Collaborators – Exact Dx

Duke Collaborators

STEVE TAYLOR

As Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Research Professor of Global Health at Duke University, Dr. Taylor is primarily interested in using field-based and translational studies to study the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnostics, and prevention of falciparum malaria, with the ultimate goal is to integrate epidemiologic, clinical, and molecular genetic models of disease to inform the rational design of medical and public health interventions to reduce the burden of malaria.

Elizabeth (“Liz”) Turner

Dr. Turner, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Global Health, is a biostatistician who focuses on the evaluation of public health and community-based interventions. These evaluations are typically conducted using cluster randomized trial designs within an effectiveness-implementation framework. Over the past 15 years working in malaria research, she has partnered with teams focused along a spectrum of research from mosquito behavior and the study of transmission disruption through to human behavior change in relation to treatment decision-making. She has developed the statistical design of a series of trials led by Dr. O’Meara aimed at improving appropriate use of anti-malarials.

Christine Markwalter

Dr. Markwalter, Assistant Research Professor of Gobal Health at Duke University, is an analytical chemist working with Dr. Steve Taylor and Dr. Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara in the Duke Global Health Institute on translational studies of malaria molecular epidemiology. Her research couples human and parasite genetics with serological techniques to identify potential correlates that protect individuals from malaria infection and disease.

US-Based Collaborators

Amy Wesolowski

Dr. Amy Wesolowski, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is an epidemiologist who focuses on the use of data to model infectious disease transmission. Her research focuses on the use of various data sets (behavioral, epidemiological, genomic) to better model the transmission of vector borne and vaccine preventable diseases.

Sophie Berube

Dr. Sophie Bérubé, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics (July 2024) at the University of Florida, is a biostatistician who develops computational and analytic methods that integrate molecular and epidemiological data to produce insights into transmission patterns of infectious pathogens. Her research focuses on using genomic and serological data to better understand malaria transmission.