Dr Ellen Kearney is a Research Fellow in the Malaria and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit at The University of Melbourne’s School of Population and Global Health. Ellen holds a PhD in malarial epidemiology from The University of Melbourne, Bachelors degrees in science (microbiology honours) and arts (history) from Monash University, and an appointment as an Honorary Burnet Institute Fellow.
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.
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