Science of Defeating Malaria: A Leadership Course

11/22/2025

From the course's founding in 2012 to its ongoing evolution under African academic leadership today, the dedication of pioneers like Professors Alonso, Wirth + Tanner has been our constant guiding light. Their collaborative foundation ensures that every new generation of leaders is equipped not just with knowledge but with a supportive, global network.

This candid snapshot perfectly embodies the spirit of the Science of Defeating Malaria initiative: a commitment to sharing knowledge, fostering mentorship, and building the global fellowship necessary to achieve a malaria-free world.

12/16/2024

🚨Alert for grad students, med residents & early-career faculty! "Frontiers in Emerging, Re-Emerging, and Zoonotic Diseases & Diversity" Course at Morehouse School of Medicine is Feb 2-7, 2025. Financial aid covers all expenses (US & Visa holders). Apply: https://pdc.magee.edu

12/12/2024

📺🔬✨ Explore the Future of Health with Bill Gates! Are you curious about how technology could help us outsmart infectious diseases? Dive into the latest episode of What's Next: The Future with Bill Gates on Netflix, titled "Can We Outsmart Disease?" https://ow.ly/kErM50Uqa2I

12/12/2024

🧬💡Knowledge is always worth sharing! 🧬💡The Helix Biogen Institute just announced a new 2025 training calendar (attention to those with interests in bioinformatics/sequencing)! Register at bit.ly/HBI2025T

11/14/2024

Dr Awa Deme of the UCAD/CIGASS in Senegal speaks about her experience as the *first* Female West African Alan J Magill Fellow at the BMGF Symposium at

11/14/2024

Proud to hear about Dr Pedro Aide's malaria elimination experience as an Alan J Magill Fellow working at CISM in Mozambique!

11/14/2024

Visit our "Science of Defeating Malaria" Exhibit Booth #610 at this week in New Orleans - we want to connect with you!

11/05/2024

📢 Happening NOW (9:30–11 am EST)! Don't miss this Lancet webinar conversation on closing the gap! 🌍 Discover the latest insights, challenges, and advancements shaping women's health today. LINK: https://ow.ly/2Oya50U0qEQ

11/01/2024

New research explores an innovative approach 2 malaria control using engineered bacteria in mosquito guts. Read this study from to learn how modified bacteria can reduce malaria parasite development.

Improved diagnostics for malaria are desired. Here the authors present first-in-human data for a non-invasive device based on detection of hemozoin in malaria-infected red blood cells, and show that it is safe with comparable performance to current point-of-care diagnostics without the need for a bl...

11/01/2024

🦟 Exciting Seminar Alert: Join us at 12:30pm EDT on November 8, 2024, for a seminar on "Leveraging Models to Develop Impactful Next-generation Malaria Vaccines and Interventions" with Prof Melissa Penny The Kids Research Institute Australia

🕒 Time: 12:30PM - 1:30PM
📍 Location: SPH, FXB Room 301
🖥️ Can't make it? Join via Zoom!

Prof Penny will share insights on how mathematical models are shaping the future of malaria prevention and treatment. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about cutting-edge approaches in the fight against one of the world's most persistent diseases.

10/31/2024

🌍 Attention Leadership Course Alums! 🦟 Join us at in New Orleans, LA (Nov 13-17) at Exhibit Booth #610! University of Health and Allied Sciences Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar