Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Key Contact

For further information about this research, please contact the research group leader.

Department / Centre

Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics

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