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 * With partnerships across the globe, and long-term research and development goals, Dr. Wirth is helping lead the charge against the malaria parasite
 * Additionally, Dr. Wirth was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019, for her work with the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.
 * Wirth's contributions to research on the malaria parasite have been very beneficial in the process of understanding the molecular mechanisms in protozoan parasites. Her lab's end goal is to find a specific intervention for parasites, by analyzing the genes impacting the severity of parasites and their drug resistance.
 * The issue of drug resistance in these parasites is very prevalent, due to the fact that the drug resistant parasites are found worldwide. This poses an additional threat to third-world countries where new medicine and healthcare are hard to come by.
 * One of the biggest discoveries her lab has made recently is that the expression of a P-glycoprotein type molecule encoded by a resistance gene may play a large role in drug resistance. Protozoan parasites with an overexpression of these genes often correlate to higher drug resistance. Dr. Wirth's lab is currently testing this hypothesis to further our medical expertise when combatting these parasites.
 * Her work has made a large impact on the fight against globally infectious diseases, both scientifically and educationally. With the help of Dr. Wirth's Lab at Harvard, a new study was published in 2019 showing a vaccine that targets the malaria germ cells on red blood cells could help prevent further spread of malaria. The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending the production and rollout of a vaccine that protects against the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum).
 * Born in Racine, Wisconsin and went to University of Wisconsin, Madison for her undergraduate degree in Zoology and Chemistry. She received her Ph.D. in 1978 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cell Biology and Biochemistry.
 * Other awards include:
 * BioMalPar's Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)
 * Faculty Mentoring Award, Committee on the Advancement of Women Faculty (CAWF), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2016)
 * Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (2010)
 * President of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1998-99)
 * Bailey K. Ashford Award from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1995)
 * Burroughs Wellcome Award in Molecular Parasitology (1982, 1985-90)
 * Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship (1978-81)
 * National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship (1973-78)
 * Fulbright Foundation Fellow (1972-73)

Publications

 * Malaria: Biology in the Era of Eradication (2017)
 * Host-mediated Selection Impacts the Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum Antigens within Infections
 * Dramatic Changes in Malaria Population Genetic Complexity in Dielmo and Ndiop, Senegal, Revealed Using Genomic Surveillance
 * Mapping the Malaria Parasite Druggable Genome by Using in vitro Evolution and Chemogenomics
 * Modeling the genetic relatedness of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites Following Meiotic Recombination and Cotransmission
 * Global Action for Training in Malaria Elimination
 * malERA: An Updated Research Agenda for Basic Science and Enabling Technologies in Malaria Elimination and Eradication
 * Genetic Diversity and Protective Efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine
 * Modeling Malaria Genomics Reveals Transmission Decline and Rebound in Senegal
 * COIL: A Methodology for Evaluating Malarial Complexity of Infection Using Likelihood from Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Data
 * Sequence identification of cytochrome b in Plasmodium gallinaceum