Dr Ellen Kearney

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.

• 2023: PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
• 2018: Bachelor of Science (Hons), Monash University, Australia
• 2016: Bachelor of Science, Monash University, Australia
• 2016: Bachelor of Arts, Monash University, Australia

• 2024–present: Burnet Institute Honorary Research Fellow

• 2024–present: Research Fellow, Malaria and Infectious Disease Epidemiology
• 2023–2024: Research Officer, Malaria and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology group, Burnet Institute
• 2019–2023: PhD Candidate, Malaria and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology group, Burnet Institute
• 2018–19: Research Assistant, Malaria and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology group, Burnet Institute
• 2018: Honours Student, Malaria and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology group, Burnet Institute