Dyann Wirth
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Dyann Wirth | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Wirth on a President's Malaria Initiative panel in 2016 | |
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Dyann F. Wirth (born Dyann Lynn Fergus, January 31, 1951, Racine, Wisconsin) is an American immunologist currently the Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.[1][2]
Wirth is one of the world's leading malariologists, dealing with how the genus Plasmodium has evolved in terms of population biology, drug resistance. and antigenicity. The Wirth laboratory combines the expertise of the Harvard School of Public Health, the Broad Institute, and international collaborators for malaria research and training in public health.[3]
In 1993 the labs of Wirth and Kamini Nirmala Mendis published the first successful use of the electroporation method to insert new DNA sequence into a malaria cell, in this case Plasmodium gallinaceum.[4]
She is a fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and they awarded her the Joseph Augustin LePrince Medal for contributions to malariology.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Dyann Wirth". Harvard University. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ "technologyreview.com". Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ "Professor Dyann Wirth, member of the Malaria Policy Advisory Committee (MPAC)". World Health Organization. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ Goonewardene, R; Daily, J; Kaslow, D; Sullivan, T J; Duffy, P; Carter, R; Mendis, K; Wirth, D (1993). "Transfection of the malaria parasite and expression of firefly luciferase". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 90 (11): 5234–5236. Bibcode:1993PNAS...90.5234G. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.11.5234. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 46690. PMID 8506371.
- ^ "Fellows of ASTMH (FASTMH)". Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ "American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - MEDALS" (PDF). Retrieved 22 Dec 2019.
External links[edit]
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Scholia has a profile for Dyann Wirth (Q29887904). |
- "Dyann Wirth (2013) Malaria: "Genetics and Global Health" (MESA Alliance)". YouTube. 13 May 2014.
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