Ogechi Nwankwoala studies medicine at Boston University. She earned her undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University in 2023. This year, she co-authored a paper with her Hopkins mentor, Dr. Matthew Ippolito of the Johns Hopkins #Malaria Research Institute. #ASTMH #IAmTropMed
Johns Hopkins' very own Dr. George Dimopoulos explains his work engineering #mosquitoes so that they no longer transmit #malaria -- or that the parasite that causes the disease actually kills the mosquito when it infects. #iamtropmed #astmh
We ran into an old friend in Toronto! Dr. Sungano Mharakurwa, director of the #Malaria Program at Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe! Dr. Mharakurwa helped start the Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute nearly 25 years ago. #IAmTropMed
Dr. Melissa Conrad of the Johns Hopkins hashtag#Malaria Research Institute talks about her work tracking a dangerous gene mutation from Southeast Asia to the African continent. Follow all the amazing science with us from the #ASTMH Annual Meeting in Toronto. #Iamtropmed
Dr. Jason Hendry of the Max Planck Institute of Infection Biology in Berlin talked about drug resistance to malaria ... and how to monitor it. #Iamtropmed
Stay with the Johns Hopkins #Malaria Research Institute today and all week for the latest from the @ASTMH Annual Meeting in Toronto! #iamtropmed
Stay with the Johns Hopkins #Malaria Research Institute today and all week for the latest from the @ASTMH Annual Meeting in Toronto! #iamtropmed
Kicking off the first full day of #TropMed25 with an energising panel discussing scientists’ role in global health diplomacy. In the context of COVID, new leadership and post-truth, the importance of health diplomacy in international relations has grown #iAmTropMed #globalhealth @astmh.bsky.social
Bridges is at the @astmh.bsky.social strengthening partnerships, amplifying voices from affected countries, and aligning with partners to support access, stewardship planning and policy and scale up. Check out our highlights around FGS, the PINE project, and @stop2030.org. bit.ly/4p5ZZtw #IamTropMed
