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Dr Shazia Ruybal-Pesántez is a Postdoctoral Scientist in the Vector-Borne Diseases and Tropical Public Health Group at Burnet Institute and the Population Health and Immunity Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.
After graduating in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Colorado College in Colorado, USA, she moved to New York City and joined Professor Karen Day's research group at the New York University. She then moved with the research group to University of Melbourne in 2014 where she was awarded a Melbourne International Engagement Award to pursue her PhD in Genetic Epidemiology. Her PhD research examined the role that P. falciparum genetic diversity plays in sustaining the reservoir of infection in asymptomatic carriers in Ghana to better inform malaria control efforts.
She completed her PhD in 2018 and has since joined Associate Professor Leanne Robinson's groups at Burnet Institute and Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. In her current role, she is involved in the design and implementation of field epidemiology studies and clinical trials in the Asia-Pacific region. She works closely with endemic country partners to support in-country capacity building and enhance malaria surveillance, control and elimination strategies.
As a genomic epidemiologist with expertise in population genetics/genomics, epidemiology, and bioinformatics, she will combine these approaches to better understand malaria infection dynamics and host-parasite factors that contribute to sustaining malaria transmission despite intensified control efforts in these areas.
PLOS Global Public Health
Samuel McEwen, Rachael Farquhar, Shazia Ruybal‐Pesántez, Leanne J. Robinson, Rachael Farquhar, Shazia Ruybal‐Pesántez, Samuel McEwen, Leanne J. Robinson, Annie Dori, Rachael Farquhar
PLOS Global Public Health
Samuel McEwen, Rachael Farquhar, Shazia Ruybal‐Pesántez, Leanne J. Robinson, Rachael Farquhar, Shazia Ruybal‐Pesántez, Samuel McEwen, Leanne J. Robinson, Annie Dori, Rachael Farquhar
PLOS Global Public Health
Samuel McEwen, Rachael Farquhar, Shazia Ruybal‐Pesántez, Leanne J. Robinson, Rachael Farquhar, Shazia Ruybal‐Pesántez, Samuel McEwen, Leanne J. Robinson, Annie Dori, Rachael Farquhar