Working groups
Dr Ellen Kearney is an honorary research fellow in the Malaria and Infectious Disease Epidemiology group at Burnet, and research fellow at the University of Melbourne’s School of Population and Global Health.
Ellen holds a PhD in malarial epidemiology from the University of Melbourne, and degrees in science (microbiology honours) and arts (history) from Monash University, undertaking both her honours and PhD research programs at Burnet Institute.
Ellen has diverse skills and training in key disciplines of epidemiology, statistics, immunology, parasitology and entomology; and her research interests include providing fine-scale estimates of malaria burden and risk, determining effectiveness of malaria and vector control interventions, and developing novel surveillance strategies that centre vector and parasite serology. Ellen's current research seeks to validate the use of the human antibody response against proteins present in Anopheles saliva, injected into a host during a blood meal, as a logistically feasible alternative approach to estimate exposure to vector bites and malaria transmission.
Trends in Parasitology
Ellen Kearney, Ashleigh S Heng-Chin, Katherine O’Flaherty, Freya J. I. Fowkes, Ellen Kearney, Ashleigh S Heng-Chin, Katherine O’Flaherty, Freya J. I. Fowkes
Trends in Parasitology
Ellen Kearney, Ashleigh S Heng-Chin, Katherine O’Flaherty, Freya J. I. Fowkes, Ellen Kearney, Ashleigh S Heng-Chin, Katherine O’Flaherty, Freya J. I. Fowkes
BMJ Open
Naw Hkawng Galau, Win Han Oo, Kaung Myat Khant, Julia C. Cutts, Paul A. Agius, Ellen Kearney, Katherine O’Flaherty, Freya J. I. Fowkes, Kaung Myat Khant, Win Han Oo
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