Dr Kathryn Tiedje
Research interests
Improving disease surveillance of malaria
Our group combines genomics, computational biology, and molecular epidemiology approaches to population-based studies of malaria to better improve disease surveillance. Using high quality field study data and current genomic technologies we are interested in investigating the role that Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity plays in modulating the dynamics of infection, in influencing susceptibility to disease, and in regulating transmission from humans to mosquitoes.
Research projects
- Investigating genetic polymorphisms and antigenic diversity of P. falciparum from a longitudinal cohort study in West Africa
- Monitoring the effects of malaria control programmes on the genetic epidemiology of the P. falciparum reservoir