March 7, 2025
Ahead of International Women’s Day (8 March), we celebrate the incredible contributions of women in malaria research and global health. This year’s theme, #AccelerateAction, is a reminder that while we continue striving for gender equality, we must also accelerate progress in malaria research.
In the fight against malaria, female researchers and professionals are driving forces in treatment, prevention, and policy. Women—especially in low-resource settings—face systemic barriers that limit their full participation in science and public health, even as they are disproportionately affected by malaria and other health crises.
The call to Accelerate Action urges us to take decisive steps to break these barriers—ensuring more opportunities, leadership representation, and support for women in STEM, public health, and malaria research. At ACREME, we are proud to champion gender equity in global health. The ACREME team includes leading female researchers dedicated to malaria elimination.
Check out some publications from our ACREME investigators:
- Professor Freya Fowkes “Effectiveness of an expanded role for community health workers on malaria blood examination rates in malaria elimination settings in Myanmar: an open stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial”
- Professor Leanne Robinson “Transforming Global Partnerships: Critical Reflections and Visions of Equity at the Research-Practice Interface”
- Professor Julie Simpson “Within-host modelling of primaquine-induced hemolysis in hemizygote glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient healthy volunteers”
- Professor Alyssa Barry “Global diversity and balancing selection of 23 leading Plasmodium falciparum candidate vaccine antigens”
- Professor Kamala Thriemer “Implementation of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) testing for Plasmodium vivax case management, a mixed method study from Cambodia”
- A/Prof Bridget Barber “Characterizing the pharmacological interaction of the antimalaria combination artfenomel-piperaquine in healthy volunteers with induced blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum to predict efficacy in patients with malaria”
- Dr Angela Devine “Tafenoquine following G6PD screening versus primaquine for the treatment of vivax malaria in Brazil: A cost-effectiveness analysis using a transmission model”
- Professor Jennifer Flegg “A spatial multiscale mathematical model of Plasmodium vivax transmission”
- Dr Rhea Longley “Global perspectives to enhance strategies for advancing women in healthcare and STEMM leadership”
- A/Prof Sarah Auburn “Lineage-informative microhaplotypes for recurrence classification and spatio-temporal surveillance of Plasmodium vivax malaria parasites”
Let’s work together to Accelerate Action and build a more equitable future for women.