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
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Deborah Andrew
Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology
Research: Salivary gland biology
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Jane Carlton
Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Genomics
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Isabelle Coppens
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Malaria parasite autophagy in liver
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George Dimopoulos
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Modifying mosquitoes
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Matthew Ippolito
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Research: Malaria pharmacology in rural Africa
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Conor McMeniman
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Mosquito olfactory function
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William Moss
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Research: Infectious diseases; vaccine-preventable diseases; infectious disease epidemiology; measles; HIV; malaria; Africa
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Douglas Norris
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Genetic diversity within arthropod and arthropod-borne pathogen populations
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Christopher Potter
Associated Professor of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Research: Neural circuits required for insect olfaction
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Sean Prigge
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: malaria; apicoplast; enzymology; mitochondrion; vitamins; metabolism; genome editing
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Photini Sinnis
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: malaria; sporozoites; Plasmodium; mosquitoes; liver; skin
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Prakash Srinivasan
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: malaria; parasitology; host-parasite interactions; vaccine development
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Theresa Shapiro
Professor, School of Medicine; Division Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Research: Molecular and clinical pharmacology of antiparasitic drugs
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David Sullivan
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Plasmodium, malaria, metal heme crystal, chemotherapy, drug discovery, placental malaria, cerebral malaria, FDA drug library
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Fidel Zavala
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: malaria; malaria, transgenic mice, T-cells, memory, vaccines
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Amy Wesolowski
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Research: Using a range of mathematical and statistical approaches to understand the role of human behavior on infectious disease dynamics
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
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Rahul Bakshi
Research Associate of Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology | Shapiro Lab
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Sophie Berube
Research Associate
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Staff
- Ana Coyne, MS, MFA | acoyne4@jh.edu
Communications & Marketing Manager - Josh Weinzapfel
Sr. Grants & Contract Analyst - Trish Ward, BS
Center Administrator - Genevieve Williams, MPH, MBA
Program Manager