University of Nevada Las Vegas
Henderson, Nevada, United States
Dr. Louisa Messenger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at UNLV School of Public Health. Prior to joining UNLV in Aug. 2022, she was an Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) with more than 14 years of experience, specialising primarily in molecular entomology and parasitology of vector-borne diseases across multiple continents.
Dr. Messenger earned her PhD (2015) and MSc (2009, Distinction) from the LSHTM and a BA (2008) from the University of Cambridge. To date, she has published her research findings as 70 peer reviewed papers and worked on projects in more than 15 countries across Latin America and Africa, maintaining close collaborations with local research institutions and key international donors and stakeholders, including the CDC, the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), USAID, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Dr. Messenger has made substantial contributions to two main research areas: the development and evaluation of innovative vector control interventions and the application of basic science techniques to improve disease surveillance and management strategies. She currently supports insecticide resistance monitoring activities of two cluster-randomized trials (RCTs) in Tanzania and Benin to generate the evidence basis for the WHO to recommend a new class of insecticide-treated net for malaria vector control. She is also involved in several other projects, evaluating a novel indoor residual spraying product to control insecticide resistant malaria vector populations in Tanzania, and characterising molecular insecticide resistance mechanisms, as part of nationwide vector surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023
12:15pm – 1:45pm
Thursday, March 2, 2023
5:05pm – 5:15pm