1043- Zambia- Nchelenge-Harnessing Innovation to Transform Malaria Surveillance into Key Interventions Across Transmission Settings in Zambia

The Southern and Central Africa ICEMR is a multidisciplinary project to understand the epidemiology of malaria and barriers to control and elimination in three transmission settings in southern and central Africa, combining epidemiology, entomology, and parasite genomics. In Nchelenge, Luapula Province, Zambia, we are investigating why the current package of interventions has not had an impact in this high transmission setting.

The student will assist with ongoing studies of malaria epidemiology, entomology, and severe malaria in this high burden setting. The student can assist with field data and sample collection, data management, laboratory assays, GIS mapping, analyses, and interpretation of the findings.

Nchelenge is a field site for malaria studies led by the Tropical Diseases Research Center
based in Ndola, Zambia. Investigators from TDRC have conducted malaria studies in this
setting for several decades and our work began in 2010. There is a research house and local
accommodations but this is a remote rural area of northern Zambia.

This placement would be a good fit for a student who is willing to work and live in rural sub-
Saharan Africa and is committed to research on malaria control and mortality reduction.

We are a multidisciplinary team and look for a student with quantitative analytical skills, data management skills, or laboratory skills.

Willingness to live in a remote rural area of southern Zambia with a high burden of malaria.

Name: William Moss, Department of Epidemiology, wmoss1@jhu.edu

I would describe my communication and mentorship styles as... 

I work to prepare the student as much as possible prior to sending the student to the field site and communicate frequently by email. I either accompany the student to the field site or have more senior students who have worked on projects at the field site accompany the student. I am not able to be at the field site during the entire time the student is there. The Southern and Central Africa ICEMR consists of a large team, both at the school and in Zambia, and members of this team will be available to assist and mentor the student.

A complementary student would have a working style and mentorship expectations that are..

A complimentary student will be able to work with our Southern and Central Africa ICEMR team at the rural field site and be able to communicate with me regularly. The student needs to be prepared for the challenges as well as the rewards of working at a remote field site in rural sub- Saharan Africa.

$400

An additional stipend is available.